What an oasis in a Hot bustling city, when you 1st arrive you wonder where they are taking you and then the door opens and you cannot believe what you see. A black and white marble courtyard with a beautiful pool and the most peaceful setting you could imagine.

We were very lucky so we thought as we were given the Green room which is the best of the 5 rooms. Our friend was given the Red room which is the 2nd best and the only two rooms on the ground floor. What hits you first about the rooms is the sheer size and the amazing 4 poster bed. The rooms are very clean and have a very large TV projected onto the wall plus a normal flat screen tv, you also get a B&O sound system so don't forget to being some CD's.

The food is very good but the menu doesn't change, so you have to ask for something different each night. We only dined there 2 nights as we wanted to try the main square one night and we had a meal in another Riad,

We both had a massage and it was done in our room at the same time i would highly recommend this.

Now to the down side, just hope a very important guest don't turn up when you are in the Green room or you will be asked to move to another room as we were and it was on our last night there as well, we were not told about this in advance and we had no choice we had to move, my wife was upset and there was no compensation or apology just a sorry from the manager who then ignored us the whole last day whereas before he was very friendly.

I would recommend a long weekend break in this city.

A beautiful hotel, excellent rooms, food and the service is amzaing. All staff were professional, helpful and lovely people during the whole of our stay.

Can't recommend this riad enough!

Just go with the flow of the city and watch yourself crossing the roads!

Returning to the amazing city of Marrakech since our first trip 3 ½ years ago we stayed in the splendid Club Sangho in the Palmeraie, the oasis of 150,000 palm trees north east of the Medina or walled City. This was a bit like Walt Disney does Morocco with the swimming pool pure Bedrock from the Flintstones. Nevertheless it was somewhat splendid. Highlight was a cooking course at the achingly stylish Riad Lotus Privilege, an art deco Riad, with a Dada, a traditional chef preparing a Moroccan Lunch which we later eat in photo shoot surroundings by the pool in the courtyard. Later we had afternoon tea in El Menzeh in the exquisite La Mamounia Hotel whose pool side scene would make the Beverly Hills Hotel look shabby. Al Hamra “The Red City” is still the most amazing of places.

I read about the cookery courses in a travel article and thought it would be a good way to get under the skin of the place and see a Riad. I sent off an email more in hope than expectation and was astonished to receive a call the next morning from the Manager Farida, who spoke perfect English, and 2 minutes later the deal was done. For 500 dirham each (c. 45 euros) we would be picked up by car at our hotel, brought to the Riad, spend two hours with the Chef and a translator preparing a 3 course Moroccan meal. Then we would enjoy a tour of the Riad, drinks by the pool and have the meal we prepared served to us. Afterwards their car would bring us either back to our hotel or anywhere else we cared to visit in the City.

This fantastically glitzy Riad is down an improbably dark lane in the northern part of the medina. As Simon led us down this alley way like many a Marrakech visitor before us we wondered what lay at the end of these seemingly nameless, random, twisting lanes and then we were met by a huge cedar door in a plain wall. As with most Riads, the street front is modest, this makes the courtyard seem all the more astonishing. Entering a narrow corridor hall nothing prepares you for the vision which greets you in the courtyard. Set against a pure white wall, two tall obelisks clad in mirrors stand sentry beside a pool in the centre of a black-and-beige marble floor. To either side are cream sofas, and a row of orange trees screens off the dining and sitting rooms.

Sated by these photo shoot surroundings Simon introduced to our Chef and Teacher the delightful Fatiha. Moroccan food is one of the most sensual in the world. It appeals directly and unashamedly to the senses of smell, sight and taste in a way that few other cuisines can match. The souks are magical places, with smells and sights that make one feel hungry just thinking about them. Around every corner, waft different smells to surprise and delight.

Our meal today was in that tradition, a starter course of three vegetable salads followed by three tagines and then a simple desert of layers of brick pastry interleaved with scented yoghurt and spiced fruit. All this prepared in the scrupulously clean kitchen under the watchful and skilful eye of our “Dada” Fatiha. In front of us were mini-spice tagines and where the recipes refer to spices it is a miniature spoonfuls from these tagines, equivalent to a pinch.

After that we enjoyed a tour of the suites and the hammam of this ravishing before enjoying a pre-prandial libation under the orange trees. Then we enjoyed the meal we had prepared at a beautiful table a deux set up beside the beautiful pool in the courtyard. Oh for more days like this!

There is not a single critiscism I could make and we are determined the next time we stay in Marrakech it will be in this wonderful Riad.

This is a beautiful Riad away from the hustle & bustle & is a must if you are visiting Marrakech. The entrance leads into a beauiful courtyard which is just stunning & each room has the most amazing decor. Breakfast was taken in the courtyard under the orange trees (bear in mind this was November) and our evening meal was seven courses, the most amazing we have ever tasted. The hamman experience was both envigorating and hilarious & would recommend to anyone At all times every member of staff were attentive to our needs or requests. We would definitely return if the opportunity arises.