In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- We loved the turquoise-hued feature wall and pillows in Villa Sannor’s downstairs double, as well as the large recessed tadelakt bath separated from the rest of the bedroom by a cream curtain. Villa Taos – Fawakay’s other three-bed villa has an African theme running through its decor, with an assortment of artefacts and craftworks underlining its ‘back to nature’ feel, and a fantastic master suite upstairs that comes with a vast private terrace with loungers and a shady tented area. The smaller villa Laklak has a fireplace in both the double and the suite and is decorated throughout in bold, Smith-esque red and black tones.
- Packing tips
- You’ll doubtless be spending a lot of time poolside, so pack plenty of lotion, your most superstar shades, and that thousand-pager you’ve been putting off.
- Also
- As well as tennis, golf (there’s a driving net) and idling by the pool, you can arrange on-site cooking lessons with the hotel chef.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- A bottle of wine
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Villas Fawakay
Marrakech, Morocco[view map]
- Style
- Leafy desert hideaway
- Setting
- At the foot of the Atlas
Just off the dusty highway that runs between Marrakech and the Atlas mountains, in a patch of lush greenery dotted by olive trees and pottered by peacocks, the three free-standing desert dwellings of Villas Fawakay offer an enticing combination of classic Moroccan charm and sensitive contemporary styling.
Need to know
- Rooms
- Eight, spread over one two-bedroom and two three-bedroom villas.
- Rates
- €150, including Continental breakfast, evening canapés and tax. Rentals for a villa with three bedrooms is €360 a night (€260 for a two-roomed one).
- Check-out
- Midday, but can be flexible if availability allows.
- Facilities
- Gardens, beauty salon, clay tennis court, table tennis, boules, DVD library. In rooms: flatscreen satellite TV, DVD player, air-conditioning, pantry with a fully stocked fridge.
- Poolside
- Each villa has a tiny private plunge pool, and there’s a large unheated outdoor pool too.
- Also
- Two-night minimum stay. Smoking is allowed throughout.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- Villas Fawakay’s resident chef, Rachida, can prepare European and/or Moroccan dishes to order using ingredients from the hotel’s vegetable garden – and serve them wherever you wish (meals are an additional €25 a day). There’s also a barbecue serving brochettes and grilled meats beside the pool bar some nights.
- Dress code
- Anything from kaftans to Karan.
- Top table
- Although you can eat anywhere, the tables beside the pool are ideal for lunch on lazy days.
- Last orders
- Breakfast is served until 11am, lunch at midday, and dinner between 7pm and 9pm. The bar is an informal affair, and open late. There is also a dedicated children's menu, lots of nibbles in the villa fridges and an all-day snack menu.
- Hotel bar
- Drinks can be served anywhere thirst strikes, but there’s a huge, fully stocked poolside bar more often than not manned by Francis, the villas’ congenial owner.
Also worth knowing
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Villas Fawakay
Ksiba Mohammedia Sbaa
40000
