The catch at La Mamounia

The Classic Rooms, 28 to 40 m² with twin beds only, sit from garden level to the first floor on the main entrance side, and the Superior Rooms, the same size with a king-size bed, on the second to fourth floors. Both have the Hivernage view, over the residential quarter outside the walls, not the gardens, and both take two people, plus a cot, with no extra bed. On 16 to 18 March 2027 a Classic Room was €705 a night for two, room only, and the Superior Room was not on sale. The views start with the Deluxe Rooms: the Koutoubia Deluxe at €1,209 and the Park Deluxe, over the gardens and the Atlas, at €1,642.

Rates are room only. Breakfast is a buffet at Le Pavillon de la Piscine, every day from 7:00 to 11:00, or à la carte from room service, and the hotel gives its price only on request. The rates include 10% VAT, but the hotel charges a further 49.50 MAD, about €4.50, per person per night as tourist tax. With no published breakfast price, the cost of a morning buffet for two is not known until you ask. Every meal is on top of the room, though children of 4 to 12 pay half price in the restaurants.

The rule covers all four restaurants, the four bars and the tea rooms, for guests and outside diners alike. Plastic sandals and flip-flops are not allowed for men or women at any hour, though luxury leather sandals are. After 6pm even smart city shorts and bermudas are refused; children under 12 are exempt. Backpacks and large bags go to the cloakroom at the Ksar Gate, and the pool has its own swimwear policy. It shapes the evening as much as the packing: a drink at Le Churchill after a day in the souks means changing first.

Children of all ages are welcome, but the hotel has no kids' club; it can arrange babysitting. The indoor pool in the spa is for guests of 18 and over, or 16 and over with an adult, so younger children swim in the outdoor pool, heated to 28°C all year. The Classic and Superior Rooms take two people and a cot, no more. A cot is free for under-2s, and an extra bed for a child of 2 to 12, in some Deluxe Rooms and suites, costs 950 MAD a night. Three adults need a suite with a sofa bed: the Hivernage, Park, Prestige or Duplex Suites.

The hotel is open all year, but it sets a minimum stay at Easter, All Saints and over Christmas and New Year. Most of the year sits near €830 a night for a Classic Room on the flexible rate, while July and August, when Marrakech is very hot, fall to about €555 on a prepaid rate. Check-in is at 3pm and check-out at noon; a late departure, when the hotel can give one, is charged at half the room price until 6pm and in full after that, and an early departure is charged in full.