Highlights
- Four bedrooms, all en suite
- Green outlook from most rooms
- Deep overhangs shading the terrace
- Pool roughly twelve by five metres
- Roof terrace, Atlas visible on a clear day
The plan
One main volume with the living space in the middle and bedrooms pushed to either end, so the two ends of the house do not hear each other. All four bedrooms are en suite and three have their own door onto the garden. The roof is flat and the overhangs are deep — close to two metres in places — which is what keeps the sun off the glass between eleven and four. In practice the terrace under them is the room everyone uses.
The outlook
Beyond the hedge is planted fairway landscaping, so the view is mown grass, palms and water rather than a neighbouring wall. Early mornings are the good part: mist off the grass, sprinklers, very little noise beyond that. From the roof terrace, on a clear day between autumn and spring, the Atlas shows over the trees.
Practicalities
Day staff are the norm on plots like this one. Cooking sits outside that arrangement and is settled separately, which for eight people is a shorter conversation than for a house twice the size. The pool is on the small side by Marrakech standards, which matters less than people expect — with eight guests it rarely feels crowded.
Amenities
- Private villa, taken as a whole house
- Swimming pool, roughly twelve by five metres
- Shaded terrace under deep overhangs
- Roof terrace
- Garden with lawn
- Wi-Fi and air conditioning
Ideal for
Available on request
- Cook or private chef
- Airport transfers
- Driver on call
- Tee times and lessons
- In-villa massage
Charged separately from the stay and confirmed case by case.
Gallery
The area
The district runs south-east along the Ouarzazate road, laid out around a golf course with plots set back behind hedges and low walls. Streets are wide and largely empty of pedestrians; the traffic is golf buggies and the odd delivery van. The airport is the closest thing to the district, and the medina is a short drive further. Everything else is a car journey, which is the trade for the quiet.
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
How many bedrooms does Amelkis Fairway Villa have?
Four, all with their own bathroom, sleeping eight. They sit at opposite ends of a single-storey plan with the living space between, so a late-sleeping pair is not woken by an early-rising one.
Does the villa overlook the golf course?
The outlook is over mown grass and planted landscaping rather than a wall or a neighbour, which is what separates a plot on the edge of the green from one set deeper into the district. Play is arranged separately with the course; the view is simply part of the plot.
Is a house like this comfortable in high summer?
The overhangs do most of the work, holding direct sun off the glass through the middle of the day, and air conditioning covers the rest. Mornings and evenings outside are pleasant well into July; the middle of the afternoon is for indoors or the pool.
Do we need a car in Amelkis?
Effectively yes. A golf stay is the one case where a hire car makes sense, since tee times start early and the course is a short run from the plot. Anything in town is easier with a driver.
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