Kssour Agafay
- Style
- Exclusive 15th-century riad
- Setting
- Medina members' club
Built 600 years ago as an aristocratic residence, it took two years and 100 expert local craftsmen to restore this luxury Marrakech hotel to its former glory.
Need to know
- Rooms
- Six rooms.
- Rates
- €250–€650, including breakfast and transfers.
- Check-out
- Midday/flexible.
- Facilities
- Aromatherapy massage inroom or at Kasbah Agafay (sister hotel with open-air spa and swimming pool), library, cigar bar, Internet access in rooms.
- Children
- Cot at no extra charge; extra bed, €30; babysitting, €10 per hour.
- Hotel closed
- The hotel is currently closed, and will reopen on 1 September 2008.
- Also
- No pets, no smoking in rooms. Free transfers to Kasbah Agafay. No televisions in the hotel.
In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- The Koutoubia Suite has a view of the Koutoubia Mosque, and private verandah. The Treasure suite has one ensuite twin bedroom, with a carved-wooden ceiling in the bathroom, and double room with own bathroom. The Lime Room has a medina/mountain view.
- Packing tips
- Leave the chunky novel at home: there's reading matter aplenty here.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- There is a cosy restaurant with a daily-changing Moroccan menu, and an emphasis on British food. Two Moroccan-style salons and a patio area where you can also eat.
- Dress code
- Cosmopolitan chic.
- Top table
- Terrace (request in advance).
- Last orders
- Lunch, 2.30pm; dinner, 10pm.
- Room service
- Room service is available 24 hours, with restaurant menu until 10pm, light snacks till midnight and drinks round the clock.
- Hotel bar
- The Bar Fumoir houses local art and, as the name indicates, you can enjoy exclusive cigars here with your chosen tipple. Drinks can be taken anywhere in the riad.
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