Riad Noir D'Ivoire

Riad Noir D'Ivoire occupies the Bab Doukkala section of the Medina at Derb Jdid with nine rooms and suites ranging in size from twenty-two square metres to a 121-square-metre Grand Master Suite, the property organized around two courtyards, one for winter and one for summer, an architectural provision that acknowledges Marrakech's seasonal range. The African art and antique collection that runs through the building is a central aesthetic fact of the property: the animal-themed suites take their design references from a collection assembled with the attention of a person genuinely interested in the objects rather than in the decorating effect they produce. Charlie's Bar offers cocktails within the riad; a spa under the name Coco's provides hammam and treatment services; the Guépard Suite features a private hot tub on its rooftop. A restaurant provides the dining dimension. Noir D'Ivoire operates with the personality of a house whose identity is established through accumulated specific choices rather than through a brand concept, a quality that requires confidence in the collection and consistency in the hospitality to maintain over time and that this property has maintained The two-courtyard structure, winter and summer, gives Noir D'Ivoire a seasonal intelligence unusual in the boutique riad type. The individual room concepts, each constructed around an animal theme and an African object collection, produce interiors that are specific to this house and this collection rather than replicable anywhere else.