Normally, for a hotel review, some lovely image of the entryway, the courtyard, a suite with terrace would be the lead photo.
I couldn’t resist this one and think it tells a story that is, perhaps, more significant. The pouf has charm, after all, embroidered and betasseled, and the owner has a generous heart to allow Mr. Cat such a comfy perch.
Here are your traditional interiors, yet there is nothing very traditional about this charming Marrakchi riad located a few minutes from Place Djemaa el Fna and offering 6 unusual bedrooms and a courtyard filled with flowers and plants.
Part of a new breed of accommodations sprouting like wildflowers after a soaking rain, the look has moved away from the multicolored Moroccan interior, offering a light filled interior that works well in the shaded medina.
Every year I am privileged to attend PURE Life Experiences, a travel conference that stands heads above the vast array of travel conferences held around the world. This is a time when 1000 of us - buyers (like me) and sellers (like Zapata Ranch above) - convene for three days of face to face meetings and conferences. To date, the meetings have been assembled in Marrakech, Morocco.
PURE is a moving display of talent and passion and the three days of meetings afford one a glorious means to travel (virtually) to all corners of the world. I meet privately owned haciendas whose owners have stories to tell about their forebears (http://zuleta.com/),tented camps (http://www.theultimatetravellingcamp.com/), charming inns like Puerto Valle in Argentina's northwest (http://www.puertovalle.com.ar/en1/), flying safaris across the face of Africa (http://soaring-safaris.com/) and authentic, culturally and ecologically friendly African camps (http://www.maasai.com/). At every turn there is something with a new twist, a different vision.
And what do I come away with? More than information, I am inspired all over again. And I find, on my return, that my own view of travel and its importance shifts ever so slightly, as when you shake a kaleidescope. I see the world and what I do with a new perspective.
Today, it is a return to the simple, to the values that have become so scarce in our lives: space, silence, and time to spend learning about and approaching the unknown.
http://www.purelifeexperiences.com/index.html
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