La Maison Arabe

Located in the romantic medina of Marrakech, in the shadow of the Bab Doukkala mosque, La Maison Arabe is an exclusive luxury hotel with 17 rooms and suites, two restaurants, a pool, spa, and cooking school.

The hotel is built around 2 flower-filled patios. In the center of one is a refreshing fountain and in the other, you can relax in the cool shade of an olive tree.

Moroccan craftsmen restored the Riad to its noble origins, using materials and techniques handed down over centuries: walls covered with tadelakt, a coating that is hand-polished with an agate stone, chiseled plaster, cedar wood ceilings and floors made of small sand colored bricks. Each of the 9 rooms and 8 suites, several with fireplace and private terrace, is unique in layout and refined decoration and was designed with an unwavering attention to detail and authenticity. Each is air conditioned and centrally heated.

On the private terraces adjoining most rooms and suites an entire carefree lifestyle unfolds, surrounded by plumbago and oleander and the fragrance of jasmine. Breakfast is served on the room terraces or in the lounge downstairs.

The restaurant at La Maison Arabe is open to hotel guests and other travellers in Marrakech seeking a unique dining experience.

Dinner is served under a sumptuous, handpainted "zouaké" ceiling, inspired by an Iranian mosque, surrounded by walls finished in warm-toned tadelakt, and a flower-filled patio with fountains. Dinner is accompanied by arab-andalusian music played on lute and guitar.

The menu is exclusively Moroccan, without being heavy. One can choose from traditional dishes and delicious specialties of La Maison Arabe.

Known in the past as one of the most famous and legendary restaurants of the African continent, La Maison Arabe today offers cooking workshops designed for both amateurs and professionals.

The workshops are conducted by a Dada (traditional Moroccan cook) and are organized in small groups around easy-to-use modern equipment. A translator provides detailed preparation and cooking instructions. At the end of each workshop, participants dine on the meal they have prepared.