The riad keeps its back to the lane. A studded door, a painted arch, and then the house opens.
Everything in the house turns inward toward the pool. The light moves across it all day, and the temperature drops the moment you step in.
Carved cedar, tadelakt walls the colour of the earth outside, and windows that open onto the courtyard or the street below.
Breakfast on the terrace while it's still cool, and a long table indoors once the evening turns.
Shade through the heat of the day, and the whole city going quiet once the sun drops behind the Atlas.