Highlights
- Two standalone villas, 110 m² and 90 m²
- Three outdoor pools plus a year-round indoor pool
- Over two hectares of garden with 60+ contemporary works
- Hammam, massage rooms and a six-metre jacuzzi
- Tennis court and fitness room on site
What it actually is
Dar Sabra is a hotel, not a house you rent whole by default — twenty-two units across a single garden estate. Two of them are standalone villas, at 110 and 90 square metres; the others are suites of 45 and 90 square metres and deluxe rooms of 35. You can book one unit or, with enough notice, the entire property.
The architecture
The buildings are cubist: flat planes, deep openings, ochre render, almost no ornament. It reads as contemporary Moroccan rather than traditional, and the garden is treated as a gallery — more than sixty contemporary works are placed among the palms across two hectares.
Water and spa
Three pools outdoors and one indoors, which is the detail that matters between December and February when an unheated Marrakech pool is decorative. The spa holds a hammam, massage rooms and a six-metre jacuzzi. There is also a tennis court and a fitness room.
Eating
There is a restaurant and a bar on site, cooking Moroccan, French and Asian dishes, with vegetarian options. For a group taking the property whole, meals are arranged directly rather than à la carte.
Amenities
- Restaurant serving Moroccan, French and Asian dishes
- Bar
- Spa with hammam and treatment rooms
- Tennis court
- Fitness room
- 24-hour reception
- Airport shuttle
- Free private parking
- Wi-Fi throughout
Ideal for
Available on request
- Whole-property privatisation
- Airport transfers
- Spa treatments booked ahead
- Private dining in the garden
- Car and driver by the day
Charged separately from the stay and confirmed case by case.
Gallery
The area
The Palmeraie sits north-east of the medina: a palm grove cut into large walled plots. It is quiet, and that is the reason people choose it. Nothing is walkable, so a car or a driver is part of the arithmetic. From Dar Sabra the edge of the medina is roughly ten minutes when the road is clear.
What the photos won't tell you
Every listing in the world photographs the pool from its best corner, and no photograph answers the questions that decide a stay. So before you commit, we put the following in writing for your dates:
- How far the car gets, and how many metres and steps remain with the luggage.
- Who the neighbours are, and what you will hear at five in the morning.
- Whether the pool is heated, and in which months that decides whether you swim.
- What “staffed” covers — who is there, at what hours, and who cooks.
- Where the wifi actually reaches, not just where the router is.
- Which of the property’s own photographs were taken with a wide-angle lens, and what a room looks like from the doorway.
Common questions
Can we take the whole property?
Yes. Dar Sabra can be privatised, and the property quotes for events of up to three hundred guests. Whole-property dates need real notice, so tell us early.
Is there a pool we can use in winter?
Yes — there is an indoor pool alongside the three outdoor ones, which is unusual in Marrakech and is the main reason this property works in January.
How far is the medina?
About ten minutes by car from the Palmeraie. Nothing around the property is walkable, so plan on a driver.
Check availability
Tell us your dates and how many of you there are. A person reads it and answers.