• Hotel located outside the ramparts of Marrakech, with views of the Atlas Mountains, two kilometres from Koutoubia Mosque.



• Air-conditioned guestrooms benefit from balconies and marble bathrooms; all have minibars and satellite television.



• Guests can take a dip in the large outdoor pool, enjoy massage and beauty treatments, and dine in one of four restaurants.

The hotel is accessed via a sweeping driveway flanked by palm trees and low fountains. The octagonal lobby is tiled throughout in tiny tiles, with a central fountain and crystal chandelier. Well-heeled travellers and business guests relax on the shabby-chic armchairs dotted around the lobby. A traditional Moroccan welcome is provided with mint tea and pastries served by a waiter in traditional dress.

Guests enter through modern Moorish arches into the sprawling low-ceilinged lobby of the Mansour Eddahbi Marrakech, welcomed by porters in scarlet Moroccan dress. Business guests relax on dark blue and green leather sofas beneath the white and gold-painted arches, while leisure travellers shop in the stores around the lobby, selling souvenirs, jewellery and Moroccan outfits.

Leisure travellers and delegates from the convention centre 300 metres away mingle in the marble reception, which is decorated with large displays of red roses and an ornate domed roof. The public areas are cool and airy in contrast to the heat outside, where guests sunbathe around the large swimming pool. At night, atmospheric lighting illuminates the garden and buildings while guests gather in the bar for pre-dinner cocktails.

• Set in 20 acres of parkland and facing the mountains, this modern hotel is two kilometres from Marrakech’s historic centre.



• Light walls and bright Moroccan-style fabrics characterise the guestrooms which include balconies and Internet services.



• At the Oriental Spa, guests can indulge in scented oil massages, have a body scrub in the Hammam and relax in the sauna.

Guests arrive through a short driveway and up steps into the covered entrance with its ornately carved wooden ceiling. Business guests and leisure travellers mingle in the grey marble lobby, seated at groups of camel sofas arranged around glass coffee tables. Plants in pots, geometric rugs and standard lamps decorated this airy space.