Moroccan gold

Lisa Hilton visits the exquisite Farasha Farmhouse and enjoys some of the finest food she has ever eaten

AS AN ATTRIBUTE, COOL IS a bit like charm. Anyone who thinks they possess it certainly doesn’t. Cool is elusive, slightly aloof, mercurial and fragile. It can’t be bestowed, whatever Time Out listicles tell you, and is much easier defined by absence than presence. It’s appropriate then that Farasha Farmhouse outside Marrakech is named from the Arabic word for “butterfly”. The former home of French artist Patrice Arnaud, the property was bought three years ago by Fred and Rosena Charmoy, whose Boutique Souk company has been organising exotic extravaganzas in and around the Red City for 20 years. The working farm was restored, and the house converted into a four-key hotel with six more rooms planned for next year. A stay there is essentially an invitation to the private house…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024

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