Hostess meryann and staff were wonderful at the beautiful,peaceful
dar/resort. We spent two delightful days at the end of a 6 day first visit to morocco in mid June(2011) the
grounds,accomodations,service,breakfast were superb. Merryann welcomed us,the staff answered our every request. We swam in the two beautiful pools, walked the gardens , loved the large sumptious breakfast.it is important to have english speaking hotel staff and meryann's managers were multiple linguel.the medina/square was only 15 minutes away or $10 by petit taxi. We had a rental car and had to learn how to find jnane tamsna at night(only problem)
we read about the resort/estate in ny times 2010 article on best spots to stay in marrakech
Jill and I are experienced world travelers and we highly recommend it. You could stay just At jnane or combine your stay with a stay in medina. Enjoy and say hi to merryann for us

Where to start with Jnane Tamsna - the food, the bedrooms, the gardens, are all extraordinary. I stayed for 6 days with my wife and young daughter and we fell in love with it!

The hotel has a main house and a number of villas each with it's own pool set in extensive natural gardens. The place feels very relaxed - all the comforts of a five star hotel but without the formality, the staff were fantastic and really couldn't do enough to help us, everyone from the gardners to the chef were so friendly.

The food is the best i've tasted in marrakech. We went out to several highly regarded (and expensive) restaurants and they just didn't compare, much of the ingredients is grown on-site at the hotel, it's not complicated food but it's done brilliantly.

The grounds are like a massive secret garden, lots of little paths to follow if you fancy a wander and the smell of lavender and rosemary is always in the air. The rooms are beautiful, and the whole place feels very homely, we saw a few of the bedrooms and each one is unique, with wonderful attention to detail.

We'll definitely be returning...

Highly recommend staying here if you want luxurious, private and relaxing. Each villa is set in amazing gardens and all are very private with their own pool. All the staff went out their way to help us in any way they could and really made this feel homely and relaxing (This included bring us dinner to our own terrace each night so we could eat whilst our daughter was asleep).

The food was absolutely amazing - the best I have ever had in Morocco. All extremely fresh with most of it coming from the gardens of the hotel. The chef also specifically catered for my 18 month old daughter and cooked her fantastic healthy dishes each day and I never felt worried about her becoming ill from the food or water.

I would also highly recommend the cookery class even if you are not staying in the hotel. The chef speaks amazing English and the class is done in a very friendly and relaxing atmosphere.

For a second consecutive year we chose Jnane Tamsna for our arrival destination in Morocco to recover from jet lag in comfort and beauty. The website doesn't do it justice -- the fragrance that pervades from the rosemary hedges and lavender, the sense of space and open luxury, the one-swimming-pool-for-each-villa, the sense of calm and beauty and the spacious, creatively appointed rooms legitimize the cliche "oasis of calm".

Before our first visit last year we were hesitant - we are not interested in following celebrities, the cockroach stories - etc. But after two sublime visits we suspect Jnane is one of the many victims of nasty competitors enjoying anonymity in order to deter people.

I see many here though talk of the hospitality, let me add our most recent example. This year we had a room in the main building - a large one in the corner on the top floor. It opened to the very large roof, which is nicely appointed with lounge chairs, etc, but it felt less than private. We made a comment to Sammira, the lovely, gracious woman who runs the office. When we got back from an hour at one of the five swimming pools we were astonished to see two carpenters out on the roof, building an enclosure to give us privacy outdoors, creating a roughly 20' x 20' outdoor living room. We hadn't asked - they simply heard a client concern and created a delightful solution.

They did the same last year for the family that was to follow our occupancy of a large room in one of the villas -- there were two large corner rooms on the front of the villa, and the family was going to have young children with them. What did Jnane do? They built beautiful Moroccan style doors to secure the two adjacent rooms, creating a secure environment for the family.

So if you want peace, quiet, privacy, beauty, good food and warm surroundings, Jnane is a good choice. But note - this is like an 8 acre estate serviced by friends - if you want flat screen TV, telephones and instant room service, try a hotel. Otherwise, life doesn't get much better.

One other note - if this is your first visit to Morocco, be aware that the call to prayer is done multiples times daily through loud speakers. The neighboring village provides this "service" for Jnane, but we experienced the same in two separate riads in the city.