END OF YEAR – Take advantage of the end-of-year holidays to treat yourself to a winter getaway full of charm and magic, through 5 hotels that have managed to combine escape, authenticity and magic. From Christmas until New Year’s Eve, we leave room for good humor to celebrate the New Year as it should be.
The Mandarin Oriental Marrakech
To kick off the festivities, the Mandarin Oriental and its restaurants have planned a program as lively as it is sparkling. The chef of the restaurant Mes’Lalla, Salim Ait Ezzine, has concocted a Christmas card made from organic ingredients grown in the vegetable garden of the hotel, all accompanied by innovative cocktails in a warm atmosphere, every evening from December 24 to 27. For New Year’s Eve dinner, guests will have the choice between a Cantonese meal orchestrated by Chef Lau Su Kiean at Ling Ling by Hakkasan, accompanied of signature cocktails meticulously created by an award-winning team of mixologists, punctuated by the sounds of Pathaan, Hakkasan’s resident DJ in London, surrounded by fire eaters and dance performances. Alternatively, they can enjoy a contemporary Moroccan dinner at Mes’Lalla, tasting gourmet dishes from the Moroccan region with a contemporary touch, including foie gras in terrine marinated with Atlas spices, Majhoule dates with candied lemon peel, or even Oualidia langoustine in tomato water jelly with cumin flowers. A program that is both gastronomic and festive and will make your mouth water.
Royal Mansour
To end the year in style, the Royal Mansour was tinged with magic and dreams. On the menu? pleasure of the senses and conviviality around a most magical Christmas decoration. The restaurants La Grande Table and La Grande Table Française are organizing a Christmas dinner on December 24 and 25, under the sign of refinement (scallop tartare with gold oscietra caviar marinated in olive oil and flavored with verbena, endive with Imouzer black truffle or even Christmas log will be there). And for the New Year’s Eve dinner, chef Yannick Alléno has created a high-flying menu composed of dishes that are both daring and surprising: duck foie gras cooked on an artichoke base, just-seared royal shrimp from Agadir, accompanied by butternut squash puree and crispy coral tiles, or even sea bass glazed with lobster coral and pear with fondants linked to butter, grains of caviar oscietra gold… To finally celebrate the twelve strokes of midnight in front of a majestic fir tree in the hotel’s emblematic Patio Bleu, ablaze with the festive atmosphere of the musical groups.
Es Saadi Marrakech Resort
Those who choose to spend the holidays at Es Saadi will be spoiled for choice. For Christmas, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, the establishment has put together a highly festive program. At the restaurant La Cour des Lions, the new year is celebrated around Moroccan gastronomy, with forgotten traditional dishes revisited by chef Fatéma Hal. L’Epicurien offers a musical New Year’s Eve, punctuated by the live band The Kech Experience during an evening with a bow tie theme. And fans of electro sounds will find what they’re looking for at the Theatro. Ranked among the best nightclubs on the continent, this temple of the night offers a week of festivities to end the year in the most beautiful way.
Fairmont Royal Palm
From December 21, the Fairmont Royal Palm is adorned with its winter colors with a decoration that will soothe the heart. On December 31, the restaurant Le Caravane puts the warmth of jazz in the spotlight thanks to three singers evolving in a sensual and colorful universe. On the menu: quail egg, half-cooked yolk, light white with truffled asparagus, Brittany lobster in jelly with its cauliflower emulsion and French caviar, sea urchins, black Angus steak with porcini mushrooms and artichokes… At midnight, guests will be able to admire the spectacular fireworks before ending the evening at the bar. The Al Aïn restaurant offers an intoxicating atmosphere with oriental music, belly dancers and revisited Moroccan flavors: homemade foie gras coated with ghraiba and dried fruit citrus chutney, turbot in a charmoula crust served with caviar… Nothing is too good to start the year off on the right foot.
Sofitel Tamouda Bay Beach and Spa
Let yourself be carried away by the Christmas decoration by the sea to spend time with family or friends in a warm, cozy and refined setting. To celebrate the new year, the So Lounge Tamuda Bay is offering an original show to amaze us with the “Revue Cabaret” troupe which promises a real show as surprising as it is glamorous, accompanied by a gourmet menu proposed by our chef Hamza Afquir. A wonderful dinner show followed by a most festive evening with DJ Tom Berard on the decks. Enough to start the year with stars in your eyes.
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