So in awe of the holiday destination from the latest SATC2 installment, I chanced across this gem. This is the Royal Mansour. The riads—from one to four bedrooms—are arguably some of the most handsome accommodations in Morocco with their silk-paneled walls, muraled ceilings, tiled fireplaces, and roof terraces sporting bedouin tents and private plunge pools. Some riads even have their own elevators. Each riad also comes with a butler—and to assure the ultimate in discrete service, the staff never enters via the front door but rather by a network of secret underground passageways that connect to the back entrance.
The public rooms are equally impressive from the library, which has a retractable wooden ceiling that allows guests to observe the heavens with an on-site telescope, to the elegant French and Moroccan restaurants (steered by Michelin three-star chef Yannick Alléno, recently of the Meurice in Paris), which share a glamorous pavilion highlighted by Brazilian blue onyx and marble floors and silver-plated dining tables. Making sure that everything runs smoothly, the Royal Mansour has a staff of 450, giving it one of the highest staff-to-guest ratios in the world. The price of all this luxury, while not a king’s ransom, comes close, with one-bedroom riads starting at €1,500 and the four-bedroom mini-palace going for as much as €30,000!! I would kill to be a king for a day!
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