Marrakech villas for sale    

Riad el Fenn, 024 44 12 10
Vanessa Branson's new boutique hotel
www.riadelfenn.com

La Maison Arabe, 024 38 70 10
Sumptuous interior. Own pool in the Palmerie.
www.lamaisonarabe.com

Les Jardins de la Medina, 024 38 18 51
A mixture of Riad & hotel, with a pool.
www.lesjardinsdelamedina.com

Villa des Orangers, 024 38 46 38
A mixture of Riad & hotel, with a pool.
www.villadesorangers.com

Riad Farnatchi, 024 38 49 10
A modern take on vernacular architecture
www.riadfarnatchi.com

Riad Sultana, 024 38 80 08
A jewel of Riad, quite incredible, with a pool.
www.lasultanamarrakech.com

Mamounia, 024 38 86 00
A large famous hotel with a wonderful garden and a casino
Closed at the moment for complete redecoration
www.mamounia.com

Hotel Es Saadi, 024 44 88 11
A commercial hotel with a good restaurant
www.essaadi.com

Palais Noor El Jena, 0607 700 800
A delightful and highly recommended Maison d'hote located just outside the city on the route de Fes, owned and run by M and Mme. Norbert Suede. Pretty garden, excellent pool with hamman, outdoor wood oven for roasting the Mechui lamb.
www.palais-noor.com, www.nooreljena.com

Amangena , 024 40 33 53
www.amanjena.com

Le Palais Rhoul, 024 32 94 94
An opulent guest house in the Palmeraie.
www.palaisrhoul.com

Kasbah Agafay, 024 36 86 00
Route de Guemassa.
Mixed reports.
www.kasbahagafay.com

La Maison des Oliviers, 024 37 54 05
6 km Route de l'Ourika Douar Lagouacem Tassoultante
New and untried Berber style Maison d'Hotes & restaurant, very stylish.
www.lamaisondesoliviers.com

Caravan Serai, 024 30 03 02
Very stylish, at the far end of the Palmeraie.
www.caravanserai.com

Jnane Tamsna, 024 32 94 23
Douar Abiad very smart and fashionable Maison d'Hote in the Palmeraie, owned by Maryam Loum Martin.
www.jnanetamsna.com

La Roseraie, 024 48 56 93
60 Kms on the Taroudant road in the Mountains.
A stunning place. If you just go for lunch, tell them that you want to use the swimming pool when you book.
Reservations: bookings@laroseraie.ma
www.laroseraie.ma

Kasbah Tamadot
About one and half hours from the city. Richard Branson's hotel in the foot hills of the Atlas mountains. Very pretty, good food and wine list.

Le Touggana, 024 37 62 78 (M)
Km 9 route de l'Ourika. Very pretty restaurant & bar with garden. Excellent modern French food with a touch of the East. One of my favourites.

Bo Zin, 024 38 80 12 (U)
3.5 kilometres outside the city.
Restaurant in very pretty fun garden with chill out bar at one end of the garden. Fashionable clientele. Thai & Moroccan food, pretty waitresses, good satay and meat everything else is a bit of a gamble.

La Plage Rouge, 024 37 80 86   (U)
Km 10 Route de l'Ourika. Amazing pool (35 x 80m) with curtained four poster beds around it. Great music, fun bar, good food. Fun place to spend the day. A bit like Nikki Beach in St Tropez. Night club on certain nights of the week.

Beldi Country Club, 024 38 39 50    
Km 6 Route du barrage "Cherifia". Interesting black tiled swimming pool in this fascinating Berber style complex. Beautiful rustic gardens with simple rustic food, a very pleasant place to pass a day. There is also a very fine shop with carpets and Morroccan pottery from the north of the country with reasonable prices run by the very knowledgeable Faiza Lalou.

Nikki Beach   (U)
Next to the Golf Palace Hotel in the Palmeraie. Fun place to spend the day. Good pool and music, poor food.

Le Relais du Lac, 061 18 74 72 / 061 24 24 54
Lalla Takerkoust. A beautiful place with superb grilled meats. On the lake, with wonderful views of the Atlas.
www.hotel-relaisdulac-marrakech.com

Le Comptoir, Darna Ave Echouhada, 024 43 77 02   (U)
Friday or Saturday night, good modern belly dancing good bar fun.

Le Sabal, Avenue Mohamed V, 024 42 24 22   (U)
Amazing garden with very old palm trees. For some reason the pretty waitresses have been replaced by boys. Nice bar, adequate food.
www.lesabal.com

Le Foundouk, 55 Souk Hal Fassi, 024 37 81 90   (U)
Fashionable crowd, very good food, great roof terrace.
www.foundouk.com

Les Cepages, 9 Rue Ibn Zaidoun Gueliz, 024 43 94 26   (M)
Good French restaurant in lovely garden. Evenings only.

L'Annexe, 14 Rue My Ali Gueliz, 024 024 43 40 10   (M)
An excellent modern french restaurant, owned and run by patron Olivier, just behind the Diwan Hotel off Med V. First class soup de poissons and the best steaks in Marrakech.

Dar Moha, 81 Rue Dar El Bacha, 024 38 64 00   (U)
Modern Moroccan food, maybe the best in Marrakech.
www.darmoha.ma

Dar Yacout, 024 38 29 29   (U)
79, Sidi Ahmed Soussi, near Bab Doukkala. Most famous of the palace restaurants. Many courses, with musical entertainment.

Restaurant in Maison Arabe (see above in hotels)   (U)
First class Moroccan food very well designed restaurant with soft live music. One of the best restaurants in Marrakech. It also has a cooking school.

Puerto Banus, Rue Hanbal (in front of tennis club) Gueliz, 024 44 65 34   (M)
Superb fish and shellfish especially the Sea Bass or Dorade baked in a salt crust.
www.restaurant-puertobanus.com

L'Abyssin, 024 32 94 94   (U)
Palmeraie part of Palais Rhoul, an amazing modern tented restaurant very slick very modern bar.

Rotisserie de la Paix, 68 Rue Yougoslavie Gueliz, 024 43 31 18   (L)
Simple place with pretty garden lunch or light dinner.

Bagatelle, 101 Rue de Yougoslavie (near to cinema Palace) Gueliz, 024 43 02 74   (L)
Old fashioned French Brasserie with a very pretty vine covered garden.

Jardins de la Taverne, 23 Ave Mohamed Zerktouni Gueliz, 024 44 61 26   (L)
Nice garden good for simple inexpensive lunch Avenue Hassan II.

Kechmara, 3 Rue de la Libertie, 024 42 25 32   (L)
Modern café good French food ideal for a shopping lunch, near Mohamed V, usually some pretty fashionistas lunch there. Great fun for lunch or casual dinner.

Café Arabe, (located in the Souk) 184 Rue Mouassine, 024 42 97 28   (L)
Ideal for a break/lunch when shopping, Italian with a Morrocan dash.

Grand Café de la Poste, Opposite main post office in Mohamed V, 024 43 30 38   (M)
Large brasserie, with great covered terrace. Good French food, ideal for shopping or casual dinner or drinks. Beautifully run by Marie & Eric. One of my favourites, and it has wi-fi.

Café du Livre, close to Ave Mohamed V, 44 rue Tarik ben Ziad, through an arch on left, 024 43 21 49   (L)
Sandra Zoillo's charming and restful café, part library part café, good light meals, and it has wi-fi.

Le Dragon D'Or, 10 Bis Bd Zerktouni, 024 43 06 17   (M)
Good Vietnamese restaurant in a traditional style close to Mohamed V.

Les Jardins des Arts, 6 Rue Sakia El Hamra, Quartier Semlalia, 024 44 66 34
Delightful garden restaurant with very good food and attentive young waitresses.

Al Fassia, 55 Bd. Zerktouni, Gueli, 024 43 40 60   (M)
Excellent Moroccan food and nice staff.

Kanzamane Chez Pascal, 96 rue Mohamed el baqal, 024 44 74 95   (M)
An excellent medium priced French restaurant, very well run by chef Pascal. Very pleasant for lunch or dinner.

Le Tanjia, 14 J'did Hay Essalam, Mellah, 024 38 38 36   (M)
In the old Jewish quarter. Good locations for lunch or coffee if shopping there. Good Moroccan food, excellent roof terrace.

Kosybar, 47 Place des Ferblantiers, Mellah   (L)
In the Jewish quarter. Coffee or lunch while shopping on the terrace.

Café Epice, Coffee Shop in the middle of the main souk, Mohamed V.   (L)

Narwama, 30 Rue Koutoubia, 024 44 08 44   (M)
Moroccan and Thai restaurant in an old palace.

La Villa, Opposite the Hotel Kenzie Farah, 024 42 19 69   (M)
New French restaurant, very pretty with very good food.

Tatchibana, 38 derb Ksiba, just in side bab (gate) Ksiba on the right, 024 38 71 71   (M)
Recently opened with Japanese chef M Yuki, run by Albrecht Jerrentrup and Jean Claud Demaria, pretty and different with good food and sake.

Café 16, Just off Place 16 Novembre in 18 Marrakech Plaza, Ave Mohamed V, 024 33 96 70   (L)
Very modern new café, light girly food, fresh fruit and vergetable juices, fantastic ice creams and the best patisserie in Marrakech.

Pacha 024 38 84 84
Chill Out bar, (part of Pacha) 024 38 84 85
A new large restaurant, bar, night club and disco complex with lots of action.
www.pachamarrakech.com

Montecristo, 20 Rue Ibn Aicha Gueliz, 024 43 90 31
Fun bars & dancing.

Palais Jad Mahal, Fontaine de la Mamounia Bab Jadid, 075 47 61 59
Bar dancing ground floor with Oriental cabaret from 1.00am downstairs.
email: palaisjadmahal@menara.ma

Les Secrets, 62 Rue de la Liberte, 024 43 48 48

Le Palais Rhoul, 62 Rue de la Liberte, 024 32 94 94
Rolls Royce of hammams, not for the inhibited.

Spa in the Beldi Country Club, Km 6 Route du barrage "Cherifia".
An excellent spa with a very good hammam.

Some of the best wines are Medaillon, Domaine de Sahari, Volubilia and Coteaux d'Atlas. They all make red, white and rosé; all are very drinkable. Moroccan rosé tends to be heavier than we are used to, whereas their Gris wine is what we call rosé.

Au Fil D'Or, 10 Souk Semarine, 024 44 59 19
Best for caftans, jackets, v good quality. Will do made to measure.

Beldi, 9 Rue Laksour, Bab Ftou in the Souk
Great Moroccan clothes and wonderful embroidered bed spreads.

Atticus, Corner of Rue de Libertie and Ave Mohamed V
Good shoe shop.

Birkemeyer, 169 Rue Mohamed El Beqal off Ave Mohamed V, 024 44 92 97
Best for leather clothes and bags.

Rue de Libertie
There are some very nice interior design shops.

Aya's, 11 Bis, Derb Jdid Bab Mellah, 024 38 34 28
In the Jewish quarter souk. Moroccan clothes. Nearby wholesale shops selling cheap fun necklaces and beads.

212, 2 Rue Rabia, Gueliz
Beautifully made Moroccan clothes, wonderful embroidery, and silk satin dressing gowns.

Gallery Arnott Lawrence, Immeuble El Khalil, Ave Hassan 11, opposite Gendamerie Royal, 024 43 04 99
Fine Art in Marrakech, well worth a visit.

Gallerie City Look, 43 Ave Mohamed V, 044 43 05 36
Leather clothes and bags. Will make to order. In back room have good copies of LV bags etc.

If you want to visit some really interesting shops and studios for jewellery, clothes, antiques and much more call Laeticia Trouillet 00 212 (0)74 21 72 28 or email info@lalla.fr

Letty is a sweet French girl who has been living in Marrakech for three years. Very on the ball and knows all the new places opening up. She has a mini-bus and driver to take you around.

I cannot recommend her highly enough. She will take you on a day to remember.

Time Out Marrakech has much more detailed information but this should keep you going. If you find something good that I have missed please e-mail me: nicky@kybo.net