Hotel Dar Les Cigognes, Marrakech

Silver Room:
The "Silver Room" has a carved plaster ceiling and long band of carved plaster around the silver-coloured tadelakt walls. The floor is a mosaic of uncoated and coated tiles, called bejmat and zellige, alternating between natural and white. An exterior window looks out onto the palace ramparts; an interior window looks to the courtyard. The bed is a baldaquin bed, draped with light curtains, and is a generous 180 x 200cm.

Casablanca Room:
The style of this room is Art Deco, to reflect the heyday of this well-known City. The walls are made of off-white tadelakt; the ceiling has an art-deco motif around a matching lamp. The bed (200 x 180cm) and the night-tables are of walnut wood, the latter with silver-coloured lamps. Two period armchairs and a table front the fireplace, which is decorated in an art-deco pattern all in black and white zelliges (mosaic). Sepia-coloured prints of Casablanca and a large mirror made of camel bone and black wood decorate this superb room.

Harem Room:
The harem theme translates into rich red velvets, used extensively in the room’s furnishings. The gold four-poster bed measures a generous 200 x 180cm and is draped in gold. It has side tables and gold night lamps. Two armchairs and a small brass table are set in front of the fireplace, the latter decorated with Suleiman’s arabesque signature. Two poufs and an ornate Orientalist painting as well as stunning lamps further adorn this exquisite room. The walls are red, the ceiling is of carved plaster and the floor is made of bejmat with a red zellige border and leads through to a dressing area and then into the bathroom.

Safari Room:
The Safari suite has a tataoui ceiling, a traditional craft of Southern Berber tribes, made of woven oleander branches. The walls are of a light khaki tadelakt, to further characterize the décor of the room. The room has two twin-sized beds with decorative mosquito netting and small night-tables, which can be twinned to a king-sized if necessary. A Mauritanian leather and straw carpet, a trunk, African tapestries, and books on old African hunting further decorate this exquisite room.

Berber:
This room’s spectacular ceiling is painted in bright panels of highly decorative Berber motifs. The walls are made of sun-coloured tadelakt. The room has a king-sized bed with a carved-wood frame. Two armchairs and a small table are set in front of the fireplace and a large Berber mirror and Berber accessories adorn the walls of this extraordinary room.

Safi Room:
This room’s ceiling has a painted zouak (hand-painted motifs) beams, with a matching bed of 180x 200cm and bedside tables with lamps. The bedroom floor is made of bejmat and has a blue zellige border. Two finely-worked wooden armchairs and a small table will allow guests to sit by the fireplace, adorned with Safi pottery. Further pottery items in various forms and colors from this seaside town further decorate this room. The walls are of green tadelakt.

Middle Atlas:
Some of Morocco’s most unusual and attractive carpets come from this area and several embellish this room. The walls are made of cream tadelakt, a perfect background for the rich purples and oranges of the rooms’s carpets. The ceiling has violet and walnut-colored beams with a painted frieze of orange Koranic writing. The fireplace is ornately decorated. The four-poster bed is a generous 200 x 180cm with bedside tables and lamps.

Zouak Room: Zouak is a decorative painting technique using very fine brushes which was perfected in Marrakech and can be found in all the grand residences and palaces of the kingdom. The ceiling, wardrobe doors, bed frame and bedside table of this room are all adorned in this painstaking finish. Bedroom walls and the bathroom use a warm golden-hued tadelakt.

Tataoui Room: Tataoui has a rustic appeal, with ceiling, furniture, mirror frame and wardrobe doors made of brightly colored, woven oleander branches. The bedroom’s walls are a cream-coloured tadelakt, while the bathroom uses a cool green shade. There is also a small dressing area.

Sahara Room: This room is dominated by painted desert landscape on blue tadelakt walls. A ceiling of midnight blue and star mofit, floor of sand coloured das, and tent-like drapes over the bed complete the mirage. (superior room)

The bed is a generous 180 x 200cm.

Orientalist Suite: An extravagant play on Oriental tradition, this airy, vaulted suite has a bedroom, dressing room, sitting room with magnificent fireplace, and a spacious bathroom. Tadelakt in shades of cream and pale green are employed, while the tiled floor is warmed with a colorful zellige carpet.(Suite)

A small, beautifully restored house (250 sqm), all clean lines and elegant design, offers guests maximum privacy combined with gracious Les Cigognes service. There are 4 gorgeous bedrooms (1 master suite, 1 deluxe room, and 2 superior rooms), all with Quiet® temperature controls, marble bathrooms, sumptuous beds and bed linens. There is also a cinema room with large flat panel television and a wide selection of films; a sun terrace; kitchen, dining room, and courtyard lounge. The courtyard lounge has a retractable roof to keep it cool and fresh in the summer and warm in the winter. Daily housekeeping is provided, there is a butler/houseboy on site 24/7, and guests have access to all concierge services and facilities of Dar Les Cigognes. A chef is also provided to prepare meals according to the meal plan selected: breakfast, half-board or full board. All meals can be customized to your tastes. Because a private home lends itself for use on special occasions, we are happy to work with you to create a unique stay, providing you access to special and bespoke activities, such as entertainment, car and driver, etc. Naturally all of the facilities of Dar Les Cigognes or one of our other hotels are at your disposal.