Palace stays, Medina or Palmeraie. Royal Mansour Marrakech, from about €2,300 with breakfast, if you want a three-floor riad with a roof plunge pool; Palais Namaskar, from about €460 with breakfast, a fifth of the rate, if you would rather have water gardens and a terrace for every room.
The grand oneThe King's palace hotel inside the Medina walls: 53 private riads, each with its own roof terrace and plunge pool.
€€€€From about €2,300 a night
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The catch
There are only 15 Superior riads, from about €2,300 a night in March 2027; on some spring dates they sell out, and the cheapest riad left is the Premier at about €2,780
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
Palace stays, Medina or Palmeraie. Royal Mansour Marrakech, from about €2,300 with breakfast, if you want a three-floor riad with a roof plunge pool; Palais Namaskar, from about €460 with breakfast, a fifth of the rate, if you would rather have water gardens and a terrace for every room.
Hand-picked: only the best, one version of each, researched so you don’t have to.
The hammamFrom €55.694.6(3,700)
The sunrise balloonFrom €604.8(3,000)
The blue gardenFrom €26.904.5(13,900)
The Medina and its palacesFrom €15.104.7(8,000)
Questions people ask
Palace stays, Medina or Palmeraie. Royal Mansour Marrakech, from about €2,300 with breakfast, if you want a three-floor riad with a roof plunge pool; Palais Namaskar, from about €460 with breakfast, a fifth of the rate, if you would rather have water gardens and a terrace for every room.
A house of your own inside a palace the King had built, with a roof pool over the Medina and the Atlas beyond. Check availability for a Premier Riad. A palace of Moroccan craft where you live in your own three-floor riad, with gardens, a large spa and serious restaurants inside the walls. It is very expensive, formal and quiet, and the Medina is a walk away rather than at the door.
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.