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Best pool hotels in Marrakech

Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech has a 100-metre pool heated to 28°C with a shallow children's zone. Palais Namaskar gives the Junior Suites, Pool Suites, villas and palaces a private pool. La Mamounia keeps its garden pool at 28°C all year, for guests only, and Inara Camp heats two desert pools to 26°C.

4 of our ten · Hand-pickedHotels cannot pay to be hereLast checked: October 2026

At a glance

  1. Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech: The main pool and the estate from above

    Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech

    A 100-metre pool heated to 28°C, with a shallow children's zone

    Route d'Amizmiz · From about €700 a night

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  2. Palais Namaskar: Reflecting pools and the gold dome at dusk

    Palais Namaskar

    Private pools in the Junior Suites, Pool Suites and villas

    Palmeraie · From about €460 a night

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  3. La Mamounia: The pool and hotel at dusk

    La Mamounia

    A guests-only garden pool heated to 28°C all year

    Medina · From about €705 a night

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  4. Inara Camp: The Infinity Pool looking out over the desert

    Inara Camp

    Two desert pools heated to 26°C all year, one with a bar

    Agafay · From about €525 a night

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What we looked for

In Marrakech the pool question is really a temperature question. Afternoons are warm most of the year, January averaging 18.2°C, but January nights average 3.8°C, and the cooler season runs from October to May, when many people come. A pool heated all year is what makes a winter-sun week work.

The second question is where you want it. La Mamounia puts its pool in walled gardens inside the Medina, 9 minutes on foot from the Koutoubia, so a swim and the souks fit in one day. Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech, Palais Namaskar and Inara Camp are out of town, with the High Atlas on the horizon and the city a drive away: there the pool is the day itself. Choose the Medina for water and sightseeing together; choose a resort for long, slow days by the pool.

Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech: The main pool and the estate from aboveThe family one

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Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech

Route d'Amizmiz, Marrakech

This is the pool people mean when they ask for a big one. The main pool is 100 metres long and 2,000 m², heated to 28°C, set in front of the main building and facing the Atlas, and the hotel calls it the largest pool in Marrakech. A shallow children's zone runs along it, so small children and strong swimmers share the same water.

There is more. The Country Club has a semi-Olympic pool, the Fitness Centre a semi-Olympic lap pool and the 3,500 m² spa an indoor pool, the last two kept for guests aged 18 and over, which keeps them calm for parents. L'Olivier serves lunch by the pool from 12.30pm to 4pm, so a whole day can pass without leaving the water's edge, on an estate of 231 hectares.

Junior Suite Garden View at Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech: the bedroom with red armchairs and sliding doors onto a terrace and lawn with olive trees

The room to book

Junior Suite Garden View

about 86 m²€698 a night

Its terrace opens straight onto the gardens, so you step out onto the grass on the way to the water, with a lounge and room for four.

Every room, and why

For winter and spring swims with small children, use the main pool's shallow zone, heated to 28°C all year.

€€€€From about €700 a night

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Palais Namaskar: Reflecting pools and the gold dome at duskThe view

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Palais Namaskar

Palmeraie, Marrakech

Water is the whole design here. The gardens run with lakes, cascades and reflecting pools, there is a main outdoor mosaic pool, and every one of the 41 rooms, suites, villas and palaces has a terrace and access to an outdoor or private pool. The private pools start with the 90 m² Junior Suites, which have one on the terrace with a fireplace and an outdoor shower; the Pool Suites open onto 180 m² of garden with a pool off the living room, and the walled Pool Villas add an outdoor bath.

Lunch is at La Table, in the garden by the pool. The hotel does not say which pools are heated, and the one heated pool it names is in the spa's larger duo suite, so for a winter swim ask before you book whether your suite's pool can be heated on your dates.

Junior Suite at Palais Namaskar: a large marble-floored room with a desk in front and a king bed by tall glass doors

The room to book

Junior Suite

about 90 m²€612 a night

It is the cheapest way to a private pool, on your own terrace, with a fireplace and an outdoor shower for the cooler evenings.

Every room, and why

After a late swim, go up to the rooftop Nomad Bar for the Atlas to the south on a clear day and the sunset to the west.

€€€€From about €460 a night

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La Mamounia: The pool and hotel at duskThe icon

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La Mamounia

Medina, Marrakech

The outdoor pool sits in the gardens inside the Medina walls, among olive trees two centuries old, orange trees and palms, and it is heated to 28°C all year and kept for hotel guests, so it never fills with day visitors. Breakfast is served beside it at Le Pavillon de la Piscine, from 7:00 to 11:00, which makes the first swim of the day an easy one.

The 2,500 m² spa adds an indoor pool, also at 28°C, with two hammams, a sauna and a jacuzzi; it is for guests of 18 and over, or 16 with an adult. Both pools are ozone-treated. For a pool of your own, each of the three 700 m² riads in the gardens has a private heated pool and a butler. The Koutoubia is 9 minutes away on foot, so a morning in the water and an afternoon in the city fit together.

Agdal Deluxe Room at La Mamounia: a king bed under an arched carved headboard, with open doors to a balcony

The room to book

Agdal Deluxe Room

about 30 to 45 m²€1,689 a night

It is the room with a terrace over the pool, the gardens and the Atlas in the distance, on the upper floors, so the water is the view.

Every room, and why

The restaurants ask for elegant dress and no shorts after 6pm, so pack something to change into after the last swim.

€€€€From about €705 a night

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Inara Camp: The Infinity Pool looking out over the desertThe escape

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Inara Camp

Agafay, Marrakech

Two pools for 19 tents is a generous share, and the camp keeps both at 26°C all year. The Desert Lagoon is cast from sand and quartz in a porous resin, so it feels like a beach underfoot, and it looks out over the canyon below the camp. The Infinity Pool has a bar and nothing but the stony Agafay beyond it, with the High Atlas along the horizon on clear days, sharpest in winter when the peaks carry snow.

This is where the days go: a swim after breakfast, a drink at the bar and the sun going down to the west from the water. With Marrakech Menara airport a 50-minute drive away, an early flight can end in warm water the same afternoon. In winter the pools stay at 26°C while the evenings cool.

Suite n°19 at Inara Camp: a lounge with leather armchairs, a leather sofa and white round tables on a patterned rug, with a doorway to the next room.

The room to book

Suite n°19

about 50 m²€525 a night

It adds a 40 m² terrace with a private outdoor jacuzzi and the Atlas across the desert, your own hot water between swims.

Every room, and why

Pack a swimsuit and a warm jacket together from November to March: the pools are warm, the evenings by the fire are not.

€€€€From about €525 a night

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How to choose

Your tripBook
You want the biggest pool, with childrenFairmont Royal Palm Marrakech
A private pool on your own terracePalais Namaskar
A heated pool inside the Medina wallsLa Mamounia
A warm pool with the desert beyondInara Camp

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Questions people ask

Good questions about Marrakech

Are hotel pools in Marrakech heated in winter?

Some are, and it matters: January nights average 3.8°C. La Mamounia heats its outdoor pool to 28°C all year, and Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech does the same for its 100-metre pool. Inara Camp keeps both its desert pools at 26°C all year. Palais Namaskar does not say which of its pools are heated, so ask before you book if you plan to swim between November and March.

Which Marrakech hotel has the biggest pool?

Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech, on the Route d'Amizmiz: its main pool is 100 metres long and 2,000 m², heated to 28°C with a shallow children's zone, and the hotel calls it the largest pool in Marrakech. It also has a semi-Olympic pool at the Country Club. Inside the Medina, Royal Mansour Marrakech has a 30-metre by 20-metre pool in its gardens.

Which hotels in Marrakech have a private pool?

At Palais Namaskar the private pools start with the 90 m² Junior Suites and run through the Pool Suites, the walled Pool Villas and the palaces. La Mamounia's three 700 m² riads each have a private heated pool. At Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech the Prince Villas have a garden pool that can be heated on request. At Inara Camp, Suite n°19 and the Agafay Suite have a private outdoor jacuzzi on the terrace.

Can children use the hotel pools in Marrakech?

Yes, with some limits. Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech has a shallow children's zone in its heated main pool, though its spa and fitness pools are for over-18s. La Mamounia's outdoor pool is open to children, while the indoor spa pool is for 18 and over, or 16 with an adult. At Inara Camp neither pool is gated, so keep small children close.

Can non-guests use hotel pools in Marrakech?

At La Mamounia the outdoor pool, heated to 28°C all year, is for hotel guests only, so it stays calm all day. El Fenn opens its roof terrace and bar to visitors from noon, but its pools stay for guests. At Royal Mansour Marrakech the garden pool, Le Jardin, also takes day guests, while every riad keeps its own plunge pool on the roof, and at Palais Namaskar the suites and villas with a private pool keep the water to themselves.

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