Dar Les Cigognes
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Dar Les Cigognes
108, Rue de Berima
Medina
Marrakech
Telephone:
+212 524 38 27 40
Fax:
+212 524 38 47 67
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Hotel Description
For centuries, a discreet door opposite the gates to Marrakech's Royal Palace led to a wealthy merchant's home. Today, behind that door, with the help of celebrity architect Charles Boccara, we have transformed two Riads into the boutique hotel called Dar Les Cigognes. A Riad is a traditional Arab house, traditionally an interior world, which is built around a courtyard with fruit trees and a fountain.

This Marrakech hotel offers its guests a wide range of services and features:
-11 Guest Rooms and Suites
-Restaurant Serving Moroccan Delicacies
-Spa, Massage, and Beauty Treatments
-Traditional Moroccan Hammam and Jacuzzi
-Boutique of Local Handicrafts
-Terraces with Incredible Views
-A 1001 Things to Do
-Secluded Corners to Relax In


Refined elegance and style are the hallmarks of this luxury hotel. Dar Les Cigognes offers all the comfort and calm you would expect from a luxury boutique hotel, as well as the chic and charm of Moroccan style and fashion. Each room is unique, drawing on the rich cultural heritage of Moorish art and d�cor. The beds and bathrooms have been designed with the highest level of well-being in mind, and friendly and attentive service will make you feel at home. Dar Les Cigognes is located in the heart of the old town of Marrakech, the medina. With parking and many of the important sites only a few steps away, you will find Dar Les Cigognes an excellent base for exploring the city. If you are planning to travel to Morocco, or plan a stay in Marrakech, Dar Les Cigognes offers the comfort and intimacy of a guesthouse with the service and quality of a hotel. For accomodation in Marrakech, look no further than Dar Les Cigognes. Marrakech, with its scented alleyways and mysterious riad houses, is a feast for the senses, a true thousand and one nights! Let yourself be seduced by the mystery, the beauty, and the luxury of this magical place, step back in time, and lose yourself on a trip to this beautiful land. Marrakech is a chic destination, as much for its stylish riad houses, as for its vibrant restaurant scene and nightlife. After a feast of the senses, come home to Dar Les Cigognes, a true Oasis of Calm.
Luxury Hotel Accommodation
There are just eleven rooms at Dar Les Cigognes, ensuring personal service, a true boutique hotel. Each room follows a unique design theme, drawn from the rich artistic tradition of Morocco. Please click here for room rates, terms and conditions.

Three classes of rooms are offered: Superior Rooms, of which there are three; Deluxe Rooms, of which there are seven; and finally, one Suite.

All rooms have air conditioning, telephone, and safe. Many rooms have fireplaces. Most rooms have bath and shower.

The Zouak and Tataoui Superior rooms can be twinned; the Deluxe Silver Room and the Sahara Room can be twinned, thus allowing families increased privacy and togetherness.

We have opted for cool and soothing colours in the courtyard, while the rooms each take their cue from a different region of Morocco. You will find Berber designs represented, as well as the craftwork of Fes and the other imperial cities. Throughout, we have stayed true to the spirit of a traditional Marrakech riad, but have updated it to suit the requirements of discerning guests.

Superior Rooms:
For chic and stylish accomodation in Marrakech, Morocco, you are sure to find our sumptuous superior rooms a comfortable base for your stay. Each of the three superior rooms has a unique charm, and each has a richly appointed bathroom, with excellent lighting, and bath with shower.

Beds have a large duvet in the winter, summer blanket in the summer, two demi-duvet pillows, and two hotel-quality non-allergenic pillows. Sheets are high thread count all-cotton bed linen. Bathrooms hold hand and bath soap and body lotion and plush towels. Additional amenities are provided in case of emergency (shavers, tooth brush, et cetera). Although the metre-thick walls regulate the extremes of temperature, all rooms h''''''ave an air-conditioning unit that also serves as a heater. There are remote controls in each room, permitting the guest to regulate to the desired temperature.

Guests will enjoy a complimentary fruit plate and a large bottle of still water in their room upon arrival, as well as turn down service every evening. Hot water bottles will be inserted into the beds in cold months. Laundry and dry cleaning services are available

Zouak Room:
The "Zouak Room" has a painstakingly hand-painted ornate ceiling. Zouak is a technique of painting decorative patterns with a very fine brush. It is a technique perfected in Marrakech, but one that graces all of the grand residences and palaces of the kingdom. The ceiling, closet doors, bed frame, and bedside tables are all done with this painstaking technique. The walls are made of a warm golden-coloured tadelakt (a plaster technique which leaves a shiny surface that looks somewhat like marble). The bed is a generous 180 x 200 cm, with bedside tables and lamps. The bedroom floor has a bejmat (a small type of brick) border and is made with a material called das, which is similar to tadelakt. The bathroom follows the same colour theme of tadelakt, and has a tiled floor, vaulted ceilings, a small window, bath with shower, toilet, and a hammered silver mirror and sink. In both bedroom and bath, special attention was spent on providing excellent lighting.

Tataoui Room:
The "Tataoui Room" is designed consistently with the Berber technique of woven oleander branches. This type of work is typical of Southern Morocco and the oasis valleys. Tataoui is more rustic in feel, and is made of brightly coloured woven oleander branches. The ceiling, furniture, mirror frame, and closet doors are all made using this technique. The bed is a generous 180 x 200cm. There is a small dressing area separating bedroom from bathroom. The bedroom walls are a cream-coloured tadelakt. The floor is das. There is a window into the courtyard. The bathroom walls are made with a refreshingly cool light green tadelakt, and cream-coloured zellige (local hand-cut tiles) floor. There are vaulted ceilings, a bath with shower, toilet, and hammered silver mirror and sink.

Sahara Room:
The "Sahara Room" was painted by the former Head of the Art Department of the University of Baghdad. It is painted with desert scenes. The canopy of the bed reminds of a desert tent, and the stars depicted on the ceiling will be sure to transport you to the middle of the Sahara. The Sahara room has a painted-desert landscape on blue tadelakt walls, a sand-coloured das floor, a midnight coloured ceiling with a star motif, a bed with tent-like drapes, a headboard/table with bedside lamps, a small brass table, and a leather poof. The bed is a generous 180 x 200cm. There is a window into the courtyard. The bathroom is done with yellow tadelakt and a deep blue tiled floor, vaulted ceilings, a bath with shower, and hammered silver mirror and sink.

Deluxe Rooms:
For a romantic stay in Marrakech, our deluxe rooms are sure to provide with an elegant and stylish choice spread across our two riads. The rooms are all substantial in size, and with rose petals scattered on your bed, romance is sure to be the backdrop of your stay with us.

The Deluxe Rooms all have air conditioning and fireplaces (except the exquisite Silver Room, which has no fireplace). They all have separate sitting areas.

Each bed has a large duvet in the winter, summer blanket in the summer, two demi-duvet pillows, and two hotel-quality non-allergenic pillows. Sheets are high thread count all-cotton bed linen. Bathrooms hold hand and bath soap, body lotion, plush towels, and cotton bathrobes. The beds are decorated with silk throws in the winter. Additional amenities are provided in case of emergency (shavers, tooth brush, et cetera). Although the metre thick walls regulate the extremes of temperature, in the winter, both a fire and the heating will make sure you are comfortable, in the summer, the air-conditioning and fans keep guests cool.

Guests will enjoy a complimentary fruit plate and a large bottle of still water in their room upon arrival, as well as turn down service in the evening. Your fireplace will be lit in the evenings and upon your request at any other time of the day. Laundry and dry cleaning services are available and each room's closet has the necessary lists and bags.

Silver Room:
The "Silver Room" has a carved plaster ceiling and long band of carved plaster around the silver-coloured tadelakt walls. The floor is a mosaic of uncoated and coated tiles, called bejmat and zellige, alternating between natural and white. An exterior window looks out onto the palace ramparts; an interior window looks to the courtyard. There are two chairs, a table, and an armoire. The bed is a baldaquin bed, draped with light curtains, and is a generous 180 x 200cm.

The bathroom walls are of silver tadelakt, the floors are done with white tiles, and there is a vaulted ceiling with a skylight. The mirror is made of hammered silver, as is the sink. There is a tadelakt bath with shower, and a toilet. Hot water bottles will be inserted into the bed in cold months. In-room AC.

Casablanca Room:
The style of this room is Art Deco, to reflect the heyday of this well-known City. The walls are made of off-white tadelakt; the ceiling has an art-deco motif around a matching lamp. The bed (200 x 180cm) and the night-tables are of walnut wood, the latter with silver-coloured lamps. Two period armchairs and a table front the fireplace, which is decorated in an art-deco pattern all in black and white zelliges (mosaic). Sepia-coloured prints of Casablanca and a large mirror made of camel bone and black wood decorate this superb room. Art Deco accessories are used throughout . The floor is of black and natural colored bejmat, leading through to a dressing area and into the bathroom. The walls in the bathroom are made in off-white tadelakt, there are vaulted ceilings, a large bath with shower, toilet, and a hammered silver mirror and sink. In-room AC.

Harem Room:
The harem theme translates into rich red velvets, used extensively in the room�s furnishings. The gold four-poster bed measures a generous 200 x 180cm and is draped in gold. It has side tables and gold night lamps. Two armchairs and a small brass table are set in front of the fireplace, the latter decorated with Suleiman�s arabesque signature. Two poufs and an ornate Orientalist paintin as well as stunning lamps further adorn this exquisite room. The walls are red, the ceiling is of carved plaster and the floor is made of bejmat with a red zellige border and lead through to a dressing area and then into the bathroom. The walls of the bathroom are made in off-white colored tadelakt, there are vaulted ceilings, a shower, toilet, and separate area with a hammered silver mirror and sink. In-room AC.

Safari Room:
The Safari suite has a tataoui ceiling, a traditional craft of Southern Berber tribes, made of woven oleander branches. Here we have left them natural, to reflect the colours of the desert trade routes. The walls are of a light khaki tadelakt, to further characterize the d�cor of the room. The room has two twin-sized beds with decorative mosquito netting and small night-tables, which can be twinned to a king-sized if necessary. There are two armchairs and a small table in front of the fireplace. A Mauritanian leather and straw carpet, a trunk, African tapestries, and books on old African hunting further decorate this exquisite room. The floors are of bejmat with a white zellige border and lead through a dressing area to the bathroom. The walls of the bathroom are made in straw-colored tadelakt, there are vaulted ceilings, a shower, toilet, and separate area with a hammered silver mirror and sink. In room AC.

Berber Room:
This room's spectacular ceiling is painted in bright panels of highly decorative Berber motifs. The walls are made of sun-coloured tadelakt. The room has a king-sized bed with a carved-wood frame. Two armchairs and a small table are set in front of the fireplace and a large Berber mirror and Berber accessories adorn the walls of this extraordinary room. The floor is of natural coloured bejmat with a border of red zellige, leading through a dressing area into the bathroom. The walls of the bathroom are made in pale yellow tadelakt, there are vaulted ceilings, a shower, toilet, and separate area with a hammered silver mirror and sink. In-room AC.

Safi Room:
This room�s ceiling has a painted zouak (hand-painted motifs) beams, with a matching bed of 180x 200cm and bedside tables with lamps. The bedroom floor is made of bejmat and has a blue zellige border. Two finely-worked wooden armchairs and a small table will allow guests to sit by the fireplace, adorned with Safi pottery. Further pottery items in various forms and colors from this seaside town further decorate this room. The walls are of green tadelakt. There is a generous dressing area and large bathroom. The walls of the bathroom are made in off-white tadelakt, and there are vaulted ceilings, a large bath with shower, toilet, and a hammered silver mirror and sink. In-room AC.

Middle Atlas Room:
Some of Morocco�s most unusual and attractive carpets come from this area and several embellish this room. The walls are made of lavender tadelakt, a perfect background for the rich purples and oranges of the rooms�s carpets. The ceiling has violet and walnut-colored beams with a painted frieze of orange Koranic writing. The fireplace is ornately decorated with colourful zelliges. The four-poster bed is a generous 200 x 180cm with bedside tables and lamps. Two armchairs and a table, a trunk and a mirror as well as two leather poufs complete the room�s unique decoration. The floor is of natural bejmat with a red border of zelliges, leading through a dressing area into the bathroom. The walls of the bathroom are made in off-white tadelakt, there are vaulted ceilings, a large bath with shower, toilet, and a hammered silver mirror and sink. In-room AC.

Suite:
Travel to the heart of luxury, sleep like a Sultan in this, our most elegant and exquisite room. The setting is pure romance, and with chic and stylish furnishings, you may never want to leave the comfort of your room. For a romantic stay in Marrakech, look no further.

The Orientalist Suite is our most luxurious room, offering the comfort to satisfy even the most jaded soul. It is decorated in an Orientalist style and has a separate sitting room with its own fireplace, and a window onto the ramparts of the palace.

The bed is a stunning 200cm x 200cm, and is part set into an alcove under a vaulted ceiling. A copy of a Jer�me painting whose original hangs in the Louvre is behind the bed. There are two niches with scalloped arches to either side of the bed, with bedside lamps. There is an armchair and table in the bedroom. There are two windows into the courtyard. Through a closeted dressing area, there is a separate sitting room with two armchairs, a table, stacks of books, a magnificent fireplace with a swirled tadelakt chimney, and an ornate window to the outside. The walls in the bedroom are cream-coloured tadelakt, and in the sitting room, a pale green. The floor is das. The bathroom has vaulted ceilings, two skylights, a bath with shower, a separate shower, a toilet, and hammered silver mirror and sink. The floor is tiled, and has a colourful zellige carpet in its middle.

The bed has a large duvet in the winter, summer blanket in the summer, two demi-duvet pillows, and two hotel-quality non-allergenic pillows. Sheets are high thread count all-cotton bed linen. The bathroom holds hand and bath soap, body lotion, plush towels, and cotton bathrobes. Additional amenities are provided in case of emergency (shavers, tooth brush, et cetera). There is individually controlled air-conditioning in the room as well as the sitting room.

Guests will enjoy a complimentary fruit plate and a large bottle of still water in their room upon arrival, as well as turn down service every evening. Hot water bottles will be inserted into the beds in cold months. Laundry and dry cleaning services are available and each room's closet has the necessary lists and bags.
Facilities
Full service spa, traditional Moroccan hammam, restaurant/dining, lounges, excursions, access to swimming pool at Riad Kaiss and Nikki Beach.
Location
Facing the gates of the Royal Palace, in the heart of the historic medina, just 20 m from the Badi Palace and a short walk from most of the major sites of Marrakech.