Villa de L'O

Rooms

The immaculate, 2008-refurbished bedrooms are all different, yet all have one thing in common: their names begin with an 'O'. They also share a distinct colonial theme. Dark wood, sober colours and elegant cane furniture are common to all; sepia photographs, globes and vintage books tied with string add character, as do the stylish golf clubs in L'Obe. Repro-style leather armchairs feature in Odyssee, Moroccan lamps and lovely carved doors in Onyx. The dark woods in Opium verge on black, giving the room a boudoir-esque air.

Beds are turned down beautifully at night, your nightwear is folded in fan shapes. Some beds have lush velvety covers in ivory and coffee colours - L'Occident (the only twin room), Opal - others are dressed in faux leopard skin or 'faded chintz' from Ralph Lauren, or silky sabra with matching cushions and blinds. Riad rooms were designed to be cool, but the children's bedrooms on the mezzanines (in 2 rooms only) can get hot in summer. Pay top whack for the L'Avel mOr penthouse and you get air conditioning and a private slice of the terrace.

One room is on the dark side - L'Occident, which opens onto the inner gallery - but high riad ceilings means it feels airy enough. Most rooms have ceiling fans, and some have fireplaces.

The bathrooms we saw were lovely, with bronze, ceramic or hardwood basins and bowls of spices in which shampoos and body lotions nestle; towels and bathrobes are suitably fluffy and sport the l'O monogram. Half the rooms have showers, the other half baths - including a copper tub in L'Orizon: see Rates for details.