Hotel Nord-Pinus

If you don’t manage to nab one of the seven (exquisitely appointed) guestrooms, some with windows that look both north to Spain and south into the Moroccan mountains, swing by in the early evening when French and Lebanese tastemakers in heels and suits sip Casablanca beers and Moroccan wines at the rooftop bar and restaurant.

There’s no better location in Tangier than being perched high in the Kasbah where the Straits of Gibraltar tickle the Spanish mainland. Anne Igou knew that when she bought this richly decorated former pasha’s townhouse and filled it with her eclectic collection of treasures snaffled from around the world. Expert rating: 8/10.