Marrakech · At the entrance to the city

La Coupole Rouge

Name: La Brasa — La Coupole Rouge
Address: Marrakech, MA
Telephone: +212 5 24 00 00 00
Price range: $$$

Eleven rooms. Two restaurants. A rooftop over the city.

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A house built in the old manner, now open again.

Red tadelakt, polished by hand until the walls hold the light like still water. A black-and-white checkerboard floor that runs from the entrance to the courtyard without hesitating. Crystal chandeliers, hung high, kept.

The tiled dome is visible from the road, long before the door. The shutters are open. The house takes guests again.

Hotel bedroom with cream lime walls, a large bed, terracotta floor tiles and a patterned rug — Garden room — arched windows

Bathroom with traditional blue tilework and a copper faucet beside a neutral powder room — Bathroom — zellige and copper

Low-angle view of the lobby with an indoor fountain, Moorish arches and afternoon light — The fountain, afternoon

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The Rooms

Eleven rooms, and not one more.

Nine rooms and two suites, on two floors above the courtyard. Eleven is deliberately few — it is what lets the service stay personal and the house stay quiet. Arched windows open over the garden.

Nine rooms, two suites
Lime and tadelakt walls
Brass and dark wood
Hotel linen, pressed daily
Air conditioning in every room

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The Terrace

The city comes up at sunset.

A bar under a draped pergola on one side, an open-air lounge on the other, checkerboard paving underfoot and the tiled dome lit above it. Not only our guests come up here — half of Marrakech does.

Bar beneath a draped pergola
Open-air lounge
Checkerboard paving
Views across the city to the Atlas

Rooftop terrace with geometric paving, string lights and pergolas overlooking Marrakech — The terrace — checkerboard paving

Rooftop at sunset with a patterned tiled dome and string lights above an outdoor lounge — The tiled dome, lit

Rooftop bar with a central dome and Moorish arches, guests at a long white bar at twilight — Le Bar Blanc under the pergola

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La Brasa

One grill, few dishes.

The dining room sits on the first floor, beneath the terrace: Spanish steak and seafood cooked over open fire. A short menu, done properly, in rose tadelakt and burgundy banquettes.

Dry-aged beef over coals
Whole fish on the fire
Plancha
A short, sharp wine list
Zellige wainscot, pierced brass lanterns

Dining room in soft sunset light showing the intricate ceiling and circular tables — La Brasa — the long light

Dining room with terracotta pillars, arched windows at dusk and round tables in white linen — Terracotta pillars, white linen

Dining room at golden hour with guests at white-clothed tables and a minaret through the windows — The minaret through the arches

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Le Bar Blanc

The slow part of the day.

An outdoor bar at the water's edge, and tables set under a pergola among twenty-year-old olive trees and palms. Lunch beside the pool, dinner under the trees, and nothing in a hurry.

Bar at the pool's edge
Garden tables under the pergola
Twenty-year-old olive trees and palms
Lunch poolside, dinner beneath the trees

Pool at dusk with the white bar beyond, lounge chairs and small outdoor dining tables — The bar at the water's edge

Swimming pool at dusk with lounge chairs and Moorish architecture behind — The pool at last light

Outdoor patio dining area looking onto the pool and pink-walled architecture — Garden tables beside the pool

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Gallery

The house, in pictures

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The pool and garden of La Coupole Rouge at dusk

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Reserve your stay

+212 5 24 00 00 00 · reservations@lacoupolerouge.com · Marrakech, Morocco