So it makes sense that no two rooms are alike, each a different color with the traditional Moroccan plaster Tadelakt walls, accessorized with thematic design details, and that part of the wonder of staying here is learning the way back to your room.

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In the Nasrid Palaces, a palace complex within the palace complex, the combination of building materials (wood, stone, ceramics and plaster) with traditional Islamic forms (intricate calligraphy, stuccoed ceilings and interwoven geometric patterns) reaches a point close to perfection.

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Most traditional Walser houses are of the sturdy farmhouse type, built out of wood, stone or plaster in styles particular to each valley.

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