ON LOCATION Among the huge collection of digital art are works by contemporary Moroccan artists and 24 prints from Sebastião Salgado’s Amazônia NFT release, each featuring a QR code linking to details about it. Don’t miss the staircase filled with video art by Ethiopian collective Yatreda. It’s like a modern museum in the medina. Entered through a hand-carved cedar door, Riad Rosemary (rosemarymarrakech.com) has just opened its five rooms in a quiet corner of the medina, near the Bahia Palace. A labour of love for artist Laurence Leenaert and Ayoub Boualam, co-founders of local lifestyle brand LRNCE, Rosemary is a showcase for Leenaert’s signature aesthetic, inspired by the Moroccan landscape. Practically everything here is made by hand, and all has been selected with the utmost care, from the wall art to bathroom tiles to the vintage furniture sourced from flea markets. Finally, for those in search of a retreat outside of the city, there’s The Oberoi, Marrakech (oberoihotels.com), a grande dame surrounded by mature olive trees and fragrant, lavender-filled gardens, with a long central canal reflecting the surroundings. The hotel’s extraordinary architecture takes its inspiration from the city’s historical monuments, and the detailed plaster carvings and tilework are especially beautiful. Imposing arches frame the canal and gardens, best appreciated at sunset from one of the wide terraces. Marrakech Menara Airport JUST DESERTS The Agafay Desert outside Marrakech may not have the soaring dunes of the Sahara, but its gravelly plains have their own beauty. There are plenty of new arrivals in the area, but La Pause (lapause-marrakech.com) has been welcoming travellers to its oasis-like setting for 20 years, and recently added a swimming pool. The camp’s bivouac tents offer a back-tonature experience, while the more substantial mud-walled lodges come with their own bathrooms and stoves to keep things cosy on chilly nights. In Ouarzazate, the gateway to the vast southern desert, the 14-room Dar Ahlam (darahlam.com) is a 200-year-old kasbah surrounded by olive trees, palms and almond groves, offering an oasis in the true sense of the word. Highlights include dinner in gardens created by the designer of Paris’s Jardin des Tuileries, massages by candlelight and treks into the Valley of the Roses in the Atlas foothills. For a trip that takes you way off the beaten track, head deep into the sands of Erg Chebbi. Here, hidden among the dunes and surrounded by silence, you’ll find Merzouga Luxury Desert Camps (merzougaluxurydesertcamps. com) and its new sister camp, White Camel Acacia. Fly into the nearby Errachidia airport, and the camp will arrange transfers right into the heart of the dunes. Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport PEACE OUT Merzouga Luxury Desert Camps MARWAN SOBAI 42 NetJets
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