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Marrakech, Morocco
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Royal Mansour Marrakech
A medina of 53 private riads built by Morocco's finest artisans, where invisible service and museum-grade craft define the country's ultimate stay.
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Morocco
Marrakech
Marrakech is a city of thresholds. Step through an unmarked door in a dusty medina lane and you enter a riad courtyard of orange trees, zellige tilework and utter calm; step back out and the souks resume their centuries-old commerce in leather, brass and argan oil. The Red City has traded on this alchemy of chaos and sanctuary for a thousand years.
For luxury travellers, Marrakech offers two distinct registers: intimate riads within the old walls, and palatial garden resorts in the Palmeraie and Hivernage where High Atlas views frame the pool. Both come with hammams, mint tea and a design heritage that has seduced couturiers for decades.
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Best areas to stay
The Medina
The walled old city holds the souks, the great monuments and the finest riads — staying inside it is the full Marrakech immersion.
Hivernage
A leafy modern district beside the medina walls, home to grand hotels, casino nightlife and easy taxi access to everything.
The Palmeraie
A palm grove on the city's edge where sprawling resort estates offer pools, gardens and silence, with the medina a short drive away.
Dining & nightlife
Marrakech dining ranges from rooftop tagines above the souks to glamorous courtyard restaurants where dinner comes with musicians and orange-blossom air. The nightlife of Hivernage skews to chic lounges and late-night clubs, while the medina's evenings belong to Jemaa el-Fnaa's storytellers and food stalls.
Travelling as a family
Children respond to Marrakech's colour and theatre — snake charmers, souk haggling, camel rides in the Palmeraie. Resort-style hotels with large pools and gardens make better family bases than compact riads, and Atlas foothill excursions add welcome fresh air.
Travelling as a couple
Few cities romance like Marrakech: candlelit riad dinners, couples' hammam rituals and sunset camel treks against the Atlas. A night or two in an Agafay desert camp, under blankets and starlight, is the perfect coda.
Cultural highlights
- Jemaa el-Fnaa square as it fills at dusk
- The Bahia Palace and Ben Youssef Madrasa
- The Majorelle Garden and Yves Saint Laurent Museum
- The souks' craft quarters, from dyers to metalworkers
Stories from Marrakech
Destination Guides
Marrakech: A Luxury Traveller's Guide to the Red City
Riads behind unmarked doors, gardens that changed design history and the Atlas rising beyond the palms — how to experience Marrakech at its most refined.
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Suite Reviews
The Grand Riad at Royal Mansour Marrakech: A Palace Within a Palace
Royal Mansour is a hotel built as a medina of private riads — and at its heart stands the Grand Riad, a three-storey residence with its own pool, spa and garden. We profile Morocco's most extraordinary suite.
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Wellness
Steam and Stone: The Modern Hammam Comes of Age
From Marrakech's riads to the Bosphorus and the newest London spas, the hammam has moved from heritage curiosity to the most coveted ritual in luxury wellness.
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