Out of town, the Palmeraie or the desert. Palais Namaskar, from about €460 with breakfast, if you want a 650 m² spa and private pools from the Junior Suites up, 24 minutes' drive from Jemaa el-Fna; Inara Camp, from about €525 with breakfast, if you would rather have an insulated tent on the stony Agafay, pools heated to 26°C all year and dinner by the campfire. Book early: the tents sell out.
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
The escapeNineteen insulated tents and suites in the stony Agafay desert, with two pools heated all year and the Atlas on the horizon, 50 minutes from the airport.
€€€€From about €525 a night
Choose Inara Camp if
The catch
The Agafay is a stony desert of bare hills, not golden sand dunes
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Palais Namaskar
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The verdict
Out of town, the Palmeraie or the desert. Palais Namaskar, from about €460 with breakfast, if you want a 650 m² spa and private pools from the Junior Suites up, 24 minutes' drive from Jemaa el-Fna; Inara Camp, from about €525 with breakfast, if you would rather have an insulated tent on the stony Agafay, pools heated to 26°C all year and dinner by the campfire. Book early: the tents sell out.
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The cooking classFrom €36.345(2,000)
The blue gardenFrom €26.904.5(13,900)
The Agafay desert eveningFrom €20.584.8(46,700)
The hammamFrom €55.694.6(3,700)
Questions people ask
Out of town, the Palmeraie or the desert. Palais Namaskar, from about €460 with breakfast, if you want a 650 m² spa and private pools from the Junior Suites up, 24 minutes' drive from Jemaa el-Fna; Inara Camp, from about €525 with breakfast, if you would rather have an insulated tent on the stony Agafay, pools heated to 26°C all year and dinner by the campfire. Book early: the tents sell out.
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.
A comfortable, quiet desert camp with heated pools and wide skies, close enough to the airport for the last nights of a Marrakech break. Check availability for the Emotion Suite. A small, quiet camp an hour out of the city where the desert, the heated pools and the night sky are the stay, and the Medina is a day trip. Characterful rather than polished, and priced as a treat.
It has an outdoor pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.