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A luxury hotel in Marrakech, Les Jardins de la Koutoubia enjoys an enviable location in the heart of the city. Its sumptuous setting blending contemporary chic and Moroccan tradition, as well as its excellent service will seduce customers who are particular about their comfort.
Les Jardins de la Koutoubia - © Ch. Hiltgen / EASYVOYAGE
Les Jardins de la Koutoubia - © Ch. Hiltgen / EASYVOYAGE
The Les Jardins de la Koutoubia hotel is located directly on the rue de la Koutoubia, close to the Jemaa El Fna square. For transfers to the airport, it takes approximately 15 minutes by car.
Served by intimate corridors, both the rooms and suites are very pleasant, refined and tastefully decorated, with their rammed earth walls and black wooden furniture. The rooms are located beside the medina or facing the patio and the swimming pool (surcharge). They offer fruit, welcome products and a bottle of water. The amenities are modern, including air conditioning, satellite television with 41 channels, a mini bar, direct telephone and Internet connection. Entirely covered in marble, the alcove-bathrooms all have a bath, with a separate shower in some of them. The toilets are separate. Rooms do not have balconies. Only those located on the roof have a private terrace. Room service is available 24 hours a day.
A former riad, belonging to the Ouarzazi family who lived here during the 13th century, renovated under the auspices of Unesco in April 2002, Les Jardins de la Koutoubia has retained its family atmosphere. It has a central courtyard, surrounded by arcades with a magnificent interior with clean lines, enthroned by a swimming pool and a lush garden with palm trees. This superb building, bearing the ochre characteristic of Marrakech, has a ground floor offering good clearance, like princely palaces. The hotel has a restaurant on the ground floor, a piano bar (open from 5 p.. to 1 a.m.), four beautiful lounges each with a different atmosphere, a library, again in a contemporary chic style and traditional Moroccan ambiance. The hotel's 72 rooms and 40 mini-suites and junior suites are divided into floors, serviced by elevators and on the roof. Here you will also find the second restaurant. The basement contains for its part, a beautiful spa, dressed all in white, with a heated indoor pool, a fitness room, a hammam ...
The hotel has a beautiful dining room serving international cuisine (French and Italian) which is very pleasant, decorated in sandy shades, with an oriental atmosphere and paintings inspired by Moroccan culture. This room extends onto a terrace looking out onto the pool. The international specialities here are served at lunch and dinner and offered à la carte. There is also a Moroccan restaurant, offering meals à la carte. The cuisine has a reputation with people outside the hotel. Breakfast is served buffet style, with homemade pastries. A second restaurant serving Indian specialities is open for dinner on the terraces. The restaurant offers a panoramic view of the Koutoubia, the old city and the Atlas Mountains. The Relais de Paris offers French cusine and grilled foods. From 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., it is also possible to grab something light at the snack bar on the poolside in the patio's lush gardens. Some simple dishes such as sandwiches, salads and pastries are offered.
The property is part of the Relais et Palais Marocain chain. An undeniable guarantee of quality, particularly in terms of service.
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