Resorts outside the city, golf or water gardens. Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech, from about €700 with breakfast for a Junior Suite, if you want a 100-metre pool heated to 28°C, a free kids' club for ages 3 to 12 and golf; Palais Namaskar, from about €460 with breakfast, if you would rather have reflecting pools, a terrace for every room and a rooftop bar facing the Atlas.
The family oneAn Atlas-facing resort with a 100-metre heated pool, a free kids' club for ages 3 to 12, golf, tennis and a spa, 20 minutes from the Medina.
€€€€From about €700 a night
Choose Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech if
The catch
Jemaa el-Fna is a 20-minute drive: the Medina means the free shuttle at set times, a taxi or a hotel car
The viewA water-garden resort on the far side of the Palmeraie, with private-pool villas, mirror pools and a rooftop bar facing the Atlas.
€€€€From about €460 a night
Choose Palais Namaskar if
The catch
The Medina is about 24 minutes away by car and nothing is walkable, so every trip into town means a taxi or a car arranged through the hotel
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The verdict
Resorts outside the city, golf or water gardens. Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech, from about €700 with breakfast for a Junior Suite, if you want a 100-metre pool heated to 28°C, a free kids' club for ages 3 to 12 and golf; Palais Namaskar, from about €460 with breakfast, if you would rather have reflecting pools, a terrace for every room and a rooftop bar facing the Atlas.
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The Agafay desert eveningFrom €20.584.8(46,700)
The Medina and its palacesFrom €15.104.7(8,000)
The night tastingsFrom €434.7(3,300)
The cooking classFrom €36.345(2,000)
Questions people ask
Resorts outside the city, golf or water gardens. Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech, from about €700 with breakfast for a Junior Suite, if you want a 100-metre pool heated to 28°C, a free kids' club for ages 3 to 12 and golf; Palais Namaskar, from about €460 with breakfast, if you would rather have reflecting pools, a terrace for every room and a rooftop bar facing the Atlas.
A full-service family resort under the Atlas, with a free kids' club, a heated 100-metre pool and golf, and the Medina a short drive away. Check availability for the Junior Suite Atlas View. A large, polished resort outside the city where the pool, the kids' club, golf and the spa are the holiday, and the Medina is a drive. Expensive, and built for staying in.
It has indoor and outdoor pools. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
A calm, water-filled resort with a terrace for every room and the Atlas on the skyline from its rooftop. Check availability for a Lounge Suite. A polished, self-contained resort where the pools, gardens and rooftop are the holiday, well outside the city. You drive into Marrakech for the Medina and come back for the sunset.
It has an outdoor pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.