the architect
Zaouia 44
A grand riad of eight suites around a garden patio, in the ancient Zaouia el Abbassia quarter, five minutes from the souks.
Marrakech · Oualidia · Tangier
Five houses to live in, in Morocco.
Houses where you are welcomed as a friend, in a simple sharing of the same artistic tastes.
The simplicity of luxury
Three cities
Marrakech, Oualidia, Tangier — a single spirit.
« It is the warmth of a smile over a mint tea, an emotion at the sound of an opera aria played on the piano, the melodious song of the muezzin at dusk before a pool rising from a luxuriant garden, the passing of birds that stirs a book read at sunset over the ocean. »
- Marrakech three riads in the medina
- Oualidia a house over the lagoon
- Tangier a residence in its garden
The five houses
Three riads in Marrakech, two houses toward the ocean.
Marrakech — the medina
the romantic
Dar One
A refined riad steps from the Bahia Palace — six very romantic rooms and suites.
the secret
Azzouna 13
A well-kept secret in the heart of Kaât Bennahid — the architecture speaks for itself. Three rooms and two suites.
Oualidia & Tangier — toward the ocean
the lagoon
El Manzar Oualidia
A simple, true house overlooking the Oualidia lagoon — three suites and two rooms, facing the ocean.
the garden
Mimi Calpe Tangier
An 1860s residence and one of Tangier's finest gardens — seven rooms and three suites, between the port and the Grand Socco.
The story
It all began in 1995, by chance, on a journey.
Sophie Raynal, then an architecture student, fell in love with Morocco and set about renovating, one after another, five houses in Marrakech, Oualidia and Tangier — with one watchword: the demand for authenticity.
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In every house, welcomed as a friend.
You book with the house of your choice, directly — and everywhere the same courtesies follow you: the best rate, guaranteed, and each house's own attentions.
