For dinner, Nobu or the grand hotel's four restaurants. Nobu Hotel Marrakech, from about €735 with breakfast, if you want black cod miso and rock shrimp tempura downstairs, a rooftop sushi bar and a late, lively roof in Hivernage; La Mamounia, from about €705 room only, if you would rather choose between Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Asian room and Simone Zanoni's trattoria, take afternoon tea by Pierre Hermé and finish in the Churchill Bar.
The tableNobu's first hotel in Africa: an all-suite Hivernage hotel built around dinner, a round rooftop pool and the Atlas.
€€€€From about €735 a night
Choose Nobu Hotel Marrakech if
The catch
The rooftop bar, with DJ sets after dark, stays open until 1am, and 2am on Fridays and Saturdays: light sleepers should ask for a quiet suite
The iconMarrakech's grand hotel since 1923: princely gardens inside the Medina walls, a pool heated all year and the Koutoubia minaret over the trees.
€€€€From about €705 a night
Choose La Mamounia if
The catch
Breakfast is not included in the room rate, so budget for it on top of a price that already starts high
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The verdict
For dinner, Nobu or the grand hotel's four restaurants. Nobu Hotel Marrakech, from about €735 with breakfast, if you want black cod miso and rock shrimp tempura downstairs, a rooftop sushi bar and a late, lively roof in Hivernage; La Mamounia, from about €705 room only, if you would rather choose between Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Asian room and Simone Zanoni's trattoria, take afternoon tea by Pierre Hermé and finish in the Churchill Bar.
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The hammamFrom €55.694.6(3,700)
The sunrise balloonFrom €604.8(3,000)
The Agafay desert eveningFrom €20.584.8(46,700)
The Medina and its palacesFrom €15.104.7(8,000)
Questions people ask
For dinner, Nobu or the grand hotel's four restaurants. Nobu Hotel Marrakech, from about €735 with breakfast, if you want black cod miso and rock shrimp tempura downstairs, a rooftop sushi bar and a late, lively roof in Hivernage; La Mamounia, from about €705 room only, if you would rather choose between Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Asian room and Simone Zanoni's trattoria, take afternoon tea by Pierre Hermé and finish in the Churchill Bar.
Nobu at dinner and a pool on the roof, from about €735 a night with breakfast. Check availability for the Deluxe Junior Suite. A sociable, polished all-suite hotel where dinner and the roof are the point, a short taxi ride from the Medina rather than inside it. Expect music on the roof at night, not a riad's hush.
It has indoor and outdoor pools. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
Marrakech's grand hotel since 1923, for travellers who want the gardens, the heated pool and the history inside the Medina walls. Check availability for the Park Deluxe Room. Marrakech's most famous address, a palace hotel of craft and Art Deco in walled gardens at the edge of the Medina, with the heated pool, spa and tables to keep you in. It is priced as the icon it is.
It has indoor and outdoor pools. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.