I-La Mamounia Ihhotela, iMarrakech, Morocco

Ihhotela Elihle Likahle Likafinyeleleka Ezithandweni Zabagibeli Nge-Shore Excursion esuka eCasablanca

Uma ubheka ibalazwe elisenyakatho ye-Afrika noma iMorocco, cishe ngeke ucabange ukuthi iMarrakech iyindawo ehamba ngayo yokungena ogwini lwemikhumbi yokuhamba e-Casablanca noma e-Agadir, Morocco. Kodwa-ke, emkhunjini we- Silversea Cruises ' Silver Whisper , senze ukuvakasha kwamabili kuleli dolobha eliyingqayizivele lapho sasihlala khona ehhotela elimnandi laseMamounia.

I-Marrakech cishe amahora amane ukusuka emachwebeni aseCasablanca noma e-Agadir, ngakho-ke kuhamba ibhasi elide, kepha indawo iyathakazelisa futhi uhambo luhamba ngokushesha.

Umqondisi wethu wachitha isikhathi esiningi ephendula imibuzo yethu futhi esitshela izindaba ngeMarrakech naseMorocco . Ngingakuthembisa ukuthi idolobha laseMarrakech neLa La Mamounia Hotel lalifanelekile ukulinda!

Umlando weLa Mamounia

Umlando weLa Mamounia ujabulisa njengehhotela. Njengoba ikhona emaphethelweni edonga lomuzi wakudala waseMarrakech, iLa Mamounia ibizwa ngokuthi yizivande zayo ezineminyaka engu-200 ubudala, ezanikezwa njengesipho somshado wekhulu le-18 kuMnuz Moulay Mamoun nguyise. Namuhla izivande zihlanganisa cishe amahektha angama-20 futhi zibonisa izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zezimbali nezihlahla. Iphunga elivela emasimini liyamangalisa.

Ihotela lenzelwe ngo-1922 ngabadwebi uProst and Marchisio. Bahlanganisa imiklamo yendabuko yaseMoroccan ngombono odumile we-Art Deco wama-1920. Nakuba ihhotela lilungiswe izikhathi eziningi kusukela ekwakhiweni kwalo, abanikazi baye baqhubeka nokuhlobisa lokhu.

Abantu abaningi abadumile baye bathandana neLa Mamounia, ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi ngiyinkampani enhle. UWinston Churchill wabiza ngokuthi, "indawo enhle kakhulu emhlabeni wonke." Wachitha amahora amaningi eLa Mamounia edweba i-Atlas Mountains nasemaphandleni aseduze. UChurchill noRoosevelt beza eLammounia ngesikhathi behlangana eNkomfeni yaseCasablanca ngo-1943, kwathiwa babhekene nemithwalo yabo kusukela ophahleni lwehotela ngenkathi bebheke ezintabeni ezihlanganiswe neqhwa namadonga e-terra cotta edolobheni lakudala.

I-suite lapho uChurchill ayevame ukuhlala khona kwakhiwa igama lakhe. Abanye osombusazwe abaye bajabulela ukuhlala ehhotela bahlanganisa uRonnie noNancy Reagan, uCharles de Gaulle, noNelson Mandela.

I-La Mamounia nayo idlale indima ebalulekile ekukwenzeni ama-movie amaningi. "UMorocco" noMarlene Dietrich bahlongozwa lapho, njengoba kwakunomuntu othi "The Man Who Knew Too Much". Izithombe ezivela kumafilimu zihlobisa izindonga zamanye amakhansela ehhotela. Ngokusho kwamabandla ethu eLa Mamounia, uHitchcock uthole umbono wakhe we-movie ethi "Izinyoni" ngenkathi ehlala ehhotela lapho evula umnyango wakhe wokuvotela futhi wamangala ngamajuba. Ezinye izinkanyezi zefilimu ezifana no-Omar Sharif, uSharon Stone, uSyvester Stallone, uCharlton Heston, noTom Cruise noNicole Kidman baye bahlala eLa Mamounia. Sizitholile sihlabelela ingoma ethi Crosby, Stills, Nash, kanye ne-Young "Marrakech Express", kanti i-Rolling Stones ithole injabulo yeLa Mamounia ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960. Izivakashi zamukelekile ukuchitha i-Livre d'Or - ibhuku lezivakashi - ezihlanganisa imibono evela kumenywa amaningi agcinwe ehhotela.

Kungani izivakashi eziningi kangaka zithanda le hotele?

Abantu baseMoroccan banikela futhi bajabule ukubona izivakashi. (Kuyavunywa, kungenzeka ukuthi bayajabula kakhulu ukubona ama-dollar ethu!) I-La Mamounia iyindawo yokuzimela yona, futhi indawo ephelele yokubalekela othandana, i-honeymoon, noma iholide.

Kwakuyi-excursion enkulu enogwini. Ingxenye embi yayiwukuthi amahora angu-24 eMarrakech ayengekho okwanele. Ingxenye enhle yukuthi lapho sishiya iLa Mamounia kufanele sibuyele eShisiphelini elihle kakhulu leSiliva ngezinsuku ezimbalwa. Kungaba ukucindezeleka kakhulu uma kwakudingeka sishiye iMarrakech bese sihamba ekhaya! Njengabaningi abaye bahlala eLa Mamounia, sithemba ukubuyela ngelinye ilanga kule hotele yemilingo.