A terrace in the High Atlas
Walnut terraces, snow on the peaks in spring, and nothing but the valley below.
Imlil and its terraces, High Atlas Photo: Mounir Neddi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
A terrace in the High Atlas, Imlil and the Atlas valleys
Imlil sits in a valley of the High Atlas below Toubkal, the highest peak in North Africa, with walnut and apple terraces stepping down to the river. It suits two people more than a crowd: an elopement, a vow renewal, or a proposal on a terrace with the valley below. Snow stays on the peaks into spring, and mountain evenings are cool even in summer. The drive up from Marrakech is part of the day. Any ceremony is symbolic, in your own words: the legal part is done at home.
What the evening could be
The road up
Out of Marrakech, the mountains rise from the plain.
The road climbs into the valleys.
The High Atlas from the Agdal basin, Marrakech Photo: Belbaraka, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
The valley
Earth houses and walnut terraces below the peaks.
Nothing to hear but the river.
Imlil and its terraces, High Atlas Photo: Mounir Neddi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
On the terrace
Toubkal turns pink above the terrace, then dark.
Your words, said where only the valley hears them.
The Toubkal massif at sunset, High Atlas Photo: Anass ERRIHANI, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
Who it suits
Best for the two of you. These are the occasions it suits best; tell us yours if it is not here.
What we arrange here
Finding the setting
We shortlist places that fit your date, your numbers and your style, and check each one with you in writing.
A symbolic ceremony
Your words, a celebrant if you want one, music for the walk. Symbolic only: the legal part is done at home.
Dinner and the feast
A private chef or a Moroccan feast, tasted and chosen with you, set for two or for everyone.
Photography and film
A photographer or filmmaker who works quietly, briefed on the moments that matter to you.
Arrivals and transfers
Airport meetings, private drivers and the road to the desert, timed around everyone's flights.
A vegetable tagine, Morocco Photo: 16:9clue, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
Add it to a trip
Any private trip can carry one evening like this, planned by the same team as the rest of your days.
A small elopement inside the trip
A symbolic ceremony for the two of you, with a photographer, on one day of the journey.
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From an idea to the evening
Tell us the idea
A few lines is enough: the occasion, roughly when, roughly how many, and what you picture.
A conversation with your planner
We talk it through, ask what matters most, and suggest settings that fit.
A written proposal
Settings, stays, the shape of the days and an itemised quote. Change anything.
Design and detail
Flowers, music, food and the order of the evening, decided with you step by step.
On the day
You arrive to the evening you agreed, already set. You only have to be there.
Picture it here? Start with the designer.
Choose the occasion, the season and what matters most; the setting is already filled in. A planner writes back with a written proposal and an itemised quote.
Imlil and its terraces, High Atlas Photo: Mounir Neddi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)