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Riad El-Sagaya (Guesthouse)

  • 150 Arset Ihiri, Bab Doukkala
    Marrakesh 40008, MOROCCO | View map
  • Price Range: Budget
  • Neighbourhood: Bab Doukkala
  • Atmosphere: Backpacker - Basic and Low-key

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Lonely Planet Review

Quotes London law-firm escapee Annabella and her husband Youssef offer laid-back hospitality and nine cheerful, shabby-chic guestrooms with tadelakt (polished-plaster) bathrooms. There aren't any pretensions here, just big, clean, Berber-style rooms in organic earthy tones with private baths, winking lamps, and loads of personal attention from Youssef, Annabelle and their staff.

The Sagaya is essentially a Moroccan home open to the public: bold, bright, and typically Marrakshi with the original tiled floors, wrought-iron balconies and seven spacious rooms arranged around a sociable courtyard where superb mint tea is constantly being poured. The rooms to get are the sunny 1st-floor courtyard rooms and the downstairs Douiriya, a secret all-tadelakt grotto guestroom with an enormous tub in the bathroom. Staff organise babysitting and a myriad of cultural activities, from tadelakt workshops with a master artisan and henna tattooing lessons, to staff-accompanied public hammam trips and eco-friendly mountain treks.

Review by author Paula Hardy

How to book this property

This property has been reviewed and recommended by a Lonely Planet author. However it is not bookable online either with Lonely Planet or with a recommended hotel booking provider. In order to book this property please contact them directly.

  • Telephone: 024 380353
  • Email: www.riad-elsagaya.com
  • Website: www.riad-elsagaya.com

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How To Get There

The riad is a 15 minute taxi ride from the airport or airport transfer by private car can be arranged. The riad is approximately 5 minutes taxi ride from the train station or a 15 minute walk. Follow signs to the bus station in Bab Doukkala. Enter the medina wall next to the grand taxi rank and walk straight ahead along Arset Ihiri for 100 meters. The riad is situated on the right.The riad is a 15 minute taxi ride from the airport or airport transfer by private car can be arranged. The riad is approximately 5 minutes taxi ride from the train station or a 15 minute walk. Follow signs to the bus station in Bab Doukkala. Enter the medina wall next to the grand taxi rank and walk straight ahead along Arset Ihiri for 100 meters. The riad is situated on the right.

Le riad est a 15 minutes de l'aeroport en taxi, avec possibilité d'organisé le tranfert en voiture privée. Le riad est a proximité de la gare féroviaire environ 5 minutes en taxi, ou en promenade 15 a pieds, en suivants les signes, la garre routiere de bab doukkala, a coté de la station des grand taxis en traversant le mur de la médina, dans la direction de Arset Ihiri a 100 metres, le riad est situé a droite.

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Author Tip

The Djemaa el-Fna is a hike from here, but you're close to the main bus station and fleets of taxis to get you anywhere. The northern Medina is mostly residential, and the crowds you'll see along Rue el-Gza are locals shopping for school supplies and dinner ingredients, or headed to nearby mosques and zaouias (saints' shrines) for baraka (blessings).