Luxury Villa Rental - Marrakech

We have decided that we would like to rent out our Villa in Marrakech this August.

It has 3 bedrooms, all en-suite. A large salon, dining area and kitchen. The Villa has beautiful gardens and a nice pool which is enclosed for safety.

The Domaine has a Boutique hotel and spa with indoor pool a hop across the road for dinner or relaxing. The Domaine and Villa also have 24 hour security and the concierge at the hotel can organise trip and transport for you.

The Villa is situated 9km from Marrakech Centre and a taxi ride takes 15 minutes into town. It will come staffed with cleaners and a gardener to maintain and clean the pool for you.

The big garden is excellent for kids to run around in. The area also has horse riding, camel riding and quad biking 5 minutes walk down the road.
Nice outside patio with bbq for all summer dining.

If you know of any friends or family who may be interested in renting our Villa in August please ask them to drop me (Emma) an email at: zamzamriad@gmail.com

A Moroccan Birthday - Party Marrakech

We waited for the guests with anticipation, will they come? they are a bit late? We are in Morocco I told myself and then to order 10 cars pulled up at the same time. The party began.

My daughter had a wonderful Birthday party this weekend. It was a perfect day, the weather not scorching hot so that all the little girls could enjoy the pool.
I managed to make her a Barbie Birthday cake, which I must confess, I am a little impressed with myself for pulling it off. Luckily the Barbie was a cheap imitation so we didn't have to cut off her legs, just pulled them off and put them in the cutlery draw for later. Making the fondant icing was a tall order but we pulled it off! you cannot buy it pre-made in Morocco.
The Marrakech Birthday was made complete with camels, belly dancing and desert nomad, plus of course chocolate fondue.
The perfect day was finished off with a lovely full moon full of Eastern Promise.

Moroccan Cooking - Zamzam Riad

Returned from the market. Guests choose what they would like to cook. Todays menu was chicken tagine with olives and preserved lemons and a selection of Moroccan salads. Moroccan salads are usually cooked.
The array of spices for todays recipes.
Katie carefully taking notes!
The finale, a delicious lunch on the sun terrace washed down with a lovely Moroccan Rose!

Moroccan Cooking Classes - Zamzam Marrakech

I thought you might like to see some photos of the local markets in the Medina. They might not look much but the fruit and veg is seasonal and prolific. It is so fresh. I decided to tag along with some clients and the wonderful Sadir who does our cooking classes at Zamzam. You can either go to the market and buy everything as these two did or just do the class in the riad.
Gorgeous baby gem lettuces on beds of celery, parsley, coriander and blow your head off radishes. These wonderful lemons with the belly buttons are fantastic for cooking they are less acidic than the normal ones and have a deeper flavour. I think it is facinating seeing all the produce and spices. For more info on these classes, contact us at Zamzam

Zamzam Nomads - Riad Marrakech

I recently got a lovely email from a lovely guest who just stayed with us, saying what a nice time she had had at Zamzam and sending me a few photos of her trip. One of the photos was this, our very nice new Assistant Manager - Said. I think it is a fantastic picture but hilariously funny once you realise that his nomad head wrap is infact one of the hotel's hammam towels! The things we have to do at Zamzam to keep the guests happy!!

When I showed Said the photo he roared with laughter. What were you doing I said. He said they asked me to dress for the photo. Once a Berber ..........................

L'Amandier Project - Ourgaine Villas

A while ago, December actually I got a phone call from a couple of ladies, Jen and her sister Mikaela who wanted to talk to me about Villa Interiors.

They came to the riad and we all had a long chat and got on very well, I showed them around the riad and they seemed to like it. It turned out that their wonderful project was 16 villas in the Atlas Mountains.

The small villa development in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains, just an hour’s drive from Marrakech, L’Amandier will be a luxury development of privately owned villas, a large swimming pool, a tennis court, plunge pools, and gardens peppered with Bougainvillea, almond and citrus trees.

It sits on a plateau surrounded by the magnificent snow-capped Atlas Mountains, a short distance from Sir Richard Branson’s luxury retreat, Kasbah Tamadot, and other established spas, hotels and restaurants.

This is somewhere one can’t help but relax, unwind and enjoy the clean air, unspoilt panoramic views, tranquillity and space.
With 300 days a year sunshine and an aggressive national policy to boost tourism from 2 million to 10 million a year by 2010, Morocco has become one of the key hotspots for property investment.

For full details of this stunning development see:

www.lamandier-maroc.com

They also are writing a wonderful blog which keeps you up to the development of the villas and the sites as they are being built. The blog is well written and a good read - www.lamandier-maroc.com/blog/


We had a wonderful day visiting the site, the plot is absolutely breathtaking. Not far from Marrakech either but excellent as a retreat or to do some wonderful walking in the mountains.