Paradise is one of the flashier nightclubs in Marrakech, popular with wealthy locals and ex-pats alike. It’s bigger than most of the other clubs, with a 1,500 capacity, and is characterized by a clutter of chintzy lights and ostentatious decoration. There’s a staircase that sweeps heroically downstairs to the main bar area, a large dance-floor overlooked by a state-of-the-art DJ box, lots of intimate and comfortable seating and table arrangements (which fill up as the night wears on: they can be reserved in advance), and an upper terrace that features a massive video screen on one side and a perpetually deserted salad bar on the other. Power-dressed men cavort with under-dressed ‘ladies’ to the familiar sounds of R&B, hip-hop and Arabic music, and occasionally the place gets carried away with itself and a less self-conscious atmosphere emerges.