Amanjena, Marrakech
Located in Morocco, Amanjena’s 34 pavilions and six, two-storey maisons are set within an oasis of palms and old olive trees. Earth-toned Marrakech, with its gardens and its souks, its art and craft and compelling culture, is just seven kilometers away. The resort is situated alongside an 18-hole golf course with a second course, a royal golf course, less than a kilometer away. Amanjena looks out onto the snow-capped High Atlas Mountains, the highest range in North Africa. Bordered in the north by the Mediterranean Sea (Spain is only an hour’s ferry ride away) and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, Morocco is blessed with beaches. Add to that four dominating mountain ranges, the great oases and dunes of the Sahara and nearly 30 million Berbers and Arabs and Africans and Europeans – Moroccans all – and you have a subtropical land of remarkable geographic, climatic and cultural diversity.
Accommodation: 40 guest rooms - Each air-conditioned pavilion includes a bedroom/living room and a spacious bathroom and dressing area. The living area consists of a high, domed ceiling, a king-size platform bed and an open fireplace. Furnishings include a daybed with an accompanying table and chair. There’s also a mini-bar, a CD player and a TV/DVD. Green Moroccan marble and a soaking tub in a garden setting highlight the bathroom. Each pavilion also enjoys a private courtyard complemented by a minzah (gazebo), a lounge sofa and a dining area. Six of the 34 pavilions, the pavilions bassin, enjoy sweeping views to the central irrigation pool. An upstairs master bedroom and bathroom distinguish Amanjena’s six, two-bedroom maisons. Main-floor features include a living and dining area with a connecting bedroom and bathroom. The maisons also come with a private swimming pool, a garden and minzah. Two of the maisons are blessed with particularly lavish garden courtyards. These maisons jardin feature a floor fountain, a wall fountain, a full minzah, a butler's pantry and a shade tree
Resort Facilities: Classic Moroccan motifs define the lobby with its long, arched entrance gallery and soaring ceiling, its open-air courtyards and covered salons. To the left of the lobby are the salons of the Bar/Fumoir. Further along is the library, with its six-meter ceiling, its fireplace and a balcony that runs round the room’s perimeter. To the right of the lobby is the Moroccan restaurant.
Specializing in local cuisine, the Moroccan is graced with 80 onyx columns, plâtre ciselé artwork, moucharabieh -wood screens and a pyramid skylight. The Moroccan restaurant is open only for dinner. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served in the Restaurant, which offers Western and Thai cuisine indoors and in a garden courtyard.
The heated outdoor swimming pool and Pool Terrace are adjacent to the three resort boutiques. Lunch and refreshments are served at the Pool Terrace. Nearby is the Health Center, with its hammams (steam baths) for men and women, along with separate whirlpools. Other facilities include a gym, treatment and massage rooms, a beauty salon and two hard-surface tennis courts, lit for night play.
Location: 7Kms from Marrakech and south of Casablanca
