The buildings take their colour from the walls of the medina. Shaded courtyards with fountains lead to a central basin, with standalone pavilions and villas around it, and the view runs over olive groves and palms to the High Atlas on the horizon. Vaulted ceilings and Moorish arches shape the interiors, and the main pool is 33 metres long.
Accommodation is in pavilions and villas, many with private heated pools. The one-bedroom Deluxe Pavilion has a courtyard garden, a master suite and a traditional gazebo. The pavilions around the central basin are single-storey, while others have a private pool and a gazebo for dining. The villas are larger: a two-master-suite villa with a heated pool and two gazebos, a Grand Two-Bedroom Pool Villa with an outdoor dining area and a fireplace, and a Three-Bedroom Villa around its own pool. One two-storey villa measures 360 square metres. Domed ceilings and Berber carpets over zellij-tiled floors give each a Moroccan character.
Two restaurants share the resort. The Moroccan Restaurant occupies a courtyard at its heart, and Arva, Aman's signature restaurant, serves Italian dishes that change with the season. The Pool Terrace is open-air, with shaded arches, and the Bar has dusky pink walls and tall columns. Private dinners can be set in a caidal tent among the olive trees, or reached by camel in the desert in warmer months.
The spa has four treatment rooms and two heated hammams, where rituals use black eucalyptus soap, kiis mitts and rhassoul clay from the Atlas. A renovated fitness centre has TechnoGym equipment and a yoga space above it. There is a heated children's pool beside the main pool, tennis clinics on site and the 27-hole Amelkis golf course nearby. Marrakech Menara airport is about twenty minutes away.
It suits couples and families who want a private pavilion with a pool, close to the city but out of it.
