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LA MAMOUNIA
MARRAKECH, MOROCCO
For all enquiries please call +44 (0)20 7201 8060
or email [email protected]
www.mamounia.com
La Mamounia, Marrakech’s iconic hotel reopened its doors on 29 September 2009 following an extensive three
year restoration project led by internationally acclaimed interior designer, Jacques Garcia. This legendary hotel
which has hosted the who’s who of international royalty, politicians, celebrities and the jet set, has 136 stylish
guest rooms, 71 suites including seven Signature Suites and three riads each with three bedrooms, private
terraces, Moroccan salons and private swimming pool. Globally regarded as one of the most desirable hotels in
the world, La Mamounia features four restaurants directed by Executive Chef Fabrice Lasnon and Michelin Star
chef Alfonso Laccarino, consulting at L’Italien. Le Marocain, located within the hotel’s gardens, offers a unique
taste of traditional gastronomy and design and there are five bars plus a Salon de Thé. A 27,000 sq foot La
Mamounia spa provides a traditional Moroccan hammam plus two private hammams, a state-of-the-art fitness
centre, tennis courts and indoor and outdoor swimming pools.
Transfer
7 km from Marrakech Menara Airport
Accommodation
136 rooms (30 to 45 m²)
71 suites including 7 Signature Suites (55 to 212 m²)
3 riads each with 3 bedrooms, Moroccan salons, private swimming
pool, terraces (700 m²)
Amenities
•Four restaurants; Le Francais, L’Italien, Le Marocain and Le Pavillon de la Piscine under direction of Executive Chef Fabrice Lasnon
•Five bars: Bar Italien, Bar Churchill, Bar Pavillon, Bar Marocain and
Bar Menzeh
• 2500 m² La Mamounia spa, featuring 8 treatment rooms
(including 2 duo), a diagnostic room, Jacuzzi, relaxation room with
catering service, manicure and pedicure cabins, separate male and
female hammas, one private hammam
• 6 outdoors massage cabins
•Indoor ozone treated swimming pool
• Hairdressing salon by Jean Michel Faretra Paris
•Fitness studio with life fitness equipment and kinetic exercise room
•Fitness Pavilion within the park with fitness studio, weights room,
sauna, outdoor ozone treated swimming pool, 2 clay tennis courts and ping pong
•‘Le Grand salon’ meeting space for up to 300 people
•Business Centre with cyber corner
•Exclusive lifestyle boutique selling one-off branded and locally
produced products and Barbara Rihl and Maison Fragonard items
Did You Know
• La Mamounia’s name derives from its gardens, known three centuries ago as “Arset el Mamoun”
• In 1943, Winston Churchill famously commented to Franklin D Roosevelt that [Marrakesh] “is the most lovely spot in the whole world and he frequently sojourned at La Mamounia during the Winter periods. Several of his paintings of La Mamounia’s gardens hang in the Churchill Museum in England
• Royals and heads of state who fell in love with La Mamounia and returned to Marrakech on a regular basis include Ronald & Nancy Reagan, Princess Caroline of Monaco, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tuttu and Helmut Khol
• Before the Second World War, guests who visited La Mamounia fromEurope and the United States were known to bring their own furniture so that they could enjoy the exotic surrounding whilst still feeling “at home”
• At Djamaa El Fna square, there is a choice of some 40 stalls (numbered 1 to 40) selling freshly squeezed orange juice at exactly the same fixed price of 1,00 Dirham. To attract the attention of passersby amidst the bustling bazaar, traders shout out their stall number in a bid to make their stall stand out
• The architect behind the redesign, Jacques Garcia was the vision behindthe legendary Hotel Costes in Paris and has combined true Moroccan style and ambiance with the latest technology
• Various films have been set in Marrakech and at La Mamounia, including the Kate Winslet classic ‘Hideous Kinky’ in 1998 and ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’ in 1956
• La Mamounia has launched its own exclusive Moroccan wine, a second
cuvée of Icône
• La Mamounia hosts its own annual literary award each September
showcasing the very best of local Moroccan authors
LA MAMOUNIA
MARRAKECH, MOROCCO