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Kaât Bennahid · Marrakech Medina

The sunlit patio of Riad Dar Zelda — arcades, greenery and the fountain at the heart of the merchant's house

Est. XIXᵉ  ·  Kaât Bennahid  ·  1 100 m²

Dar Zelda The simplicity of luxury.

A 19th-century merchant's house kept as a living collection — nine rooms and suites of New Moroccan Style around a sunlit patio, a heated pool, a rooftop jacuzzi.

New Moroccan Style — the manifesto

A merchant's house,
kept as a cabinet of curiosities.

Behind a door of the Kaât Bennahid quarter, the largest house of the Margo collection unfolds like a catalogue: eclectic antiques gathered over a lifetime, exquisite rugs, furnishings signed by non-conformist artists. Moroccan heritage and contemporary design share the same rooms without ceremony — this is what its keepers call New Moroccan Style.

Everything here is artisan-made — carved woods, forged iron, silks — and everything is meant to be lived with: nine rooms and suites open onto the sunlit patio, the pool is heated, the rooftop keeps its jacuzzi for the evening. The simplicity of luxury, catalogued.

House
Merchant's riad, est. XIXᵉ — 1,100 m², three levels
Collection
Eclectic antiques · rugs · non-conformist artists
Materials
Artisan-crafted woods · forged iron · silks
Keys
Nine rooms & suites, catalogued 01 → 09

The house in detail

The corridor of Riad Dar Zelda opening onto the sunlit patio, between antiques and forged iron
A corridor of the house hung with framed works — the collection along the walls

The house — three levels, one light

Around the patio,
eleven hundred square metres of it.

The patio holds the house together — arcades, the fountain's murmur, the heated pool. Around it, the salons; above it, the gallery and the rooms; on the roof, the terrace and its jacuzzi.

The sunlit patio of Dar Zelda in portrait — arcades and greenery around the fountain
fig. C — the patio, midday
The Douiria King Suite's 18th-century ceremonial salon under its painted-cedar ceiling — the crown of the collection

fig. D — the Douiria's salon, 18ᵗʰ c.

The showpiece

Upstairs, the douiria keeps the house's oldest treasure: an 18th-century salon of painted cedar, cupolas and frescoes intact, restored by hand. It is the heart of the catalogue — and of the Douiria King Suite, its keys numbered 01.

The arched gallery on the upper floor of Dar Zelda, open onto the patio
fig. E — the upstairs gallery
I

The patio & heated pool

Sunlit arcades, water at the centre of the house

II

The salons

Fireplaces, antiques, the collection at rest

III

The rooftop & jacuzzi

A terrace over the medina, evenings under the stars

Walk through the house

A brass teapot on a stone table at Dar Zelda — tea served in the patio
fig. F — brass, stone, mint

Table & services — the index

The table, and everything around it.

Dinner is served at the table d'hôtes — in the patio, in the painted salon, on the roof — and the rest of the stay is arranged with the same ease: the house keeps its own index of services.

Table d'hôtes
A chef in the house — market produce, Moroccan repertoire, menus composed to your day.
Concierge
Stays arranged end to end, tables reserved, private events hosted within the house.
Spa
Hammam and treatments with the house's partner spas, a few lanes away.
Experiences
Buggy or quad in the palmeraie, camel rides, hot-air balloons at dawn, Atlas hikes.
Airport shuttle
Private transfer to the door of the derb — €30 up to two guests, €5 per extra guest.
Pool & jacuzzi
The patio pool is heated year-round; the rooftop jacuzzi waits for the evening.

Table & services in detail

The simplicity of luxury,
booked as simply.

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