Le Jardin aux Etoiles
Riad between Agadir and Taroudant, in southern Morocco
Holiday rental with a resident of Swiss nationality
 50 square meters loungeTo eat and rest. |  Dining areaYour rented villa plays with light to create a cosy atmosphere. |  "Light-furniture2With objects that are essentially expressions of Berber Morocco. The carved wooden table was made in Agadir. |  Table with bouquetCarved with Berber motifs and covered with a glass surface. |  Facing the fireplaceA convivial space. |
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Atlas Lounge: 100% Berber Morocco
Dining room side
Located in the center of the ground floor of your riad near Agadir, the Atlas Lounge measures 50 square meters and comprises two sections. The first, an extension of the kitchen, is intended for dining when you prefer not to dine in the Souss Gallery or the plaza around the pool . The wooden table, decorated with Berber motifs and the logo of our riad, is covered with glass. Placemats are provided for guests of our riad.
The "light-cabinet" occupies the entire south wall. It is completely covered in tadelakt and has been fitted with 18 spotlights. These illuminate from within the valuable objects placed there, which essentially express the soul of Morocco.
Here you'll find antique Berber utensils—in particular a couscous pot—terracotta, copper, and tadelakt objects, evidence of the Jewish presence in the Agadir region, and Moroccan bottles and trays. A section of the "light-bed cabinet" is reserved for dishes and cutlery available to our guests. They can also consult books on cooking and wine there.
The painting of the Berber warrior
An extraordinary painting, signed by the Agadir artist Omar Mourabih , adorns the east wall. It depicts a Berber warrior whose hood is shaped like Africa, signifying his awareness of belonging to that continent. He gazes intently at the world, thus expressing his openness to the outside world.
His body is shaped like Morocco. If we amputate his legs, we also take away the Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) which the Kingdom claims as an integral part of Morocco.
The Atlas Lounge also boasts very generous dimensions. On the left, the French doors open onto the Souss Gallery.
Earthenware for couscous, a Berber painting, a lamp-cabinet, on a terracotta floor from Fez forming a carpet
These letters are made of glazed terracotta, produced in Agadir, at Agadir Poteries.
Under glass, with six chairs. The zellige tiles and their green cabochons form a carpet-like effect
Traditional motifs, including the Z, give your rented riad its unique character
This composition depicting a Berber warrior, full of symbolism, is by the Agadir artist Omar Mourabih.
On the right, a Moroccan copper handwashing station, also called tass or mghasel
Jews were long numerous in Morocco before leaving the country for Israel. This is a traditional Hanukkah lamp, like those in Poland
They can be found in the souks, in Agadir, Taroudant or even in Sidi Bibi, at the Souss Massa complex (see our link).
Living room fireplace side
The second part of the Atlas Lounge is organized around a living room fireplace in Fez bejmats whose mantel is covered with red tadelakt and which extends up to 8 meters in height, in order to guarantee excellent draft.
A large, deep sofa covered in bright red alcantara invites the visitor to sit or lie down. Two ivory calfskin armchairs complete the layout. You can also take a seat around the Berber-style fireplace: on camel skin poufs and cushions with patterns from Ouarzazate. Child-sized stools and a small copper starry coffee table complete the layout.
A larger coffee table, featuring an inverted marble mosaic, is from Kasbat Souss in Agadir.
The imposing cherry wood sideboard is in the peasant baroque style. It rubs shoulders with the copy of a painting of Majorelle representing a typical village of southern Morocco whose houses are still entirely in adobe, as well as a small library containing books and guides on the regions of Agadir and of Marrakesh. A credenza in the same baroque peasant style faces the sideboard.
Two hookahs
The red tadelakt bench supports two hookahs. These contribute to the decor but can also be used by the guests of our rental riad. Those who wish to try thesewater pipes, very popular from Egypt to Morocco, are requested to smoke either in the Souss gallery, or outside the riad. Smoking shisha is however harmful, even more so than cigarettes. Moderation is essential!
Made of wooden lace by the artist Mohamed Almouhandiz
The wooden wardrobe is in the Swiss peasant baroque style. All the other furniture is Moroccan. The sofa, wide and deep, is upholstered in Alcantara
Ideal for relaxing
Canvas based on an original work by Jacques Majorelle, a great French Orientalist painter who celebrated Morocco
Used as a seat, in the Berber style
Exterior in Fes bejmats, interior in refractory clay
Our installation was designed to ensure good draft. That's why the exhaust duct is 9 meters high
Our two water pipes work very well
Made of wood, with raw marble decoration
To make the most of our TV screen
Our guests have two remote controls: one to turn the device on, the other to change channels
Including all French channels
Many programs can be received in high definition (HD)
Our Atlas Lounge includes a nice TV corner. A Samsung plasma flat screen was hung on the wall next to the fireplace. Our TV installation is connected to two satellite dishes.
For the comfort of our guests, we merged the programs of the two satellites Astra and Hotbird picked up by the parabolic antenna installed on the roof of the Agadir room.
Our customers can thus view more than a hundred programs that we have selected (download the pdf file below): all the Swiss channels, all the French channels, all the German channels, several channels in English, many sports channels, as well as all the Moroccan channels and the main programs in Arabic.
They have two remote controls: one to activate the screen, the other to switch from one channel to another. Please do not modify the programming of the channels!