In Full Bloom: A Calming Garden Respite in Marrakech's Atlas Mountains

Ruspoli, born into a noble Roman family, part of which later decamped to Paris, tells me that Olinto was a reaction to the controlled formality and grandeur of the Italian and French gardens he'd grown up with. It was inspired more by the great English gardens, like Sissinghurst Castle, which were designed as a series of intimate, exuberantly planted garden rooms. “The eye should always have something to discover,” he says...

First in: Olinto, Atlas Mountain, Morocco

Wandering through the gardens to sundowners on the green-glazed roof terrace or breakfast under the pergola is botanical rapture, with lake reeds and soft grasses shifting gently in the hot breeze. The gardens and scatter of buildings, carved with arched windows and doors, are rendered more beautiful by the imposing mountain backdrop from all angles – one protected by its Toubkal National Park status and as the hunting ground of the Moroccan royal family.

The Secret Garden

Olinto’s nine guest pavilions are embedded in a vast garden, full of lavender, roses, and olive trees, in a far corner of the Atlas Mountains, created by Franco-Italian Prince Fabrizio Ruspoli.

The Holiday that Helped me Reconnect with my Husband

This new adults-only pretty mountain retreat is one of Morocco’s most romantic stays — and it’s under an hour from Marrakesh....  

Olinto Atlas Mountain Retreat, éden raffiné au creux de l’Atlas

Dès l’entrée, senteurs de romarin et murmure des fontaines invitent à mettre ses sens en éveil : vous voici dans l’univers enchanté d’un prince esthète ! Pionnier de l’hôtellerie de charme à Marrakech avec La Maison Arabe, le prince Fabrizio Ruspoli di Poggio Suasa a choisi de s’enraciner dans la région d’Ouirgane pour y créer un tout nouvel éden pour quelques privilégiés…

BEST MOUNTAIN HIDEWAY: Olinto, Marrakech, Morocco

With its backdrop of the High Atlas mountains, Olinto is about elevation in every sense of the word. The brainchild of Prince Fabrizio Ruspoli di Poggio Suasa, it’s a deeply relaxing and cultured space, buried deep in ancient groves of twisted olive trees that retreat into green shadow and conceal a jade-coloured pool....

In Morocco, a Hotel That Offers the Luxury of Peace and Quiet

In the early ’90s, Fabrizio Ruspoli di Poggio Suasa, a French Italian aristocrat from Paris and a former dealer in 18th-century French furniture, moved to Marrakesh. Ruspoli, who grew up visiting his grandmother in Morocco, quickly felt at home among the city’s well-known expats — among them at the time the interior designer Bill Willis, the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé — and soon purchased the popular French restaurant La Maison Arabe, transforming it into the medina’s first riad hotel…

The newly opened Olinto is a serene escape in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains.

This being Morocco, the service is warm and generous. Less common for rural areas, it’s also quite polished, with servers remembering how guests take their coffee…

Olinto is a dream

Olinto is a dream realized by Italian owner Fabrizio Ruspoli di Poggio Suasa. Tired of city life, he sold the beloved hotel La Maison Arabe, in Marrakesh, after 25 years, and bought a farm in the Ouirgane Valley about an hour south...

An Elevated Haven: Why Olinto is Morocco’s Secret Luxe Mountain Hideaway

Nestled in the High Atlas foothills, the newly opened luxury outpost Olinto is a retreat designed to underscore life’s fundamental pleasures...

The mountain maison in the Atlas

When Prince Fabrizio Ruspoli di Poggio Suasa decamped from La Maison Arabe, his beloved and bar-setting riad-restaurant in Marrakech, those who cherished its beautiful courtyards and cuisine...

Hideaway: Olinto, Ouirgane, Morocco

Olinto is a nine-suite estate in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains that reflects the understated sensibility of its owner, the French-Italian aristocrat Fabrizio Ruspoli di Poggio Suasa: devastatingly handsome without trying too hard...