Dar Shama

“Dar Shama, Marrakesh”

Dar Shama was really an excellent riad in the Palmeraie of Marrakesh. A beautiful garden with swimming pool, nice and quiet if you want to escape the hecticism of the crowded and vivid city.

“Traditionally Moroccan & peaceful”

A taxi from the airport costs around 250 dirhams and is around 20-30 minutes away from Marrakech Menara airport. You have to drive past the medina to reach the area of Palmeraie where the hotel/Riad is located. This area is around 10 minutes taxi journey from the medina- Too far to walk. It is su... Mehr

A taxi from the airport costs around 250 dirhams and is around 20-30 minutes away from Marrakech Menara airport. You have to drive past the medina to reach the area of Palmeraie where the hotel/Riad is located. This area is around 10 minutes taxi journey from the medina- Too far to walk. It is supposed to be where celebrities stay so the taxi drivers tend to try and charge you more for your taxi. On arrival we were greeted by a man who took our cases to our room and the owner showed us to our room. As we arrived later then planned they had taken it apon themselves to order our food in for our evening meal (We paid for Half board) which was a lovely surprise as we were hungry and it was a gorgeous vegetable soup, chicken tagine with lemon and olives followed by orange segments with cinammon on top.You have to order your evening meal by 12.00 every day for the evening and choose off of a menu. We tried everything on the menu in our 4 nights there and had no complaints with the food!The dinner room is lovely and traditional and had pan pipe music playing. Our room was small and basic but decorated in traditional Moroccan style. Our shower attachement was broken so we could only have baths & the bathroom door didn't shut with out a struggle but the property has its own beautiful gardens and even an out door pool. (Not heated in the winter months so freezing) We were particularly unlucky in November as it was freezing for our whole 4 nights and we had non-stop rain! I would recommend half board as to order off of the menu each night can be quite pricey and a taxi to the medina to eat can be just as pricey. (around 60 dirhams per couple in the hotels private car each way, or about 100 dirhams each way in a taxi) There were some nice places in the hotel to relax and we put the tv on & ordered a bottle of chilled wine. A shame they didnt put the fire on for us as it was so cold & the pool table didn't work. I had a massage on the last day and the room was sooo cold I was shivering through-out although it was a good price around £35.00. I would recommend the hotel for a quick get away as very good prices but if I went back I would stay closer to the medina.

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“Little food choice”

Lovely quiet hotel good for a quiet retreat but don't take half board. the food was very limited in choice and very expensive. 180 Drhm for a tagine, there were 3 chicken, beef or veg. The hotel is not suitable for veggies or vegans. I had read an earlier message saying they catered well for v... Mehr

Lovely quiet hotel good for a quiet retreat but don't take half board. the food was very limited in choice and very expensive. 180 Drhm for a tagine, there were 3 chicken, beef or veg. The hotel is not suitable for veggies or vegans. I had read an earlier message saying they catered well for veggies. this was not my experience at all? choices were veg tagine or veg cous cous. the green salad had tuna. I am fairly confident the veg tagine was made with a meat stock, they told me not but i think it was (English and vegetarinism isn't full understood) taxis are charged by the hotel to the medina at 60 Drhms but ones got in town I got down to 60 (not the 100 or 150 they told me) I suspect I could have got them down to 30 or 40 but didn't get time to try. breakfast was very limited too. Every day a pancake, bread muffin and a slice of the same cake,apricot jam, honey and butter. served with coffee, orange juice, everyday. Glad I wasn't there for two weeks. receptionist was very helpful and spoke different languages. Oh and there's a lot of noise from next door currently. Diggers, pneumatic drills, - they are clearly doing something but not sure what or for how long.

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