Morocco is one of my favorite places on earth, so when I learned of the new Vendome publication Inside Tangier: Houses and Gardens by Nicolò Castellini Baldissera I immediately placed an order. My Moroccan vacations have only taken me as far as Marrakech, but you can bet this gorgeous new tome has me itching to return and explore Tangier. The white-walled North African city has long attracted “the literary and artistic avant-garde of Europe and America,” and today’s many wonderfully stylish and eccentric inhabitants are no exception. Baldissera, an interior designer, enlisted the talents of fashion and interiors photographer Guido Taroni to capture the properties of Tangier’s finest collectors and creatives. How magical is Sarah Wheeler’s fabulous pink living room above? Explore more sneak peeks from the book below and if you like, order your own copy of Inside Tangier here.
A fabulous orange bed inside Dar Zero.
The living room of Dar Ouezzane, home of antiques dealer Gordon Watson.
Graphic red stripes in La Di Dar, the home of interior designer Gavin Houghton.
An aerial view of Sidi Hosni, the former home of Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton. In its heyday it was the scene of many lavish parties.
Dar Maktoub, the home of Nadia and Suomi La Valle.
The legendary Villa Mabrouka once owned by fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé.
Another magical room at Villa Mabrouka. Decorator Jacques Grange helped Saint Laurent and Bergé design the interiors when they moved there in 1998.
A handsome tented guest bedroom in London-based decorator Veere Greeney’s Tangier home. Named Gazebo, the newly renovated home was originally built in the 1930s and is located on Tangier’s Old Mountain.
Dar Zero, the Tangier home of Jamie Creel and Marco Scarani.
I hope you loved this sneak peek! Again, you can snag your own copy of Inside Tangier here.
(photography by Guido Taroni)
