Riad Les Yeux Bleus

Riad Les Yeux Bleus occupies eleven bedrooms in the Bab Doukkala district of the Medina, a ten-minute walk from Jemaa el-Fnaa in a neighbourhood where the residential scale of the old city reasserts itself against the commercial density closer to the main square. The recent renovation applied contemporary and traditional Moroccan elements alongside pop art colour accents worked in by local artisans, the result being an interior environment that acknowledges the building's age without pretending that the renovation has not happened. Two pools, a full spa with hammam and massage services, and a rooftop terrace bar support the wellness and social dimensions of a stay. A library provides the quieter option. Two patios and a dining room organize the ground-floor spaces. Each of the eleven rooms carries distinct decor, an individualization of the guest experience that the room count makes manageable and that the renovation's colour vocabulary makes legible from room to room. The Bab Doukkala positioning gives the riad access to a section of the Medina whose contemporary gallery scene and restaurant culture are among the more interesting in the old city, a neighbourhood context that the property's own contemporary design register reflects and complements The individualization of the eleven rooms, each carrying distinct decor, is the result of a renovation that treated the question of what each room should look like as seriously as the question of what each room should provide in comfort terms, the two standards reinforcing each other throughout.