The Garden OF STARS
Riad between Agadir and Taroudant, in southern Morocco
Holiday rental with a resident of Swiss nationality
Salon Atlas: 100% Berber Morocco
Dining room side
Located in the center of the ground floor of your rental riad, the Salon Atlas measures 50 square meters and includes two parts. The first, as an extension ofthe kitchen, is meant to be eaten there when not preferredthe Souss gallery or the plazza around the swimming pool. The table is made of wood, decorated with Berber motifs and the logo of our villa for rent. It is covered with glass. Table sets are available to guests of our riad for rent.
THE"light cabinet" occupies the entire south wall. It is entirely covered with tadelakt and received 18 spots. These illuminate from the inside the valuables that have been deposited there and which essentially express the soul of Morocco.
There are old Berber utensils - in particular a couscoussière -, objects in terracotta, copper or tadelakt, testimonies of the Jewish presence in the region of Agadir, Moroccan bottles and trays. A part of the "furniture-light" is reserved for crockery and cutlery made available to our guests. They can also consult books on cooking and wine.
The painting of the Berber warrior
An extraordinary painting, signed by the artist from AgadirOmar Mourabih, adorns the east wall. It represents a Berber warrior whose hood has the shape of Africa, which means that he is aware of belonging to this continent. He watches the world attentively. It thus expresses its openness to the outside world.
His body has the shape of Morocco. If his legs are amputated, he is also deprived of the Sahara (ex-Spanish Sahara) which the Kingdom claims as an integral part of Morocco.
Le Salon Atlas, c'est aussi des dimensions très généreuses. A gauche, les portes-fenêtres qui donnent sur la galerie Souss.
Faïences pour couscous, tableau berbère, meuble-lumière, sur un sol de terres cuites de Fès formant tapis
Ces lettres sont en terres cuites vernissées, réalisées à Agadir, chez Agadir Poteries
Sous verre, avec six chaises. Les zelliges et leurs cabochons verts forment comme un tapis
Des motifs traditionnels dont le Z, qui donnent tout son caractère à votre riad en location
Cette composition montrant un guerrier berbère plein de significations est dû à l'artiste d'Agadir Omar Mourabih
A droite, un lave-main marocain en cuivre, appelé aussi tass ou mghasel
Les juifs ont longtemps été nombreux au Maroc, avant de quitter le pays pour Israël. Il s'agit ici d'une Hannoukia traditionnelle, comme en Pologne
On les trouve dans les souks, à Agadir, à Taroudant ou encore à Sidi Bibi, au complexe de Souss Massa (voir notre lien)
Living room fireplace side
The second part of the Salon Atlas is organized around a living room fireplace in Fez bejmats whose mantel is covered with red tadelakt and which extends up to 8 meters in height, in order to guarantee excellent draft.
A large, deep sofa covered in bright red alcantara invites the visitor to sit or lie down. Two ivory calfskin armchairs complete the layout. You can also take a seat around the Berber-style fireplace: on camel skin poufs and cushions with patterns from Ouarzazate. Child-sized stools and a small copper starry coffee table complete the layout.
A larger coffee table, featuring an inverted marble mosaic, is fromKasbat Souss in Agadir.
The imposing cherry wood sideboard is in the peasant baroque style. It rubs shoulders with the copy of a painting ofMajorelle representing a typical village of southern Morocco whose houses are still entirely in adobe, as well as a small library containing books and guides on the regions ofagadir and ofMarrakesh. A credenza in the same baroque peasant style faces the sideboard.
Two hookahs
The red tadelakt bench supports two hookahs. These contribute to the decor but can also be used by the guests of our rental riad. Those who wish to try thesewater pipes, very popular from Egypt to Morocco, are requested to smoke either inthe Souss gallery, or outside the riad. Smoking shisha is however harmful, even more so than cigarettes. Moderation is essential!
Réalisé en dentelle de bois par l'artiste Mohamed Almouhandiz.
L'armoire en bois est de style baroque paysan suisse. Tous les autres éléments du mobilier sont marocains. Le canapé, large et profond, est recouvert d'alcantara.
Idéal pour s'y prélasser.
Toile selon une oeuvre originale de Jacques Majorelle, grand peintre orientaliste français qui célébra le Maroc.
Utilisé comme siège, à la mode berbère.
Extérieur en bejmats de Fès, intérieur en terres réfractaires.
Notre installation a été réalisée pour bénéficier d'un bon tirage. C'est pourquoi le canal d'échappement fait 9 mètres de hauteur.
Nos deux pipes à eau fonctionnent très bien !
En bois, avec décoration de marbre brut.
To make the most of our TV screen
Nous avons sélectionné pour vous plus d'une centaine de chaînes. Nos hôtes disposent de deux télécommandes : l'une pour allumer l'appareil, l'autre pour passer d'une chaîne à l'autre.
Dont toutes les chaînes françaises
De nombreux programmes peuvent être captés en haute définition (HD)
Our Atlas lounge includes a nice TV corner. A Samsung plasma flat screen was hung on the wall next to the fireplace. Our TV installation is connected to two satellite dishes.
For the comfort of our guests, we merged the programs of the two satellites Astra and Hotbird picked up by the parabolic antenna installed on the roof ofthe Agadir room.
Our customers can thus view more than a hundred programs that we have selected (download the pdf file below): all the Swiss channels, all the French channels, all the German channels, several channels in English, many sports channels, as well as all the Moroccan channels and the main programs in Arabic.
They have two remote controls: one to activate the screen, the other to switch from one channel to another. Please do not modify the programming of the channels!