A string of ten beautiful Berber ‘tents’ with outdoor hot tubs, dotted along the escarpment, allowed the hotel to remain partially open and operate at a reduced capacity – a lifeline for Kasbah’s all-Moroccan staff, most of whom come from the surrounding villages, and also providing those who wanted to support the country’s recovery with a place to stay.
Hotel that sparked Richard Branson’s love affair with Morocco is finally open again One of Morocco’s finest hotels is fully open for business again following last year’s deadly earthquake.
Located an hour or so from Marrakech and a stone’s throw from the quake’s epicentre, the main house – the kasbah itself – suffered extensive structural damage and was forced to shut its doors for a year as the rebuild got underway.
The quiet villages of Adassil and Imlil were among the hardest hit but even the throbbing metropolis of Marrakech – some 72km away – did not escape unscathed.
But for the remote and rural villages deep in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, life would never be the same again.
