Kasbah Tamadot
Asni, Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Location
The High Atlas foothills
The kasbah sits in the High Atlas foothills near the Berber village of Asni, around an hour from Marrakech, with Mount Toubkal — North Africa's highest peak — on the horizon. It was rebuilt and expanded after the 2023 earthquake.
Transfer
An Atlas transfer
Around 45 minutes to an hour by road from Marrakech — all road transfers, no bush-plane, climbing up into the High Atlas.
Villas
42 rooms & suites
42 rooms and suites, individually decorated with Luciano Tempo antiques — Deluxe rooms, suites, draped Berber tent suites with soaking tubs, six new three-bedroom riads and a master suite with a private pool.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples, honeymooners and active, cultural travellers after a High Atlas retreat — Berber tent suites, mule treks and Mount Toubkal views, with riads for families — an hour from Marrakech.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Bed and breakfast, with half-board options — Moroccan and international cooking at Kanoun, Berber specialities at Asayss and a mint-tea ceremony.
About the Resort
Branson's Moroccan home in the High Atlas
Kasbah Tamadot is the mountain escape to Marrakech's city hotels — Sir Richard Branson's Moroccan home, a Virgin Limited Edition retreat in the High Atlas foothills near the Berber village of Asni, around an hour from the city, with Mount Toubkal, North Africa's highest peak, on the horizon. It holds Three MICHELIN Keys, and was rebuilt and expanded after the 2023 earthquake. The 42 rooms and suites are individually decorated with Luciano Tempo antiques, from main-building Deluxe rooms and suites to draped Berber tent suites with soaking tubs and private terraces, six new three-bedroom riads and a master suite with its own pool. The pull is the setting and the culture: mule treks to Berber villages, cooking lessons and bread baking, a traditional mint-tea ceremony, and a visit to the Eve Branson Foundation in the community, with an outdoor infinity pool over the river valley and a mountain hammam to come back to. Dining is at Kanoun and the Berber Asayss. It suits couples, honeymooners and active, cultural travellers, with riads for families.
Accommodation
Rooms & suites
42 rooms and suites, individually decorated with Luciano Tempo antiques — main-building Deluxe rooms and suites, draped Berber tent suites with soaking tubs and private terraces, six new exclusive-use three-bedroom riads, and a master suite with a private pool.
Entry
Deluxe Room
Sleeps two. An individually decorated king with a terrace, over the Atlas Mountains.
TerraceMountain outlook
Suite
Suite
Sleeps two to three. A larger suite with open-plan living, over the mountains or valley.
LargerValley view
Tent
Berber Tent Suite
Sleeps two. A draped tented suite of around 65 square metres with a soaking tub and a private terrace, some with a hot tub, looking to Toubkal.
Draped tentToubkal view
Riad
Private Riad
Sleeps up to six. A three-bedroom riad with a private courtyard, taken exclusively — one of six added in the rebuild.
Three-bedroomExclusive-use
Top
Master Suite
Sleeps up to six. Three bedrooms and a private pool, over the valley — one only.
Private poolThree-bedroom
Food & Drink
Dining
Dining is at Kanoun, the main Moroccan and international restaurant, and the Berber Asayss with its clay-oven breads, plus a rooftop terrace, private dinners and a traditional mint-tea ceremony.
Signature
Kanoun
Kanoun, the main restaurant, Moroccan and international.
Berber
Asayss
Asayss, for Berber specialities, with clay-oven breads.
Tea
Mint-tea ceremony
A traditional mint-tea ceremony.
Wellbeing
Spa & hammam
There is a spa and hammam, and an outdoor infinity pool over the river valley with an indoor pool too. The wider wellness is in the mountains themselves — mule treks out to Berber villages across the High Atlas.
The spa
A spa and hammam.
An infinity pool
An outdoor infinity pool over the river valley, with an indoor pool too.
Mule treks
Mule treks to Berber villages in the High Atlas.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The High Atlas, up close. Trek out by mule to Berber villages, learn to cook and bake bread, look up at Mount Toubkal, visit the Eve Branson Foundation, and soak in the mountain hammam.
Mule treks
Mule treks to Berber villages through the High Atlas.
Berber cooking
Berber cooking lessons and bread baking.
Mount Toubkal
Mount Toubkal, North Africa's highest peak, on the horizon.
The Eve Branson Foundation
A visit to the Eve Branson Foundation in the community.
The mountain hammam
The mountain hammam, after a day on the trails.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By road
From Marrakech
Around 45 minutes to an hour by road from Marrakech.
In the Atlas
Near Asni
Near the Berber village of Asni, in the High Atlas foothills.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
✓ Verified via feefo
★★★★★
“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
✓ Verified via feefo
★★★★★
“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Kasbah Tamadot. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
✓ Verified via feefo
Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed and breakfast, with half-board options.
Made for couples
- A romantic mountain retreat for couples and weddings, with riads and a master suite for families.
Setting
- In the High Atlas foothills near the Berber village of Asni, with Mount Toubkal in view — rebuilt and expanded after the 2023 earthquake.
Getting there
- Around 45 minutes to an hour by road from Marrakech.
Book This Property
Start Planning Your Kasbah Tamadot Stay
Your HighStreet specialist will respond within 2 hours with a personalised quote and the best available rates — guaranteed.
1
Your holiday
2
Your details
3
Review
Step 1 of 2
Tell us about your stay
Dates, party size, villa preference and budget.
Destination
Dates & party
Date flexibility
Adults
2
Children
0
Budget & accommodation
Budget per person (flights + hotel)
£4,500
£500£50,000+
Villa preference
Flights
You Might Also Consider
Other Morocco hotels you might consider
Morocco
La Mamounia
La Mamounia is Marrakech's grande-dame palace — a 1923 institution inside the medina walls, repeatedly ranked among the world's finest hotels. Its eight hectares of historic gardens, with centuries-old olive trees and thousands of rose bushes, are open around the clock for the famous dawn olive-grove walk. The 209 rooms, suites and three private riads carry Arab-Andalusian zellige, carved plaster and cedar over Art Deco bones, and the dining brings Pierre Hermé patisserie and Jean-Georges Vongerichten under one roof, alongside the Churchill Bar and a nine-room spa with a hammam. The Koutoubia and Jemaa el-Fnaa are on the doorstep — the Marrakech palace benchmark.
Morocco
Mandarin Oriental, Marrakech
Mandarin Oriental, Marrakech is the modern, all-villa counterpoint to the city's historic palaces — 20 hectares of olive groves and gardens planted with 100,000 roses, around 10 minutes from the medina and backed by the snow-capped Atlas. Every one of its 54 private villas has a walled garden, a private heated pool, a hot tub and an open-air shower, joined by nine suites, several with their own rooftop or infinity pools. Berber and Moorish design meets contemporary tadelakt, the dining runs from Ling Ling to Moroccan Mes'Lalla, and an oversized award-winning spa carries a double hammam — contemporary riad living with the peaks on the horizon.
Morocco
Sofitel Essaouira Mogador Golf & Spa
The Sofitel Essaouira Mogador is a coastal golf-and-beach resort on the Domaine de Mogador, ten minutes south of Essaouira's UNESCO medina, set across 600 hectares of forest, dunes and beach. Its draw is the Gary Player golf course running down to the Atlantic, paired with the famously windy Essaouira coast — one of Africa's best for windsurfing and kitesurfing. Around 175 rooms and suites plus 28 family pool villas with butlers spread across the estate, alongside a large spa with a hammam, a kids' club, the So Lounge for music and entertainment, and Moroccan cooking and Gnaoua workshops, with a free shuttle into the medina.