About Villa Aaron
In the heart of Marrakech, Villa Aaron brings a new warmth and charm to the art of hosting.
WELCOME TO OUR HOUSE
Villa Aaron started out as a family home, and it still feels like one. The house has barely been touched: no heavy redesign, nothing staged. Interior designer Michèle-Rose kept the original rooms, materials and proportions, and let the place speak for itself.
Each room has its own fabrics and its own feel, and the armchairs are the kind you sink into and lose track of the time. After a hot day in the souks and the crowds near Jemaa el-Fna, it's an easy place to slow down and get comfortable.
The salons stay quiet and unhurried, good for a long dinner or a slow drink, and the patio is green and cool. In the evening the light softens, warm and low, from lamps made to measure. Most people come in for one cocktail and end up staying all night.
"We make food that makes people happy"
KUDUS, OWNER
BACK TO THE ROOTS
The furniture and objects around the house are small nods to Baba Aaron: rounded cabinets, upholstered armchairs, fringed lamps, floral mosaics. Nothing is brand new or perfectly matched, and that's exactly what gives each room its character.
The patio sits right in the middle of the house, green and full of plants. Its walls are hand-painted with palm trees and peacocks, and those same bright colors carry through into the salons next door.
Vintage pieces, soft fabrics, plenty of small details to catch your eye. It all adds up to a place that feels lived-in rather than decorated, the kind of room you settle into without really thinking about it.
a Living space
designed to welcome
You don't just look at the rooms here, you end up staying in them. There are several salons, each a bit like its own corner, made for sitting down, taking your time, and letting the evening run long.
During the day, the light comes in through the greenery with a soft playlist in the background. In the evening the place wakes up: a bit of double bass, a singer, a jazzy band, a live set or a DJ. The music stays easy and low, just enough to set the mood without taking over.
That's really the whole idea. Villa Aaron doesn't try too hard. People warm to it because of the welcome and the atmosphere, and because it's an easy place to settle in and stay.
Villa Aaron
a family story
Villa Aaron's story starts in 1936, more than 90 years ago already, when Baba Aaron Amzallag built the house as a family home. The villa filled up fast and became a real place for gatherings: birthdays, weddings, ordinary days, the life of a big family under one roof.
In the late 1960s the Amzallags left Morocco and settled in different parts of the world. In 1968 a new Moroccan family moved in and stayed until 2016, when the Amazoz Group bought the property. Then things stalled. COVID hit, the house sat quiet for a while, and the real renovation work only got going in 2022.
To bring back something of the original home, the team went even further and tracked down Baba Aaron's granddaughter, Jordana Amzallag, and invited her back.
She made the trip all the way from Newport Beach, California, to the house she grew up in. It was an emotional return, with plenty of stories and a few tears. Now grown up, she walked back through her childhood memories, told the team what the house used to be like, and brought old family photos that are now part of its history.