A luxury boutique hotel in the heart of ancient Marrakech

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• June 2010

  An exotic mix
  "... Les Borjs de la Kasbah is a riad hotel in the Kasbah quarter near the Royal Palace and set against the old city walls. It has just 18 rooms, three suites, cocktail bar, restaurant and meeting room for 20. It also has a hammam: a Turkish-type steam bath and heavenly massages. It’s an unusual cross between a traditional Moroccan riad and a contemporary hotel and was voted Number One Hotel in Africa in a recent Expedia survey based on customer satisfaction and value for money. The hotel has begun focusing on the events market this year and can be hired for exclusive use for up to 34 people at about £40pp including breakfast and airport collection. For corporate golfing breaks, Les Borjs is located near the Amelkis, Royal and Al Maaden golf courses. ..."

  Read the Article » Publication: Meetings and Incentives magazine
• November 2009

  CHRISTMAS IN THE KASBAH
  "... Sip mint tea in front of a roaring fire when you spend Christmas in the riad voted the best hotel on the African continent in a survey by Expedia. The hotel Les Borjs de la Kasbah is inside the old city walls of Marrakech and is a traditional Moroccan house with plenty of modern comforts. The fire-eaters and jugglers and food stalls of the Djemaa El Fna square are only a quarter hour away. The hotel has 18 bed rooms and a spa with a traditional hammam. On Christmas Eve there'll be a Moroccan feast with folk music and dancers (costs £60pp extra). CHRISTMAS PACKAGE: Rates until December 24 are £45pp per night, then £80pp per night from December 25 until January 3. The price includes airport collection and breakfasts but not flights, which are bookable through easyjet.com ..."

  Read the Article » Publication: Daily Mirror Online
• January 2009

  A new riad hotel in Marrakech
  "... On a trip to Marrakesh last month, I visited Les Borjs de la Kasbah, another new riad within the old walls of the city. Unlike the usual four or five-bedroomed riad converted from a family house, however, this was an extraordinary 18-roomed hotel hewn from seven townhouses. With its own bar, restaurant, spa and swimming pool, Franco-British owners Mike Bruce-Mitford and his wife, Francoise, have created an exceptional hotel in the medina, overlooking the Royal Palace. ..."

  Publication: The Times Online
• November 2008

  Rebecca Davies is scrubbed to within an inch of her life in a Moroccan steam room
  "... The spa: 'Hammam' steam room and treatment rooms at the Borjs de la Kasbah hotel, Marrakech, Morocco. The symptoms: General griminess and fatigue after a day's haggling and sweating at 30°C in the markets of Marrakech. The prescription: A traditional hammam steam bath followed by a vigorous full-body scrub with black olive soap, known as 'gommage' (40 minutes), and a full body massage (30 minutes). The procedure: Those of a modest disposition may be a little shocked by the intimacy of the hammam. Visitors are required to sit topless in the steam room while the therapist rubs gooey black olive soap all over your body (and I mean all over) and then throws buckets of warm water over you to rinse you clean. You are then asked to lie down on a marble block where you are scrubbed to within and inch of your life with an abrasive massage mitt. More buckets of water follow, the last of which is ice cold. After a brief recuperation and rehydration period, a second therapist leads you into a massage room and administers an intense full body massage from toe to top, both back and front. But don't worry, it's strictly therapeutic and not in the least bit kinky. The verdict: Never before have I felt so clean and relaxed, not even after six hours in a Japanese onsen. The exfoliation part of the hammam was slightly traumatic - there's a risk of developing what is known in military circles as 'army nipple' if the therapist scrubs too hard in certain places - but it was certainly very invigorating and my skin was left fantastically smooth. The massage was the best I have ever had. Unlike in most English spas, the masseuse wasn't afraid to knead every muscle into submission, leaving me feeling totally unwound. Le Spa aux Borjs de la Kasbah, Rue du Méchouar, Marrakech, Morocco (00 212 24 38 11 01 or 06), www.lesborjsdelakasbah.com ..."

  Publication: Daily Telegraph