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Fawakay Villas

Marrakech, Morocco

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  Fawakay Villas 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 Double rooms from AU$224.54 (£136), excluding tax at 10 per cent. Fawakay Villas is unable to accept payment by credit card.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency (£136) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates include Continental breakfast and evening canapés.
• 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.
• Check-out Midday, but can be flexible if availability allows.
• Children Under-fives stay free (cots are available) and extra beds can be provided upstairs rooms for £45 a night. Babysitting can be arranged for 200 dirhams an evening (up to midnight), with 12 hours’ notice. There's monitoring kit and highchairs, too. More...
• Also Two-night minimum stay. Smoking is allowed throughout.

Food and drink at Fawakay Villas

• Hotel restaurant

  Fawakay Villas’ 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

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

Fawakay Villas Route Ouarzazate, Marrakech, 40000