Lonely Planet Review
At Dar Attajmil, Lucrezia Mutti combines sleek Milanese style with warm natural materials and soft, simple design. She has also worked hard to nurture a cultural atmosphere at the riad (town house) where you can undertake cookery, calligraphy, embroidery and even yoga classes.
This is a great place to start for solo women travellers and indeed anyone else who enjoys getting stuck into the life of a place. The highlight of Dar Attajmil, apart from the four stylish rooms, is the classes on offer that give visitors a chance to interact with local craftsmen and understand more of Moroccan culture. The riad also has a fantastic hammam (bathhouse) offering a professional range of treatments using sought-after Argan oil products. All this cultural activity creates an easy-going, relaxed atmosphere. The tone is elegant but also earthy and organic; the predominant colours based on rust red, ochre and mustard yellow serve as an appropriate background for the organic shapes of local artist Michel Vu's paintings. Lucrezia herself is a gracious and energetic hostess and has wonderful plans for the future so watch this space.
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Paula Hardy