In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- The Karma suite is a very big, light room with original carved wooden ceiling and Japanese-style square tadelakt bath. Ammal is a smaller deluxe room, good-value, with an extra-long extra-deep tadelakt bath.
- Packing tips
- A compass to help you through the labyrinthine souks.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- A bottle of red wine to share
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Riad 72
Marrakech, Morocco[view map]
- Style
- Art-school riad
- Setting
- Alleys of Bab Doukkala
Riad 72 is laid out in traditional riad style, with a big rectangular central courtyard (complete with banana trees), flanked by rooms on each side. Downstairs is an elegantly decorated communal room with and intricately carved ceiling, and gently lit by beautiful copper lanterns. The colours are deep chocolate – earthy and rich.
Need to know
- Rooms
- One suite, two deluxe rooms, one standard.
- Rates
- €110–€300, including breakfast and afternoon mint tea and pastries.
- Check-out
- Midday to 1pm, but flexible if unoccupied.
- Facilities
- Hammam, massage (techniques depend on masseur available), roof terrace, Internet access.
- Also
- Airport transfer €12 each way. Guide can be arranged.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- Moroccan cuisine, whenever and wherever you choose. Orders must be put in at breakfast for lunch, and by 2pm for dinner, since fresh produce is bought daily from the market.
- Dress code
- As though you’re at home.
- Top table
- In summer, on the roof terrace by candlelight; in winter, in the dining room.
- Room service
- 24-hour for drinks; food availability limited after kitchen closes at midnight.
- Hotel bar
- No bar as such; you can relax with a drink wherever you choose in the riad.
Also worth knowing
- Children
- Welcome. The Karma suite can accommodate two extra beds. No charge for under-fours; €30 a night for four–13-year-olds; €50 for 14-plus. Babysitting on request.
Smith Members offer
A bottle of red wine to share
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Riad 72
72 Arset Awsei
Bab Doukkala
Marrakech Medina
