Le Jardin aux Etoiles
Riad between Agadir and Taroudant, in southern Morocco
Holiday rental with a resident of Swiss nationality
 Table with transparent topElegance at its finest. |  Armchairs for your comfortIn the soft tones of the Galerie Souss. |  By nightTerracotta lamps and wall lights lend a magical air to this space, which links the inside of the riad to the outside. At the back, armchairs |  Terracotta lanternTurned upside down from its usual use, it is a completely unique chandelier in our gallery, of which there are five. It comes from the Souss Massa pottery complex. |  ArtKhalid Assallami (left), who lives in Agadir, is exhibiting his work in the villa's gallery, after showing it at the Institut français d'Agadir with Rachid Bouzid (right). |
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Galerie Souss: covered and open to the swimming pool
Painted pink laurel wood chairs and table.
Flight of birds by an artist from Kasbat Souss.
They represent our three palm trees and... our stars.
Reflections of palm trees on table glass.
Style everywhere.
With the setting sun.
This open gallery is dedicated to the Souss, the river that gave its name to the region and whose bed, most often dry, is 3 kilometers north of the Jardin aux Etoiles. It measures 20 meters by three and is the entrance to the riad. It is an extremely pleasant place to be there both during the day - to find the freshness - and at night, as a shelter overlooking the illuminated pool.
The walls are in raw tadelakt, lighter on the ceiling than on the walls. The lamps are inverted terracotta lanterns from Sidi Bibi (south of Agadir). The gallery takes on its full dimension in the evening, when they are lit at the same time as the wall lights. The floor is covered with terracotta from Tamaloukt, an Atlas village near Taroudant.
In doum
The sofa, the armchairs and the coffee table are made of Atlas doum. The doum is a small palm whose shepherds use the stems to transform them into a sort of cord, a guarantee of solidity. This expression of tradition adopts simple, therefore contemporary lines.
White, washable cushions add to your comfort. They complement the cushions of the metal chairs.
Latest equipment added in the Souss gallery: a very large wooden chest decorated with Berber motifs allows you to store mattresses for deckchairs, cushions for chairs, sofas and armchairs. This chest is surmounted by a Berber mask in finely chiseled stone.
With copper panel of the Jardin aux Etoiles logo and three terracottas with motifs.
The feet are shaped like tree roots. The garden is not far away...
The four doors open onto the plaza around the swimming pool.
Two armchairs and a coffee table.
Wooden, for storing mattresses and cushions every night.
The Galerie Souss houses small art exhibitions. Here, sculptures by a young Berber from Agadir, Khalid Assallami.
Covered with bejmats, terracotta from Fez.
Excellent meals around our transparent table with tree legs.
It is of Berber origin and comes from the nearby Atlas mountains. A testament to its weight, weighing in at over 30 kg.
The entrance door of the riad
The Souss gallery is also the gateway to the villa. On the left, an embossed copper plate includes the logo of your riad for rent, as well as three terracottas decorated with palm trees, moons and stars, and where succulents grow.
The magnificent rectangular table with zelliges is installed sometimes in the gallery, sometimes around the swimming pool, depending on the season. The eight iron chairs are covered with double-sided cushions, blue and light gray.
The gallery also occasionally serves as a setting for exhibitions by artists from the Agadir region. Currently, Khalid Assallami, a young Berber who revisits the Amazigh roots through stripping, if not abstraction.