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I think this is put up simply to make us all jealous. Well done! I wish I had a holiday home, and one as beautiful as this!

A link to his rental site would be useful. What a place to rest.

What an inspiration... I can name most of your plants, and the purple/olive/red thing is similar to what I've got going at my place. We must be on the same latitude. Except... my place is not nearly this cool!

the link for the guesthouse: http://www.darassoura.com

i love marrakesh so much, and this house is so wonderful. Amazing job!

Beautiful and simple at the same time. However, I kept thinking, "How would you keep a place like this clean?!"

This is my dream house!

*sigh*

Wow. My heart just melted.
When I was young, I decided my dream home would have a courtyard and small pool. Seeing this has made me ten times more motivated to make it happen. And I haven't even looked at the whole tour yet.

Yes, hi, I'd like to move in.

@soco: Squadrons of young girls scrubbing daily.

i love the use of plants in the courtyard. sigh.

Why can't we in warm Western climates (eg California, South Africa, Australia) have such cool and beautiful architecture?

I assume it must come down to the high cost of labour. Those onion dome doors aren't prefab.

Not to mention that the courtyard pool would be illegal in most Western countries (thanks to anti-toddler-drowning bylaws).

Yeah, if only we had armies of slaves to keep such houses clean, comfortable and well-fed in medieval kitchens.

Damn women's lib...

I hate you. Not really good for you just jealous. I love this area and many of the homes are just beautiful. This is why I wish to live in Mexico in the near future for color, breezy open space..this place looks so much like my rental in San Miguel de Allende.

I spent 10 days in Morocco in 2006 and loved it. Very "European" and yet with all the things that make northern Africa so unique. This place is my dream home!

it's a lovely house, characteristic of the magreb fortress-in a-medina architecture. i had tajines in a restaurant very similar to this house.

but what a sweeping statement to say Morocco was "unexplored by the masses" 8 years ago?

did you seriously say that european weren't buying house in Morocco until 8 years ago. You do know it's a former French colonie and that Europeans have been travelling, owning houses there and living there for 100 of years.

It's a wonderful home and it's still quite easy to find nice affordable place in Morocco. It's a wonderful place even for a short visit and the architecture is so delightful.

i stayed at this riad a few years back. the owners are french and extremely nice...and the riad is gorgeous!!

http://www.riadorangeraie.com

i just told my bf about this place for our vacation wishlist.

exquisite taste--sigh

Oh, AT. Did you have to show us THIS while half of us are knee-deep in snow? Couldn't you at least have waited for a heat wave so we could say, sour grapes, that it looks awfully hot there?

Seriously -- that is one gorgeous house!

What a beautiful home! Simply stunning. I love the simplicity of it.

Kris

Actually, though this is nice, it is exactly the way all the riad B&B's are decorated there. I just got back from a 10 day trip in November and I stayed at three different riad's that all look this exact way. Nice enough, but very common for Marakech.

I do highly recommend a trip there as it is absolutely amazing all over Morocco!

Marvelously beautiful.

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As marvelously beautiful as this place is, I'm a little disappointed to find a 3,000 sq. ft. holiday home on AT. This looks like an Architectural Digest article.

I agree! It does look like it belongs in Arch Digest!

Is this for real?

Why didn't I go to medical school? Would that have afforded me the time and money to renovate and live in this fantastic house?

I am in the wrong line of work.

effing gorgeous.

Sissy, Medical school? Most doctors in Europe are just government employees.

The downside of such amazing vacation homes (and this one is gorgeous) is that they so often end up ruining their own appeal. Wealthy Europeans and Americans have been buying up anything with a drop of charm in my city. The problem is not the usual effects of gentrification, but rather the creation of ghost towns. Whole neighborhoods become desolate much of the year. The appeal of sidewalk life, small neighborhood shops, artisan shops downstairs (things that American suburbia has obliterated) dissappear. The remaining year rounders, are left with empty schools, grocers out of business, and responsibility for fixing their neighbors' burst pipes and burgleries.

Nani, Live and let live.
You think that Africans don't get around and mess with European/Western lifestyles???? A little less jealousy and a little more thanks for knowing that this very beautiful building has been 'saved' for at least the next couple of generations is in order.
Owner: A thoroughly beautiful and stylish home. May it be enjoyed by many.

This is effing gourgeous! I want a home like this when I grow up.