Marrakech City holiday guest house accommodation with walking, log fire, balcony/terrace, air con, internet access, telephone, TV

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Riad Nerja (guest house)

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Recently restored according to traditional Moroccan art, the riad has been carefully decorated with magnificent furniture made in the traditional way with luxury carpets & shimmering hues fabrics.

Riad Nerja’s pure Arabic & Andalusian architecture makes this place ideal, great for taking advantage of the Moroccan peaceful way of life.

Riad Nerja comprises 5 Rooms & Suites (including a family room for 2 adults & 2 children), all air conditioned, with bathrooms made of tadelakt & zellij from Fez (capacity : 12 guests). Our rooms are also equipped with connector for PC owners.

The comfortable summer-houses & lounges, are dispersed around a delightful columned patio with a wall fountain which gives to the riad a real feeling of freshness & serenity.

The Riad Nerja’s Saba is listed by the Unesco Mundial Heritage, and gives a permanent freshness to the guest house. Our large terrace comprises a solarium and a relaxing corner where you could soak up the generous sun of Marrakech.

Our staff, discreetly efficient & careful, will ensure your well-being during your whole stay in Riad Nerja & will answer warmly to your wishes. Riad Nerja’s staff wishes you a nice stay in Marrakech.

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The Marrakech / Essaouira / Marrakech Region

Marrakech is a city in the grip of a delirious imagination. A feverish dreamscape of honeycombed alleys and minarets quivering in the moonlight and haunted by the restless creatures of a visionary carnival that has lasted for a thousand years and shows no sign of stopping now. Marrakech is one of the worlds enchanted places where time becomes suspended and, through its open door, you catch a glimpse of the past so rich and so remote and yet so palpable.

You can sense the atavism propelling every trick and turn in the Djemaa el Fna, Marrakech's pulsating main square and one of the worlds great theatres. The Djemaa is a spectacular pageant of singers, tumblers, sorcerers, herbalists, raconteurs, impostors, preachers and snake charmers, all competing for your eye. There is nowhere else in Africa which so effortlessly involves you, blows aside travel cynicism and keeps you returning. If you get tired, observe the spectacle from one of the overlooking rooftop cafes.

There is also a modern Marrakech of luxury hotels, streets with restless mopeds and guides, but they all seem to co-exist with the past. It is a Berber rather than Arab city; the traditional metropolis of Atlas tribes, Mahgrebis from the plains, Saharan nomads and slaves from beyond the desert. It was founded around 1062 by Youssef bin Tachfine of the Almoravide dynasty, but it was his son Ali Ben Youssef who brought architects and craftsmen from Cordoba to build palaces, baths and Mosques, a subterranean water system and in 1126 the first circuit of walls were raised from "tabia" - the red mud of the plains.

Marrakech's setting is truly magical. A patchwork of ravishing green against the bare, brown plain of Haouz with the snowy High Atlas rearing up behind like an apocalyptic tidal wave towering through the haze. Focus of every approach to the city is the Koutoubia Mosques minaret, Marrakech's crowning centrepiece, the 203 feet high tower, the very synthesis of Moslem architecture. Other sights to visit are the Saadian tombs dating from 1557, over-lavish maybe, but sensational nevertheless.

The Mellah, once the largest Jewish quarter in Morocco; the Agdal, Majorelle (Yves St.Laurent Gardens) and Menara Gardens, located near the edge of the Medina where it is both cool and very still and in perfect contrast to the bustling city streets; the Bahia and dar Si-Said, the latter housing a museum of Moroccan arts.

By far the best way to visit these sights is to engage one of the 300 horse-drawn carriages (caleches). They will take you riding in comfort and style. But to see the marvels of Marrakech's Medina - all two square miles of it - you must go on foot. It is in the hurlyburly of the Medina where you will find the masterpieces of Marrakechi art. Each craft in the Medina has its own special quarter in one of the interminable passages that sprawls like some vast living organism, teeming with activity. There are two or three main thoroughfares in the Medina, off which branch most of the individual markets with alleys and squares devoted to specific crafts where one can watch part of the production process in dyeing, brass and copper beating, apothecary stalls, cosmetics, herbs, jewellers, leather workers, carpenters, sieve-makers, perfumes, spices and slipper makers.

The High Atlas, a mere 30 km south of Marrakech and the greatest mountain range in North Africa, is undoubtedly the most beautiful and compelling part of this diverse land. It has perpetuated a remoteness which until recent decades was virtually complete. Staying a few days in Marrakech you are bound to hear about the Ourika, a long and beautiful valley where "locals" breeze out on their mopeds in the summer to escape the city heat to lie beside the streams and waterfalls, just an hours drive from your hotel. Oukaimeden, the main ski resort in the Atlas (3,272m high) has good piste and off-piste skiing between the months of December and March. Marrakech holds the same fascination as the sea (2 hours drive to the coast), constantly changing and eternally the same, and once you have witnessed it, you're sure to be back for more.

Marrakech! Don't miss it. You owe it to yourself.

Marrakech City area

Traversing the alleyways and souks of Marrakech, particularly in the Medina (Old City), it is easy to believe you have been transported back in time or stumbled onto a movie set for a medieval 'Arabian nights' production. It is this enchanting fairy tale quality that brings thousands of sightseers to the most visited of Morocco's three Imperial Cities. The heart of the Medina is Djemaa el-Fna, an irregular 'square' where everything seems to happen and the place to which tourists are drawn again and again to soak up the carnival-like environment. Tourism, though, has not spoilt the atmosphere, but seemingly rather added to it.

The modern side of Marrakech with its luxury hotels, banks and streets bursting with motor scooters, blends well with the past in a metropolis made up of the peoples of the Berber Atlas tribes, Mahgrebis from the plains, and Saharan nomads.

Marrakech was founded in 1062 by Youssef bin Tachfine of the Almoravide dynasty, and his son perfected the city by bringing in architects and craftsmen from Cordoba to build palaces, baths, mosques and a subterranean water system. The city walls were raised from the red mud of the plains, with the snow-covered peaks of the High Atlas Mountains forming a backdrop for the city, although they are often hidden by the heat haze.

One of the many ways to soak up the sights and sounds of Marrakech is in one of the hundreds of horse-drawn carriages, known as caleches, that are for hire, but it is also necessary to take in the Medina's souks on foot, plunging into the hurly burly maelstrom of passages where tradesmen ply various crafts, from cloth dying, copper beating, and leather working to herbalists, perfumers and slipper makers, and where shopkeepers cajole passing tourists into taking a look at their glorious array of colourful crafts.

How to get there

British Airways run flight from most of the major London airport from as little as £50.

Activities near Marrakech City

Facilities

Further details indoors:
This guest house has several beautiful rooms which are decorated in the typical Moroccan style these include:

The most sensual & refined ones, the Sultane’s comprises a menzeh which offers you the best view on the patio, fuchsia fabrics decorated, with a sumptuous dressing table made in the traditional way with bones and wood. The bathroom comprises a bath, decorated with zellij from Fez & bejmat.

The Persane’s comprises a double room with a sofa made of 2 twin beds, ideal for a couple with two children. The furniture, decorated with a purple colour scale, creates a warm atmosphere where it’s fine to be within the family. The bathroom comprises a bath, decorated with zellij from Fez & bejmat.

The Leila’s comprises twin beds and a private lounge such as a little nest of calm and cosiness, with tasteful decoration in a green colour scale. The bathroom comprises a shower, decorated with zellij from Fez & bejmat.
Type: Room (Twin Beds)

The Soraya’s comprises twin beds with private lounge, luxurious wood & fabrics in a blue colour scale. The bathroom comprises a shower, decorated with zellij from Fez & bejmat.

Further details outdoors:
Riad Nerja is at 10 minutes by car far from the Golfs of Marrakech ,
Riad Nerja is at 5 minutes walk from the historical tannery district
Riad Nerja is at 15 minutes walk from the main square and city centre

Further details

Our guests are welcomed by mint the and moroccan sweets , a bottle of water and a busket of fruits are offered in the rooms the day of Arrival.

The Riad English-speaking representative will be at your entire disposal to respond at all your requests

Conditions

Booking conceallation made up 7 days to arrival we charge NOTHING , Booking conceallation made 7 days before arrival we charge 100 %

We accept cerdit cards : Visa and Mastercard

All bookings are considered confirmed only when we receive the credit card details of the customer either by e-mail OR by fax to : Brigitte Anselmo 0034952520658.

Rental rates

Prices for group size 10
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Price Group 10 Persons	17 Nov 09	31 Aug 10	2555£ 2,323	365332	365332	Flexible

Prices for group size 2
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Price Groupe size 2	17 Nov 09	16 Dec 09	553£ 503	7972	7972	Flexible
Price group size 2	16 Dec 09	3 Jan 10	686£ 624	9889	9889	3 Nights
Price group size 2	3 Jan 10	1 Feb 10	455£ 414	6559	6559	Flexible
Price group size 2	1 Feb 10	27 Mar 10	553£ 503	7972	7972	Flexible
Price group size 2	27 Mar 10	7 Apr 10	686£ 624	9889	9889	Flexible
Price group size 2	7 Apr 10	1 Jul 10	553£ 503	7972	7972	Flexible
Price group size 2	1 Jul 10	1 Sep 10	455£ 414	6559	6559	Flexible
Price group size 2	1 Sep 10	15 Dec 10	553£ 503	7972	7972	Flexible

The property's weekend rates apply to: Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

Riad Nerja is rated only in totality with a capacity of 10 to 12 Persons

We accept cerdit cards : Visa and Mastercard

All bookings are considered confirmed only when we receive the credit card details of the customer either by e-mail to : brigitte58@terra.com OR by fax to : Brigitte Anselmo 0034952520658.

Guestbook for Riad Nerja

Wonderful , relaxing place to stay tank you so much for hospitality : Eliot & Maggie London

Trés sympa , Merci bie à toutes l'équipe du Riad Nerja c'étai vraiment un paradis : Nicole France

Gracia por su excellente atencion , es una my bonita Muy acojeroda / Jose & Racha Espana

Thank you very much .It is very nice place to be in . We will be back , see you soomn : Diane & Kenedy America

Availability

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Name:	Aouad Abdou
Fax:	+34 95 2520658
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