Kasbah d’If

Sixteen years in the making and brought to life by more than 150 master artisans, it feels less like a hotel and more like a magnificent Moroccan fortress suspended between earth and sky. Its arrival on the international stage was suitably spectacular: Louis Vuitton chose the Kasbah to unveil its 2026 Mythica High Jewelry collection, transforming the estate into a candlelit world of fashion, celebration and fireworks over the desert.

So naturally, we decided we needed the whole place. For the final chapter of the Ellen Verse, Kasbah d’If becomes entirely ours - every suite, terrace, pool and hidden corner reserved for our group. The whole palace. Just us. Subtle was never really the plan.

It will be home to the biggest celebration of the weekend, followed by a final day devoted to sunshine, pools, spa, long lunches and collective recovery in surroundings that make even a hangover feel glamorous.

A perfectly reasonable way to wrap up four days in Morocco.

Because obviously turning 40 calls for a Palace.