Madeleine Jelstrupp
Kasbah Tamadot: New Riads in the Heart of the Atlas Mountains
Spend a weekend at this exclusive refuge in Asni near the Atlas mountains
Two hours from Marrakech, in the village of Asni, Kasbah Tamadot is a refuge imagined by Sir Richard Branson. The businessman fell in love with it during one of his round-the-world balloon trips in 1998.
The entrepreneur bought it from Luciano Tempo, a world-renowned antique dealer, inheriting a large part of his art collection. Transformed into a hotel, Kasbah Tamadot took on the appearance of a guest house combining luxury with a humanitarian vocation, committed to developing high-end, virtuous tourism in harmony with the surrounding communities.
Around the original kasbah, nine Berber tents complete the spirit of exclusivity of this hillside retreat. Today, six brand-new three-bedroom riads have just been inaugurated. Organized around a central courtyard, they offer a Deluxe room, a Pool Suite with access to the private pool and a tented rooftop suite with Jacuzzi, with breathtaking views of the High Atlas mountains. The promise of stays as light as the breeze, Tamadot in Moroccan...
