The Oasis courtyard was tented over and transformed into an undersea nightclub, with a sea urchin-shaped light sculpture and water-themed videos.
Guests hang out with their hosts in the flower-filled courtyard, a shady oasis with a swinging sofa and patterned tiles.
It twists around a central courtyard, a Pompeian oasis to which he gave a plunge pool and shade garden, but also faces onto the surrounding desert, with sweeping views of the mountain.
Works by local artists hang on the walls (and are for sale), and the leafy courtyard is an oasis after the hectic city streets - with May on hand to bring tea, delicious sweeties and tips on where to go for the best meze in town.
"They look so happy and yet…" "What a welcome » says Manon on entering the courtyard of the Oasis Center managed by the NGO Terre des hommes, that shelters children who have been abandoned or are victims of abuse, violence and exploitation.
Rebecca suggested I have dessert outside; the courtyard is truly an oasis within an oasis.
"What they saw was a charming little hotel, like an oasis, with a swimming pool, a courtyard.
Doubles from €98 B&B, +212 535 741 537, riad-anata.com The tree-shaded courtyard garden of this 17th-century palace is like an oasis from the medina's mayhem.
As the loving thunderbolt ushers us into the lofty communal living room, views open out on to a secluded courtyard garden, where a concrete colonnade marches around a hidden oasis of grasses, wildflowers and cherry trees.
