Marrakech - with its exotic riads in the Medina or its numerous supersized luxurious villas in the Palmarei around the city - didn’t loose its charm to foreigners. The Medina, as the old town is known, is bustling with colourful life, vibrating with exotic sounds and is exploding with alluring perfumes from those oceans of activity – the souks.

Many of the sumptuous villas by the old-established foreign community, including Bled Targui, owned by Princess Henrietta von Auersperg, and Le Verger de l’Etoile Filante (Orchard of the Shooting Star), which belongs to Frederick Vreeland, the former United States Ambassador and son of Diana Vreeland, the famed fashion-setter and Editor of Vogue are changing hands to a new but not less elitist scene of Morocco lovers such as Jasper Conrad and Ralph Lauren.

Properties combine the best of European refinement, American comfort and Moorish culture. A very exclusive and rare example is riad “The Secret” or a very fashionable riad just around the corner. Both are fine examples of a great mixture of traditional architecture and design, enhanced by modern components and luxurious details. Even you don’t want to buy a property in Marrakech – you need to visit this dream of The Thousand and One Nights.

Source: Times Online by Celia Brayfield

Posted By: Peter Rabitz