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Tea in the
Sahara
After extensive restoration, Marrakech’s iconic hotel LaMamounia has reopened, as opulent as ever. Establishedin 1923, the property recently underwent a three-yearrenovation led by world-famous interior designerJacques Garcia. The result: pure decadence.
By asa drake
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The estte, long known for the legendry grdens
gven s weddng gft to Prne Mouly Mmoun by hs fther,
Kng Sd Mohmmed Ben abdellh, now fetures n ndulgent
27,000 squre foot sp, 136 guest rooms, 71 sutes, 3 Rds, nd 4
world-lss resturnts.
The four resturnts offer unque ombnton of Europen
nd Moron usne, ll under the expert gudne of FbneLson, Exeutve chef of L Mmoun. addtonlly, two of
L Mmoun’s resturnts, L’itlen nd Le Frns, reeve the
muh-lmed onsultton of alfonso irno nd Jen-Perre
Mron, both of whom hve reeved two prestgous Mheln
strs. But no mtter where guests hoose to dne on the property,
they n expet truly sublme ulnry experene. all of the
hotel’s resturnts serve only the freshest ngredents, wth thrty
spees of vegetbles nd herbs provded by L Mmoun’s very
own grdens.
The grdens, speflly al-Mmoun, fter whh L Mmoun
s nmed, re fmous for ther hstory nd beuty. Spnnng lmost
twenty res, the two hundred yer-old grdens brng to mnd lost Eden, wld n “orgnzed onfuson.” They ontn over 6,000
squre meters of flowerng plnts juxtposed gnst hundreds of
mnured frut trees, nd t the end of one of these tree-lned wlks
stnds Le Menzeh Gler et Pâtsser, fé where guests n order
mnt te nd homemde pstres to ther hert’s ontent, s well
s the e rem tht the nme suggests. One the plygrounds of
prnes, the grdens hve dpted ther nturl hrm to more
funtonl end. They now supply the hotel wth hnd-ted bouquets
of red nd whte roses nd homemde ornge flower e rem.
in redesgnng the hotel, Gr kept ts regl hstory n mnd. The
hotel’s three new Rds, three-bedroom sutes dsreetly nestled t
the hert of L Mmoun’s fmous grdens, re the embodment
of elegne. Eh provdes n exlusve sntury, wth ts ownMoron slon nd prvte swmmng pool. The soft sent of edr
lngers on the ntrtely rved elngs, mbung the Rd wth
wrm sensulty. From the sute’s terre, vstors enjoy ler vew
of the atls Mountns, vson of undsturbed splendor.
Throughout the hotel, strong lght nd olor bestow the opulene
of storybook ples whle Gr’s even hnd restores the struture’s
fmlr Moorsh rhteture. “Remnsent of fr wy tme nd
ple, L Mmoun evokes modern dy frytle. Suh hven s
often sought fter but rrely found. combnng the best the modern
world hs to offer wth trdtonl vlues, L Mmoun provdes n
experene so unque, t beomes n ntegrl prt of the myth tht
defnes t,” nd t seems others would ertnly gree wth Gr.The hotel hs long been fvorte mong poltns nd rtsts lke,
who enjoy ts trdtonl Moron hosptlty.
as wth ll of L Mmoun ommodtons, guests who sty n
one of the three Rds wll be provded rport rrvl ssstne,
24-hour serve, trnsportton rrngements n one of L Mmoun’s
bespoke grnet red Jgur Dmlers, nd omplmentry, fternoon
e rem n the nerby grdens. all rooms lso feture Jques
Gr’s ustom furnture. For dded luxury, guests who sty n the
Rds re served by prvte butler nd my request personl hef
to ook n ther sute’s full-szed kthen.
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“Reminiscent of a far away time and place, La Mamounia evokes amodern day fairytale. Such a haven isoften sought after but rarely found.”
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close t hnd s lso the Mmoun Sp, whh
blends trdtonl nd modern relxton tehnques. avlble
re mssge bns, n ndoor, ozone-treted pool, ftness studo,
sun, nd relxton room. in ddton, the sp offers full
lne of fe nd body tretments by Shsedo, Moron hmmm
tretments by mroMro, nd hr stylng by Jen Mhel.
Pltes, yog, erobs, nd spnnng lsses re held t the Ftness
Pvlon n the grden houses, nd more thlet guests my wnt
to vst one of the hotel’s two ly tenns ourts. aordng to Dder
Pquot, generl mnger of L Mmoun, the hotel s ment to
meet “ll expettons of ontemporry trvelers who re n
serh of n uthent experene, yet keen to preserve the
hertge they fnd.”
The hotel’s restorton serves only to ntensfy ts rh trdton.
Undoubtedly modern ple, L Mmoun ters to those who
know too muh of modernty, nd seek forgotten er of ulture
nd grnd refnement.
La Mamounia’s exquisite Riads are available at the rate of 80,000
MAD per night.
La Mamounia, www.mamounia.com, 011.212.524.388.600
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