ON MARRAKECH’S LEGENDARY EL FNA SQUARE , WHICH PULSTATES
WITH THE COLOURFUL EXCILEMET OF 1001 NIGHTS,STANDS "THE CAFE DE
FRANCE" OPPOSITE THE KHARBOUCH MOSQUE.
THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO DERB TABACHI LANE, WHICH WANTS
ITS WAY THROUGH THE RAHBA KEDIMA QUARTER BUSTLING WITH COLOURFUL
MEDINA STALLS .A SHORT WAY ALONG THIS NARROW LANE IS DERB
MESFIOUI 9,WHERE THE 280 YEAR -OLD FAMILY PALACE, RIAD ENIJA IS FOUND.
ONCE THE MAJESTICAL HOME OF THE KING 'KAID ,
RIAD ENIJA WAS LATER BOUGHT BY A WEALTHY SILK MERCHANT
FROM FEZ IN 1860 WHO FOUND THE MOST SKILLED CRAFTSMEN
TO RENOVATE AND CONVERT THE PALACE INTO HIS FAMILY HOME .
MANY YEARS LATER , RIAD ENIJA WAS RENOVATED YET
AGAIN AND TRANFORMED WITH PAINSTAKINGLY LOVING CARE TO
CREATE AN OASIS OF COMFORT AND GOOD TASTE.
