Riad Al Moussika

Riad Al Moussika occupies a position in the Douar Graoua district of the Medina, five minutes on foot from Jemaa el-Fna, the five rooms arranged around a grand Moorish courtyard whose carved wooden architecture establishes the register of everything that follows. The Andalusian pool at the centre of the lower level is complemented by lush garden plantings, the combination producing an interior environment that has the quality of a private courtyard in a city where such spaces are simultaneously everywhere and impossible to find. Two rooftop terraces look out to the Atlas Mountains, the views from each functioning as a daily orientation point rather than a spectacle. The on-site restaurant operates with a kitchen spanning Moroccan, French, and Italian references, an editorial range that reflects the cosmopolitan history of the city without reducing to a fusion compromise. Spa and hammam services are available within the property. The five rooms are individually furnished with traditional decor and carved wooden furniture whose craft level corresponds to the quality of the courtyard architecture below. Riad Al Moussika is a small property in terms of room count, but its architectural inheritance means that the common spaces carry a weight of presence that properties several times its size often cannot match The hammam and the restaurant with its three-kitchen range complete a property in which the five rooms are almost the least of what is on offer.