{"key":"villa-ibiza-me","blocks":[{"section":"intro","body":"Villa Ibiza is built around a view and makes no apology for it. The golf greens begin at the property line, the Atlas Mountains sit behind them, and the large windows are placed to keep both in frame from the main living spaces. The interior is Mediterranean instead of Moroccan: white stucco walls, sculptural Panton chairs, organic wood tables, globe pendant lights in the hallways, and abstract murals carrying the only strong color in the house. Four bedrooms and four bathrooms across 1,500 square meters make this a villa for eight people who want room, not fourteen who need it."},{"section":"setting","heading":"Golf front, Fes Road","body":"The villa sits on the Fes Road corridor, in a residential stretch of private estates and walled gardens, with the fairway directly on its doorstep and the mountains filling the southern horizon. Marrakech center is eight kilometers and fifteen minutes west, so the souks stay easy while the road noise stays away. Menara airport is eighteen minutes. The Atlas foothills are a forty minute drive for anyone who wants to walk in them. At sunset the peaks go pink and the fairways empty out, and that is the hour this house was designed around.","bullets":["Golf course adjacent, a one minute walk from the property","Jemaa el-Fna and the Medina fifteen minutes by car","Marrakech Menara airport eighteen minutes, ten kilometers","Atlas foothills forty minutes out for a day in the mountains","La Mamounia fifteen minutes away for dinner","Marjane supermarket on the Route de Ouarzazate, eight minutes"]},{"section":"interiors","heading":"The sunken circular lounge","body":"The room people remember is the sunken circular lounge: built-in seating running the full ring, a live-edge wood coffee table in the middle, panoramic glass across the view. It is the rare conversation pit that actually gets used, because there is nowhere better in the house to sit at dusk. Elsewhere the kitchen and dining are open plan and the material palette stays restrained, white stucco and pale wood, with abstract murals and globe pendants carrying the personality. All four bedrooms are en-suite. For a group of eight that means four private bathrooms and no morning schedule.","bullets":["Four bedrooms, all en-suite","Four full bathrooms, one per bedroom","Sunken circular lounge with built-in seating","Live-edge wood coffee table facing the view","Open-plan kitchen and dining","Statement art murals and globe pendant lighting","1,500 square meters"]},{"section":"outdoors","heading":"Pool against the Atlas","body":"The private pool sits with the mountains as its backdrop, which is the photograph everyone takes on the first evening. A terrace wraps the villa so the seating can follow the sun and the shade through the day instead of committing to one aspect. Mediterranean gardens surround it, and beyond the boundary the fairway does the rest of the work. Outdoor dining is set up on the terrace. Several bedrooms face the mountains directly, and the view is at its clearest early in the morning and again at sunset.","bullets":["Private pool with the Atlas Mountains behind it","Terrace wrapping the villa with several seating areas","Golf course frontage at the property line","Mediterranean gardens","Outdoor dining on the terrace","Mountain-facing bedrooms and pool terrace"]},{"section":"activities","heading":"Golf, mountains, quiet","body":"Golf is the obvious one, given the course is a walk and not a drive. Past that, this is a house that rewards doing less: the pool in the middle of the day, the sunken lounge at dusk, a table in town when the group wants noise. The Medina is fifteen minutes each way, which keeps the souks to a morning. The Atlas foothills are forty minutes for hiking or for the Ourika Valley, and guided mountain excursions can be arranged before arrival. Photographers do well here, because the light on the peaks changes twice a day.","bullets":["Golf on the adjacent course","Morning runs into the Medina and the souks","Guided Atlas Mountain excursions arranged on request","Ourika Valley and the foothills forty minutes away","Private chef for meals at the villa on request","Sunset from the pool terrace and the circular lounge"]},{"section":"staff-service","heading":"Gate, staff, chef","body":"Security at the gate runs around the clock, which is standard for this stretch of the Fes Road and worth knowing when a house sits this far from neighbors. Full house staff comes with the villa. Unlike some of the other Marrakech houses, the roles are not itemised, so treat it as a staffed property and ask our concierge team for specifics before arrival if the answer matters to your plans. A private chef can cook at the villa. Guided Atlas excursions and private transfers are both arranged in advance, with a driver meeting the group at arrivals.","bullets":["Full house staff included in the stay","Round-the-clock gated security","Staff roles are not itemised on this villa, unlike some others nearby","Private chef bookable for meals at the villa","Guided excursions arranged by our concierge team","Private airport transfers with a driver at arrivals"]},{"section":"ideal-for","heading":"Best For","body":null,"bullets":["Two couples who want the view over the room count","Golfers who want the course at the fence line","Photographers working the Atlas light","Small groups who prefer quiet to walkable nightlife","Design-minded travelers who want Mediterranean, not riad"]}]}