Inspiring Travel Writing from Joanna Monkhouse: Page 4 of 12
Articles by Joanna Monkhouse: Page 4 of 12
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Maison Mnabha
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Joanna Monkhouse
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Morocco
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Marrakech Region
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Marrakech
In the Kasbah, the English run Maison Mnabha is very good value for a riad in the centre of Marrakech and has one of the best breakfasts in Marrakech. It is small, with only four rooms (ensuite showers), and as it is only one half of a riad there is...
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La Maison Arabe
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Joanna Monkhouse
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Morocco
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Marrakech Region
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Marrakech
La Maison Arabe is a small hotel with a rich but simple décor. Building on the reputation of its very well regarded restaurant, the hotel’s 13 newly renovated rooms surround two courtyards. They are very comfortably furnished and are decorated with...
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Riad El Arsat
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Joanna Monkhouse
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Morocco
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Marrakech Region
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Marrakech
Riad El Arsat is not just rooms around a courtyard, but two houses at either end of one of the largest gardens of any riad in Marrakech. The summer house has a dining room, salon and bedroom with vaulted tadelakt bathroom on the ground floor and a...
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Dar Mouassine
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Joanna Monkhouse
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Morocco
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Marrakech Region
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Marrakech
In a fashionable district in the north-west of the medina is the small but perfectly formed Dar Mouassine, a colourful maison d’hôte run by a Parisian couple. The 19th-century building contains six charming rooms and suites, decorated in a style...
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Riad Malika
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Joanna Monkhouse
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Morocco
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Marrakech Region
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Marrakech
Riad Malika is not like the other riads in Marrakech. The French architect owner has filled the rooms with his overflowing passion for original 20th century designer furniture, lots of Art Deco but a few 60s and 70s pieces creeping in now too. All...
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Riad El Ouarda
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Joanna Monkhouse
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Morocco
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Marrakech Region
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Marrakech
Near Bab Taghzout in the north of the medina, in a neighbourhood which is home to the Hermes family and the architect Bill Willis, is a 17th century riad that has been faithfully restored. Riad El Ouarda has a shallow square fountain in the open...
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Dar El Hanaa
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Joanna Monkhouse
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Morocco
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Marrakech Region
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Marrakech
Near the Ben Youssef Medersa, tucked down a winding alley is a riad that is calm and refreshing in décor and atmosphere, Dar El Hanaa. Built around a courtyard of citrus trees, there are three sections of the riad – the main part has already been...
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L’Oasis de l’Orhann
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Joanna Monkhouse
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Morocco
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Atlantic Coast
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Essaouira
A short drive from Essaouira and the coast, near the one-horse town of Ounara, is l’Oasis de l’Orhann, a charming maison d’hôtes run by a friendly French/Moroccan couple, who converted and extended the small Berber farmhouse. Accommodation, arranged...
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Auberge Tangaro
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Joanna Monkhouse
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Morocco
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Atlantic Coast
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Essaouira
Auberge Tangaro is a few miles outside of Essaouira, near another of Jimi Hendrix’s legendary haunts, the village of Diabet. An Italian film director liked the area so much he bought a brothel, and converted it into Auberge Tangaro. Rooms are...
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Dar Mimosas
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Joanna Monkhouse
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Morocco
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Atlantic Coast
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Essaouira
Dar Mimosas is set in 1.5 hectares of well-developed and immaculately tended gardens just south of Essaouira. The collection of guest villas is only a 15 minute stroll along the river mouth to the sea but is located far enough from the coast to...
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