Room to Rooms: February 2017

Love the yellow and blue combination of the large courtyard area, they exemplify a distant splendour but warm and inviting.

About the Images

This is a collection of images from Morocco where I have experienced some of the most beautiful and intimate living spaces. It is more than grandeur and luxury, these are spaces that reflect and transform, some over centuries, by the way of life, the aesthetic and belief of a unique culture. From the floor to the ceiling and the many walls, history and lives of the past come alive in its thoughtful and delicate human touches. Staying in the riad is a unique experience that one must not miss when visiting Morocco. It is luxury of a different level ...

Riad

Riad is the traditional Moroccan house that has no windows or balconies facing the streets, normally with two or more storeys around an Andalusian-style courtyard that contained a fountain. Riads were the stately city homes of the wealthiest citizens such as merchants and courtiers. The word riad comes from the Arabian term for garden. It's also often used in Marrakech for houses that have been renovated and open up as boutique hotels or B&B. The traditional construction is a typical Islamic architecture designed to maximise family privacy from the outside world, and also to protect it from the weather and all the incoming desert sand.

Room to Rooms

Monday, February 27, 2017

Wrought iron work, window of a riad in Fez

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

A room in Palais Glaoui, Fez

A beautiful display at Riad d'Or, Meknes

Dar Chamaa, Ouarzazatte

A small room in Maison Du Sud, Essouira

Stairs at Riad d'Or, Meknes

Palais Didi, Meknes

Upstairs corridor, Riad d'Or

Maison Du Sud, Essouira

Cosy corners, Riad Cherifa, Chefchaouen

Some of the windows at Palais Glaoui in Fez

Dining room, Riad d'Or