Location: Marrakesh, Morocco
Published: About.com
Marrakesh is a city of surprises, with residences of exquisite beauty hidden behind crumbling cement walls. Riad Meriem greeted me like a yawning oasis of Zen-like calm in the heart of the medina’s eternal drone of commerce and catcalls. Big on the cozy factor, rooms feel cocoon-like with darkly painted plaster walls and stylish dimmed lighting. Bougainvillea drips from balconies and communal areas are as cozy as the rooms. New York-based designer and riad owner Thomas Hays has a talent for giving traditional African and Asian textiles and furnishings super-stylish presentations…