Lost amid the maze of colourful souks, through the narrow, labyrinthine alleys of the ancient walled medina of Marrakech, sparkles a rare jewel of a home – the exquisite hideaway of Maite Bulgari, her husband Paolo, chairman of the luxury jewellery brand, and their daughters Carlotta, 21, and Marina, 18.
Maite, who originally hails from Madrid, fell in love with Marrakech and its courtyard-filled homes and palaces, known as riads, during her student days “when the streets were still unpaved”. Times have changed, but the Moroccan city has lost none of its magical lustre for Maite. So when she stumbled across a vacant, ruined lot in the mesmerising medieval old town, she immediately saw the potential to create a riad of her own.
‘It was very important that all the…