A friend and I recently took it into our heads to lace up our hiking boots, pack a picnic lunch, and employ Said as our guide.
Starting point: L’Amandier Villas, Ouirgane.
Destination: Kasbah Tamadot (Richard Branson’s Moroccan Retreat), Asni.
Estimated hike time: 4.5 hours.
I’m sure I’ve said it before, but, can I just say one more time how [...]
Trekking: Ouirgane to Kasbah Tamadot
Posted by Mikaela (Morocco based) on March 1st, 2010 · Leave a comment
Categories: Local Chatter · Ouirgane Valley · Our ramblings
Tags: · atlas mountains, berber houses, Moroccan villas, Ouirgane Valley, Trekking in Morocco, Trekking in the High Atlas Mountains
Fencing: supporting the wild pomegranate
Posted by Mikaela (Morocco based) on March 1st, 2010 · Leave a comment
It is on days like this that I sometimes ask myself why I am not sitting behind a comfortable desk in a clean office, with coffee on tap, logical emails to answer, and people around me that I understand.
Instead, I spent my morning in Bab el Khmis; the noisy, industrial area of the Marakech Medina. [...]
Categories: Construction and Progress · Tale of L'Amandier
Tags: · Atlas Mountains development, construction Morocco, Marocaine villas à la proximité de Marrakech, Medina, Moroccan villas, Ouirgane Valley
Skylights
Posted by Mikaela (Morocco based) on February 10th, 2010 · Leave a comment
Villa 6 was missing something vital for a while there. But now it feels complete. As you enter the villa into the central corridor you are struck by the sense of space and light, largely due to the 7 metre skylight running the length of the heart of the villa.
There has been a lot of [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: · Atlas Mountains development, construction Morocco, development of luxury villas, moroccan rental property, Moroccan villas, Skylight design
L’Amandier Villa 5 was styling…!
Posted by Mikaela (Morocco based) on November 11th, 2009 · 5 Comments so far
Villa 5 was finished, so it was time to dress it up and fire the imagination a little. It can be difficult to envisage an empty house with the benefit of warmth and furnishings. We wanted to capture some images that would nudge that imagination into working and bring the villa alive.
In order to achieve [...]
Categories: Construction and Progress · Design and Interiors · Local Chatter · Uncategorized
Tags: · Atlas Mountains development, Marocaine villas à la proximité de Marrakech, Marrakech shops, Moroccan decor, Moroccan villas
The first villa is (almost) complete…
Posted by Mikaela (Morocco based) on September 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments so far
I’ve been slack and am long overdue for a blog post. To be fair, I have actually been really very busy, along with the rest of the team. Does that count as an excuse for the lack of blogging?
But the good news is…we have finished Villa 5! Can I tell you that, due to deadlines [...]
Categories: Construction and Progress · Design and Interiors
Tags: · Atlas Mountains development, construction Morocco, country villas morocco, Marocaine villas à la proximité de Marrakech, Moroccan villas, Morocco Ouirgane Valley, morocco property


