The Royal Mansour does away with rooms and suites entirely. In their place: 53 luxury riads, each a three-storey private house in its own style, arranged across a private medina of alleys and secret doors. The door of each riad opens onto a patio that shows the quintessence of Moroccan craftsmanship: zellige, carved plaster, custom furniture.
The Privilege Riad measures 430 square metres, with two bedrooms, lounges, a bar, and butler service. For scale, the 15 Superior riads offer 140 square metres and the 19 Premier riads 175. Every riad keeps the essential elements: the patio, the roof terrace with views of the Atlas Mountains, and the private pool.
It is a hotel built on the premise that Moroccan hospitality is a private art. No corridors, no neighbours overhead, no lobby to cross: the riad is the destination, and the medina outside is the excursion.