.Found in one of the area's prime deals with-- a Craft Deco skyscraper and also past resort on the peak of the Old Medina, 1st designed in the 1950s and reemerging after an eight-year-long spruce up-- the hotels and resort has presently landed in the urban area along with a bang. When I went to back in June, the intense, high-ceilinged entrance hall was actually busy with both set for life locals (much of whom can hardly hide their interest while looking at the flashiest brand-new junction in the area, pointing up to the 600 fish sculpted coming from Bohemian crystal that act as a splashing fixture) and also the anticipated international company crowd-- yet also, somewhat reassuringly, a handful of families and also couples plainly exploring Casablanca for pleasure.Photo: Cyrille Robin/ Courtesy of Royal Mansour CasablancaThat the hotel is already attracting vacationer visitors may possibly be chalked up to its own excellent derivation. The second residential property coming from the team responsible for the Royal Mansour Marrakech-- which, given that opening in 2010, has actually dazzled website visitors all over the world along with its own no-expenses-spared spirit of palatial luxury-- the brand new hotel is extremely literally fit for a master. (It's had by King Mohammed VI.) In the beginning, the high natural beauty of it may feel a little bit of overwhelming, once the eye adjusts to the only thing that shimmer and all that marble-- sourced from all four edges of Africa, and also also further past-- the nuances of the lodging's extravagant style scheme beam through. Simply take the moody lobby-level bar which pays homage to the past Pub Diplomate, when component of the historical resort that formerly rested on this site, by means of the 1950s stylings of its own geometrically-patterned marbled floors and also the mosaic landscape of the hotel's authentic front. (My individual favorite retro particular? The mindfully taken on Art Deco elevator dials.).