In this period of waiting to get to Marrakech I cannot help but keep going back to the pictures It took whilst there. Funny how it is not home yet but I feel homesick looking at them!
The picture above is the entrance to Ksar Char Bagh on the edge of the Palmerai. It is a splendid piece of architecture and is very much based on Alhambra in Grenada, Spain. We stayed for one night on one of our trips and were looked after amazingly. We had one of the best meals we have had in Marrakech although it was very French and not at all a Marrakech experience. The pool here is very long and narrow and great for actually having a swim. The gardens are huge and they have a very cool hamman/spa. The bedrooms are huge and most have large terraces. We thought the rooms were very cool but others have commented that they are quite sparce and lacking in cosy places to sit which I suppose is true. We will definitely go back there again. The restaurant manager is worth a little mention as well as he was fantastic. But not only that we had mutual friends. Every year we go to a little village called Pegairolles in Languedoc, South of France. A tiny little village that no-one has ever heard of let alone been there. On the edge of Pegairolles there is fabulous little restaurant called Le Temps de Vivre. It was opened a couple of years ago by the ex head chef of Le Jardin des Sans in Montpellier France. Well, this chap from Ksar Char used to be the restaurant manager at Le Jardin in Montpellier and therefore is good friends with the family who now own Temps de Vivre. It was strange to turn up at Ksar Char and talk with mutual fondness about a small restaurant in the back of beyond. A small world.
