Royal Mansour, Marrakech

"A luxury city within a city"

LAST UPDATED AT 14:43 ON Fri 15 Oct 2010

The Royal Mansour, which opened in June, is King Mohammed VI’s pet project, a "luxury city within a city" and a showcase for Moroccan decorative arts, says Adrian Mourby in The Independent on Sunday.

It is a wonderland of "winding paths, delicate fountains and Moorish arches" where guests have their own individually designed riads, each arranged on three floors around a courtyard, with a roof terrace and plunge pool.

The two restaurants – Moroccan and French – are supervised by the three-Michelin-starred chef Yannick Alléno; the service is superb; and there’s a huge spa.

One-bed riads from £1,245pn. 00212 529 80 80 80; royalmansour.com  · 

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