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La Maison Arabe
Marrakech's first restaurant open to foreigners, founded 1946, now a luxury riad hotel famous for its cooking school.
La Maison Arabe traces back to 1946, when Hélène and Suzy Sébillon-Larochette opened Marrakech's first restaurant catering to foreign visitors, trained by a cook supplied by Pasha Thami El Glaoui himself. Winston Churchill and Ernest Hemingway both dined here before it became a hotel in 1998. Today it runs three distinct restaurants, two hammams, five massage rooms, and two pools split between the medina property and a separate guest-exclusive Country Club fifteen minutes away.
The cooking school is the real institution: two venues (one at each site) run workshops led by traditional dadas, open to hotel guests and outside visitors alike. It's priced accordingly — genuinely luxury, well above most medina riads — for a level of heritage and food culture few properties in the city can match.
Why we chose it
- Founded in 1946 as the medina's first restaurant open to foreigners, trained by a Pasha's own cook
- A large-scale cooking school across two sites, with a guest-exclusive Country Club annex
- Three distinct on-site restaurants plus two swimming pools between the two sites
Amenities
- Two swimming pools (medina hotel + Country Club)
- Two hammams and five massage rooms
- Three on-site restaurants
- Large-scale cooking school across two venues
Frequently asked questions
Does La Maison Arabe have a pool?
Yes — two swimming pools (medina hotel + Country Club).
Is there a hammam or spa at La Maison Arabe?
Yes — two hammams and five massage rooms.
Is there an on-site restaurant at La Maison Arabe?
Yes — three on-site restaurants.
What is La Maison Arabe best for?
La Maison Arabe is best for serious food and cooking enthusiasts wanting heritage alongside full resort facilities.
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