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Dar El Mouhitدار المحيط
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The house
of the sea

بيت المحيط

A riad in the medina of Salé,
just a breath away from the Atlantic.

A carved plaster arch beneath a wooden ceiling, inside the house
The project

A house given
back to the medina

Dar El Mouhit is an old riad in the medina of Salé, built around its zellige patio. We want to give it back its good looks, and to welcome guests there.

We keep making it more beautiful, with care and respect for what it is: zellige, carved cedar, ironwork. We repair, we extend, we keep faith with the original gesture.

The house is open, and little by little we are adding our own personal touches.

An old wooden radio set on an inlaid side table, on the ground floor
A wooden clock with a square dial, on a painted wooden chest
Old paint tins found in the house
Old paint tins, found in the house.
Lalla Fattouma surrounded by her family, an old photograph
Lalla Fattouma, Jean and their children. Studio portrait, 1951. · Private collection
The vision

Anchored
in the medina

Why Salé? Because here the medina is alive.

Its crafts (weaving, leatherwork, pottery) existed before tourism and carry on without it. It is a medina that works, and that lets itself be watched living. It is at the heart of this medina that we chose to settle.

A riad anchored in its medina.

We want a house that opens onto its alley, that buys from its neighbours, that speaks the language of the quarter. And, a rare trait for a Moroccan riad, a house turned toward the Atlantic: the open sea is in the air, in the morning light, in the very name of the place.

More about the medina of Salé →

The patio of the house seen from the ground floor, galleries and a hanging lantern

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