Wednesday 22 February 2012
Yann Casparini I am a hotel manager. With a hundred of contemporary hotel managers we created this travel magazine to share our selection of addresses and tips.
Yann Casparini

Crystal Hotel : Marrakech exclusive !

• 16 Sep, 2011 • Catégorie: Africa, Getaway, Morocco, One hotel a day, Romantic, Top stories

We can’t come down Marrakech to the city of snake charmers or ride camel. It is also smart, sweet and sensual. At the 4 stars design art Crystal hotel, you will learn the Moroccan signification of the luxury word. Here, everything is hedonism and contemporary art. This hotel is a cocoon for lovers looking [...]



Les Terres M Barka : temple of hedonism

• 3 Nov, 2010 • Catégorie: Family, In the mountains, Morocco, One hotel a day, Out of the city

Alone, in front of the immense Moroccan desert and its mountains, with rose and olive trees scents tickling your nose, you are dreaming of a perfect world.Don’t search anymore, you have found your Eden in the new hotel Les Terres M’Barka, just 20 kms from the Southwest of Marrakesh.

Far from the traditional Ryads of the [...]



Tanger : welcome in the Dream City

• 14 Sep, 2010 • Catégorie: Morocco, One hotel a day, Romantic, Waterfront

While some call it the “city of strangers”, others as the American writer Paul Bowles see in it the city of every possibilities. Tanger, the “Dream City”, is a land of exile for many specialized travellers, gone to conquer a design at the crossing of the kinds, where the lack of taste could make [...]



Riad Dar Sabra: arty hotel in Marrakech

• 25 Aug, 2010 • Catégorie: Morocco, One hotel a day

With its Mexican hacienda look, the Riad Dar Sabra surprises, questions, lost in the palm grove. Avant-garde hotel devoted to contemporary art, it has a futuristic and Cubist surprising look for Marrakech, inspired by Mexican architects Legorreta and Barragan. Behind its coral pink walls and the towering cacti hides an original staging and undetectable [...]



Riad Cocoon, Marrakech: please don’t stop the music

• 28 Jul, 2010 • Catégorie: Morocco, One hotel a day, Romantic

After three years of hard work, Bernard Grimaldi, film score composer, and Corinne Povels, press woman, have put on last December the finishing touch to their Moroccan dream: a 5 rooms luxury riad nestled in the heart of the Médina. It’s distinctiveness lies within the association of music and design to make you experience, [...]



Riad Tarabel: a sweet and salty hotel

• 6 May, 2010 • Catégorie: Morocco, One hotel a day, Romantic

Riad Tarabel is not a half-hearted hotel but a place where the soft pastel shades of pearl gray and white objects contrast with the pride of furniture in the colonial mind. Welcome to a world of honey, where women lay roses on the water of the fountain patio, where at night, lanterns light up [...]



Villa de l’O: unforgettable stopover in Essaouira

• 30 Apr, 2010 • Catégorie: Morocco, One hotel a day, Waterfront

For the past years, Morocco seems reduced to a single city: Marrakech. But far from criticizing the famous red city, do not forget that this country has other nuggets that are worth discovering. So for the Pentecost, venture yourself to Essaouira, at contemporary luxury boutique hotel Villa de l’Ô. Meeting of East and West, [...]



Morocco: which riad to choose?

• 26 Apr, 2010 • Catégorie: Morocco, Suggestions

Morocco is calling you. Enjoy a three-day dream in a Riad, these traditional houses organized around a courtyard and closed on the outside. Summer days pointing the tip of their nose, accompanied by the extended weekend, is the perfect time to escape. Looking for luxury, romance or a nice moment, choose from our selection [...]



Riad 72: Authentic oriental in Marrakech

• 20 Apr, 2010 • Catégorie: Historical, Morocco, One hotel a day, Romantic

The red city never ceases to amaze us. We know it vibrant, glowing, here it is also chic, ethnic and aristocratic! To make sure, we pushed the door of Riad 72, a Moroccan palace dotted with charming touches of Italy, home of the owner. Located in one of the most beautiful areas in the [...]



Bab Hotel: gourmet escapade on the land of Marrakech

• 7 Oct, 2009 • Catégorie: Gourmet, Morocco, One hotel a day, Romantic

Opened eight months ago, the Bab hotel has already become an unavoidable stop in the red city for design and gastronomy fans. Designed by Clémence Pirajean from London’s studio Hopscotch, the Bab Hotel is drowned in a chic and casual atmosphere, in the heart of the Guéliz area. People come here for the cooking of [...]



Riad Meriem: Morocco is turned upside down by design

• 31 Jul, 2009 • Catégorie: Morocco, One hotel a day, Romantic

Tired of the traditional Morocco riads? Fly to the Riad Meriem where the design is influenced by oriental and Arab cultures for a luxurious and astonishing result. Imagined by the New-Yorker designer and photograph Thomas Hays, the Riad Meriem is an ode to the red city. As an exclusive hotel, it only counts five rooms.

Located [...]