40 Best Pools in Marrakech: Where to Swim Across the City and Beyond

At the western edge of the Medina, at the foot of the old city ramparts and within walking distance of Jemaa el-Fna, Royal Mansour runs as a self-contained city of fifty-three private riads. Its pool sits inside Le Jardin, two and a half hectares of Arab-Andalusian garden designed by Spanish architect Luis Vallejo: water, canals, and fountains threaded through dense planting. The pool itself is thirty by twenty metres (six hundred square metres of water), with seven private pavilions ranging from forty-five to eighty square metres along its edge. Le Jardin restaurant, shaped by Yannick Alléno, serves Asian and Mediterranean plates poolside. The register is composed and adult-oriented. Despite a hotel of fifty-three residences behind it, the pool can feel close to private on a quieter day, with birdsong loud enough to register. Families with children are welcome, but the property is built around couples and adults seeking discretion rather than children's energy. Not loud, never crowded. Day pass for one 2,250 MAD, with pool access, lounger, welcome mocktail and lunch at Le Jardin. Petit Pavillon for two 5,500 MAD, Grand Pavillon for four 10,000 MAD, each including pool access, lounger, welcome mocktail and lunch. Open Monday to Sunday, 9am to 6:30pm.

Twenty hectares on Route du Golf Royal, fifteen minutes from the Medina, the Mandarin Oriental spreads across landscaped olive grove, palm, and roses. The main pool sits at the centre, set at the end of a long axis of reflecting pools that runs straight toward the Atlas snowline. Large and rectangular, big enough to absorb a crowd without crowding, ringed by alternating sun and shade. The Pool Garden restaurant serves Mediterranean plates poolside through the afternoon, and an indoor heated pool sits within the spa for cooler days. The atmosphere is calm, refined, and unhurried, with the attentive service of a major-brand resort where towels rotate and shade adjusts without asking. Families are welcome and find space here, though the rhythm leans couples and adults rather than children's recreation. Quiet rather than lively. Not party. Day pass at the Pool Garden: 2,000 MAD per adult, 50% off for children 5 to 11, complimentary under 5. Includes a three-course Mediterranean meal from the garden and full main pool access. Open 11am to sunset.

At Al Maaden, several kilometres south of the Medina where the city begins to dissolve into open desert, Park Hyatt occupies the edge of the Al Maaden golf landscape. The pool grounds open onto a slow expanse of pale natural stone and clipped greenery, with three pools across the property. The main outdoor basin runs forty-seven metres, heated and framed in cool limestone tones that hold the morning light without glare. A second forty-five-metre outdoor pool is set aside for families. A third twenty-metre pool sits indoors under a vaulted ceiling, useful in the cooler weeks of winter. Le Pavillon, the poolside restaurant, sends a Mediterranean and Moroccan menu directly to the loungers. The atmosphere is unhurried, with loungers spaced enough that conversation never crosses and the snowline of the Atlas visible on clear days behind the greens of the golf course. Family-friendly without being a kids' venue: the dedicated forty-five-metre family pool keeps children's energy contained while the main pool stays geared to adults. Comfortable for solo afternoons and weekend gatherings alike. Not party. Day pass 1,000 MAD per person, includes lunch, pool access, and use of the spa facilities.

Sixteen hectares directly across from the historic Menara Gardens, walking distance from the old walls. Two pools split the day by mood. The family pool is thirty-five metres and free-form, with shallow alcoves and corners designed for children's play, framed by Moorish gardens of palm and olive. The adults-only Quiet Pool sits apart, clad in dark stone that deepens the water against the green, lined with private cabanas. Azzera restaurant, set at the Quiet Pool under palm and olive trees, serves Mediterranean grilled meat and fish alongside sandwiches and snacks. This is the rare city resort genuinely designed for both registers at once. Families with children get a dedicated pool, alcoves to play in, and a supervised kids' club. Adults wanting calm get an entirely separate quiet pool with cabanas and poolside dining. Not party at any moment; the pace stays unhurried throughout. Day pass 1,000 MAD per person for pool access only, or 1,400 MAD with a three-course lunch at Azzera poolside. The Serenity Day Pass at 2,200 MAD adds a 50-minute Argania massage (to be scheduled with the spa). Pool open 9am to 6pm, lunch served at Azzera from 12pm to 5pm.

Twelve kilometres out on Route d'Amizmiz, Fairmont spreads across 231 hectares of century-old olive groves. The main pool is the largest in the city: one hundred metres long, two thousand square metres of water lying like a still lake in front of the main building, reflecting the Atlas peaks. A shallow children's section sits at one end. Lap swimmers get two semi-Olympic pools at the fitness centre and country club; the spa keeps a warmer indoor pool reserved for adults. An 18-hole championship golf course designed by Cabell B. Robinson runs through the estate. The atmosphere reads grand and self-contained: a day can pass inside the estate without repetition. Families are workable thanks to the shallow section, but the energy stays composed rather than playful. Couples, golfers, and resort-day seekers fit the register. Not party. Day pass 1,400 MAD per person (excluding beverages).

Twenty-eight acres of olive and citrus groves on Route d'Ouarzazate, twenty-five minutes from the Medina, with a 120-metre Grand Canal drawing the eye toward the Atlas. The main pool sits among the trees, with loungers raised on platforms and islands within the water and the Azur restaurant and bar poolside through the day. Pan-Indian fine dining under Michelin-starred chef Rohit Ghai at Rivayat; Moroccan-Mediterranean cooking at Tamimt with mountain views. The atmosphere is calm, contemplative, and adult-leaning. Because nearly all villas come with their own private heated pool, the main pool rarely crowds, and the scent of rosemary and citrus reaches the water. A kids' club operates daily for families staying on property, but the resort's centre of gravity is couples and adults seeking quiet luxury. Not party at any hour. Day Pool Pass 1,250 MAD per person, including main pool access, a three-course lunch at Azur, and 20% off spa treatments. Kids Day Pass (under 12) at 550 MAD per child.

On the top floor of Nobu Hotel in Hivernage, the city's Golden Triangle, a short walk from the Medina. The pool is circular, ringed by cabanas along one side and a sundeck along another, with loungers facing outward toward a 360-degree panorama: the Medina compressing toward the Koutoubia minaret on one side, the Atlas behind the modern districts on the other. All-season, open daily 10am to 7pm, with Nobu cocktails and live DJ sets carrying the terrace from afternoon into evening. The register is social, glamorous, and adult. Dress code stays elegant-casual; bar and DJ set the rhythm. Not built for children's play; suited to couples and groups looking for a rooftop scene with a swim attached. Festive rather than quiet, but contained within hotel-rooftop pace rather than party-pool noise. Pool access for non-hotel guests: 1,000 MAD per person, sunbed and towel included. All-season, open daily 10am to 7pm.

In Hivernage, screened by century-old palms, Es Saadi opens into one of the largest stretches of water in the city: a turquoise lagoon of roughly 2,400 square metres with an Island Bar rising at its centre beneath pale umbrellas. A heated section keeps part of the lagoon open through the cooler months. Flowered gardens press up to the water, and the palms drop long shade across the day beds. The mood is glamorous and unhurried, the day finding its own rhythm: an early swim while the surface is still glass, lunch carried out to the island, an afternoon measured by the angle of the light. Suited to couples and groups looking for a slow Hivernage day in a historic estate; families with children find space, but the spirit is closer to long lunch than to children's recreation. Not party. Day pass at Around the Pool: 600 MAD (pool access and a three-course lunch, beverages excluded), or 1,000 MAD with Oriental Spa access included (hammam, 30-minute massage, or facial treatment).

Behind the long ochre facade of the Sofitel in Hivernage, the main pool unfolds in a slow curve through a grove of date palms, several rising from planted islands within the water. Spiral mosaics underfoot bend the light; an infinity edge dissolves toward the greenery at one end. Cream parasols and the red umbrellas of the bar glow against the green by late afternoon. A heated section runs through the cooler months, and the spa keeps a quieter indoor basin for windy days. The pool reads as a generous, slow-paced resort experience designed for long stays rather than fast swims. Families are well covered: the resort keeps a separate kid-friendly pool and a dedicated Kids Suite (with supplement) alongside the main basin, which stays calm and adult-leaning. Not party. Day pass 1,000 MAD per person for pool access, or 1,500 MAD with lunch at L'Oasis (curated gourmet menu). Pool open 8am to 6pm. Children 0 to 4 free, 4 to 12 at 50% off, 12 and over at adult rate. Sunbeds, towels, and Wi-Fi included.

Behind an unassuming door in the Bab El Ksour quarter of the Medina, five minutes on foot from Jemaa el-Fna and within sight of the Koutoubia. Inside opens a labyrinth of courtyards and forty-one rooms in a nineteenth-century Caïd's palace turned art-filled riad. Three pools threaded through the building: a thirteen-metre rooftop pool heated to 24°C across a 1,300-square-metre terrace with the Atlas to the south and the minaret to the west; a twelve-metre lap pool in a green ground-floor courtyard; an eight-metre pool kept heated year-round inside the spa. The register is intimate and design-driven, geared to couples and design-minded travellers as much as to riad guests. Not party. Not built around children's play. Quiet, layered, and unmistakably Medina. Day passes for the rooftop pool are offered seasonally, between June and September and between December and February, including pool access and a rooftop lunch. Historically priced around 850 MAD; spaces limited, first come first served, booking ahead recommended.

At 21 Derb Chtouka in the Kasbah quarter, fifteen minutes on foot from Jemaa el-Fna. One of the few proper swimming pools inside the old city walls, set within three thousand square metres of garden inside a former princely residence. Old palms, bitter orange, and a tall jacaranda press in around the water, which stays heated through the winter season, with a shallow section for children. The poolside bar serves cocktails through the afternoon. A family-owned 36-room boutique hotel above, with one of the rare car-accessible entrances inside the Medina. The effect is of swimming inside a walled forest rather than a city hotel, the Medina's noise held at distance. Genuinely family-friendly, with the shallow section and the protected, soundproofed garden. Quiet rather than lively. Daypass Lunch & Pool 600 MAD per person (drinks excluded), with à la carte three-course lunch (starter, main and dessert), pool access, pool towels and sunbed. Journée Détente at 890 MAD adds a 50-minute signature massage and runs an à la carte two-course lunch (starter and main or main and dessert).

A ten-metre rooftop pool above the old Jewish quarter of the Medina, on a boutique hotel of ten suites owned and restored by French-Moroccan entrepreneur Simo Azzouz. The pool is lined with striped zellige that catches the western light, banana trees rise from the terrace, and tadelakt walls hold the afternoon warmth. The upper level opens a 360-degree panorama across Medina rooftops, with minarets at various distances and the Atlas on clear days. Three minutes on foot from Bahia Palace. The scale is deliberately intimate, the rooftop sized to a small-house feel rather than a resort terrace. Couples, design lovers, and quieter travellers find the right register here; not aimed at children or large groups. Not party at any hour. Day access 550 MAD per person, including pool access and a set rooftop lunch. Reservation recommended; the terrace fills quickly.

At the western edge of the Medina, inside the walled gardens of the Barriere group's Marrakech property, where the ramparts give way to a lush courtyard. The outdoor pool stretches at the heart of a courtyard of palms and ochre walls, heated through the cooler months when the Marrakech dusk turns crisp. Loungers face the garden rather than each other, and the palms throw moving shade across the deck by midday. Le Wardya, the resort's restaurant, opens onto a pool-view terrace and feeds the loungers as much as the dining room, with a Moroccan and Mediterranean menu. Every riad on the property also carries its own private basin for quieter afternoons. Lifeguards are on hand, and swim instruction is available for children aged two to six, integrated into the day rather than separated off. Genuinely family-friendly without tilting into childcare. The atmosphere stays slow and adult-leaning. Not party. One of the rare pools combining proper Medina-location calm with day-pass access. Day pass: 700 MAD per person for pool access only, 900 MAD with the lunch formula, 1,100 MAD with lunch and a spa treatment. Open 10am to 6:30pm.

Nine acres of garden in Douar Abiad, Palmeraie. Five houses sit within plantings designed around the existing palms; five pools belong to the five houses, each its own shape and temperament. The main day-pass pool is long and narrow, proportioned for the garden rather than for laps, with communal lunch served under the trees from an organic kitchen. Twenty-four rooms total, each individually decorated. The atmosphere is cultivated and quietly opinionated, with a library, literary retreats, and cooking classes. Couples, solo travellers, and culturally curious guests fit the register naturally; families with children are welcome but the rhythm is reflective rather than playful. Intimate, conversational, never loud. Not party. Day pass 480 MAD per adult, 350 MAD per child, with pool access and a set three-course lunch from the organic kitchen included (drinks à la carte). Pool 11am to 6pm, lunch 1pm to 3pm.

At kilometre six on Route de Fès, fifteen minutes from central Marrakech, run by Stéphanie and Michel Dibenedetto, the family behind Club Les Palmiers, the Saint-Tropez beach club. Two pools split the day by mood. The hotel pool stays quiet for overnight guests, palms shading loungers; the day-club pool runs livelier, open to non-guests, drawing a well-dressed local crowd for long afternoons closer in spirit to Pampelonne than Palmeraie. A Mediterranean restaurant sits between them on a palm-shaded terrace, building plates from the hotel's potager. Two registers on one property. The hotel side suits couples and quieter visitors; the day-club side leans social and party-adjacent, with weekend brunches drawing their own following. Adults dominate either side; children are welcome but the day-club spirit is grown-up. Pool access starts at 500 MAD per person for a sun lounger (Transat: lounger, towel, water, welcome non-alcoholic cocktail). Saint-Tropez Bed for two: 1,100 MAD. VIP Bed for two (with sun roof): 1,300 MAD. Optional Day Pass Menu (lunch, starter plus main or main plus dessert): 600 MAD per person. 20% off when booked in advance.

One theatrical hectare behind high pisé walls on Route de Fès, fifteen minutes from the Medina. Five themed lodges and three suites in dense gardens of palm, cactus, olive, bamboo, fig, and rose. The large communal main pool reads as one of the more striking in the Palmeraie and can feel close to private on a quiet day, with the Atlas visible beyond the tree line. The Balinese Lodge adds a private heated pool directly in front of its bedroom; a third pool sits elsewhere on the grounds. The register is maximalist and theatrical, the kind of property where every surface is staged, with tortoises moving through the planting and a hammam built like an Etruscan tumulus. Better for couples and design-leaning travellers than for active children. Not party; closer to a stage set than a club. Day Pass Classique 750 MAD per person, with bed or sun lounger, towel, and lunch or dinner (starter and main or main and dessert), non-stop service 8am to 11:30pm. Children under 3: 150 MAD (menu only); children 3 to 11: 450 MAD. Spa formulas: 1,400 MAD adds a 60-minute massage; 1,900 MAD adds a 45-minute hammam-gommage and a 60-minute massage (hammams require 2-hour advance booking).

Three hectares of the Palmeraie along Circuit de la Palmeraie in Douar Abiad, fifteen minutes from the Medina. Conceived thirty years ago as an Arabo-Andalusian village: ochre pavilions linked by arcades and vaulted passages, with water moving through the grounds along narrow canals. The heated main pool sits at the centre, partly enclosed by rough stone walls that make it feel like a structure the garden grew around; La Pergola restaurant serves seasonal plates at its edge, with Le Salammbô taking over for dinner. Pool suites function as private riads with walled gardens and plunge pools. The atmosphere is calm and layered, with forty-four rooms the grounds still feel empty even at full occupancy. Couples and travellers wanting a slow Palmeraie day fit the register; families find space without children-centred amenities. Not party. Day pass available; contact directly for current rates and hours.

A kasbah built from the ground up on two and a half hectares of palm grove in Bab Atlas, family-run, its name meaning "Izza's Home" in Berber. Three communal pools split the grounds: one integrated into the main building, heated and sheltered for cooler months; the others sun-facing and open to the garden with the Atlas visible beyond. Twenty-seven rooms across the main building, fourteen villas with private pools, and pavilions in between. Interiors layer art deco, English club, and Moroccan vintage; the scale stays intimate and the gardens absorb the sound. Suits couples and families with older children equally; the rooftop skybar pushes the evening into a quieter rhythm. Not party at any hour. Day pass with pool access and lunch (drinks excluded): 680 MAD per person. With a 30-minute massage added: 1,130 MAD. With a yoga session added: 840 MAD. Arrival and departure transfers offered on reservation.

One hectare of palm and olive in Bab Atlas, fifteen minutes by taxi from the Medina. A small Berber-style guesthouse of eleven rooms, recently renovated, run with the hospitality of a private home. The heated garden pool reaches 1.60 metres at its deepest, built for soaking and cooling rather than lap-swimming, with sunbeds along its quiet edges. Day passes include a home-style Moroccan lunch served poolside: briouates, kefta tagine, mixed grill, seasonal fruit. The register is genuinely domestic, the kind of Palmeraie corner where the staff know your name by lunch. Couples, smaller groups, and quieter travellers find the right pace. Families with children are welcome; the small scale makes for unhurried days. Not party. Day pass Pack 1: 350 MAD. Pack 2: 420 MAD. Pack 3 (includes 30-minute massage): 720 MAD. Pool access 11h to 19h.

A private villa turned guesthouse in the Douar Matrane quarter of the Palmeraie, Moroccan in decoration and organised around its garden of mature trees and flowering hedges. Three pools sit within the planting, one heated and two cooler, so you can follow the sun or avoid it; chill-out music drifts at a volume closer to atmosphere than interruption. Seven room types from doubles to a villa, plus a hammam, steam room, and massage menu. On a quiet day the pools can feel largely yours, closer to swimming at a private house than checking into a hotel. Suits couples, smaller groups, and travellers wanting a domestic feel; families are welcome. Not party. Quiet and intimate. Day pass from 40 EUR per person, with lunch or dinner included.

Five hectares on Route de Bab Atlas, near the Palmeraie, twenty minutes from the Medina. Opened in 2012 and designed around Feng Shui principles, with grounds as much water as garden: ornamental lakes, meandering channels, reflecting pools. The 320-square-metre main pool is heated and ringed by oversized daybeds under shaded structures, with stone columns framing the lunch terrace at Le Namaskar restaurant. Forty-one rooms, suites, and villas spread along the waterways, almost all with their own private or plunge pool. The atmosphere is composed and refined. Couples, slow travellers, and a resident following at the Sunday garden brunch with live acoustic guitar set the register; families are welcome but the spirit is grown-up. Not party; closer to a meditative resort day. Journée Piscine 988 MAD per person, including a two-course lunch by the resort chef (starter and main or main and dessert). Lunch served 1pm to 3pm. Open Monday to Saturday, 12pm to 6pm. Sunday brunch by booking.

Note: Palais Rhoul is closed for renovation works from 1 June 2026. The details below describe its usual offer and will apply again once it reopens. A former private residence on five hectares along the Route de Fès, five kilometres from the city centre, its pool framed by a colonnade of tall Greco-Roman columns that read closer to a Mediterranean villa than a Palmeraie hotel. The columns cast long shadows across the deck through the day, and meals are served poolside into the evening. With only sixteen rooms, the scene rarely loses its composure. The mood is old-world bohemian, the lobby bar dim and draped in rich fabric with a signature rose-based cocktail. Couples and adults seeking theatrical decor and small-scale calm fit the register. Not party. Families are welcome but the property is not actively child-oriented. Day pass historically included a two-course lunch; contact the resort for rates and the reopening date.

Two hectares of rose and olive garden in the Palmeraie, twenty minutes from the Medina. A Relais & Châteaux property with a thirty-metre heated pool framed by colonnaded galleries that give the water a formal weight uncommon in the Palmeraie. Twenty-seven rooms and suites, each decorated individually. Le Jardin d'Hiver, the main restaurant under chef Alexandre Thomas, won the 2020 Prix de Versailles for the most beautiful restaurant in the world. Adults-only: children under twelve are not admitted. The register is refined, ornate, and quiet, geared to couples and slow travellers. Sunday brunch draws its own following. Not party; carefully composed throughout. Day pass 1,200 MAD per adult, including pool access, a three-course lunch, and a welcome non-alcoholic cocktail. A Serenity option at 1,500 MAD adds a 45-minute massage. Pool from 11am. No children under twelve. (Rate from last year, verify directly.)

On the rocky desert plateau forty minutes southwest of Marrakech. The pool grounds, called The Oasis, sit low against the dry land with a deck that opens onto the valley, water catching whatever the sky offers above. The architecture stays low throughout: woven shade, simple materials, ochre tones, the camp shaped by what the desert already gives. Two restaurants serve the pool at different hours: The Oasis runs through lunch with a two-course Moroccan, North African and international menu, plates landing at the lounger or the deck table; The Hideaway opens for evening service with three courses under the stars and a smaller seating. The atmosphere is calm and adult-leaning, with a distinctive double rhythm: open midday by the water, quieter evening with the desert temperature dropping. Suited to couples and groups looking for a slow desert day, plus the rarer dinner-and-swim option. Not party. The evening Pool + Dinner reads as a more intimate scene, capacity 20 against the lunch capacity of 80. Pool + Lunch 50 EUR per person, 11:30am to 5:30pm, two-course menu at The Oasis. Pool + Dinner 75 EUR per person, 4pm to 10:30pm, three-course à la carte at The Hideaway under the stars. Round-trip transfer from the Medina 80 EUR.

Forty-five minutes southwest of Marrakech, where the road climbs into the rocky desert and the Atlas takes the western horizon. Two outdoor pools split the grounds: the main pool reads as an infinity edge cut into the landscape, water disappearing into the dunes below; the Sunset Pool sits inside its own lounge area, more intimate, with a bar to one side. The architectural language is Berber simplification: woven mats, lattice lanterns, warm earth tones, the camp shaped by what the desert already offers. Olivar, the open-air restaurant, sends its kitchen out to the pool grounds: a fusion menu leaning Moroccan and Mediterranean with Mexican accents, tables facing the dunes. Music starts after sunset, played live by local singers, while heaters take the chill off the evening. Suited to couples and travellers wanting a long, slow desert afternoon that extends into a sunset and a lantern-lit evening. Families welcome. Not party; closer to design retreat than club. Day pass 490 MAD per person, with pool access, daybed and towels from 11am to 9pm (the longest day-pass window in this guide, alongside Lodge K), welcome mocktail and complimentary water, and one meal at Olivar.

Twenty-one hectares of Agafay land, forty minutes southwest of Marrakech, where dry hills crease into shallow canyons before flattening toward the horizon. Two pools sit apart from each other, each holding a different quality of the day. The Desert Lagoon, larger and heated through the cooler months, edges right up to the canyon rim, water meeting raw earth without mediation. The smaller pool sits closer to the dining tents, more sheltered, useful in the windier hours. The kitchen draws vegetables from the camp's own garden and from nearby farmers, moving with the season: Moroccan salads, tanjia, vegetable tajine, mint tea poured at the end. Two restaurants handle the rhythm. La Rotonde, the central dining tent, seats up to thirty around a long room with refined Moroccan plates. Le Soukoune is the private alternative, ten small tents with butler service for a slower, more enclosed table. Suited to couples and quiet travellers wanting a refined desert lunch beside the canyon. Families welcome. Not party. Day pass 550 MAD per person, with pool access and lunch at La Rotonde or Le Soukoune (drinks excluded), three hours by the water from 11:30am to 4:30pm. Shuttle service included: departure 10:30am, return 4:30pm. Private transfer (up to four people) round-trip 1,600 MAD optional.

On the Agafay plateau forty minutes southwest of Marrakech, off the road that climbs into the dry hills. The camp is built around adobe rather than tents: fourteen rooms in low earth-toned structures, plus a row of bivouac tents below them, the architecture set into the slope rather than against it. The two pools belong to the property's quieter rhythm. There is no electricity, no air conditioning, no engine noise; light comes from candles and lanterns once the sun drops. By day the pools hold the light of the desert; by sunset the olive grove above them fills with people taking aperitifs as the colour of the hills changes. The dining tents serve Moroccan cooking, generous and unhurried, with vegetarian options that follow the season. Suited to couples, slow travellers and families looking for an off-grid desert day or evening. Live music and performances (Gnawa trio, Arabo-Andalusian set, fire jugglers, dancers) can be arranged for the evening. Not party at the standard register, though those evenings can turn the camp into something closer to a fête. Day pass Pool + Lunch 500 MAD per person, Pool + Dinner 600 MAD per person. Children under 5 welcome at a reduced rate; from 5 years on, adult rate applies. Booking ahead recommended.

Thirty minutes south of Marrakech in the rocky Agafay. A glamping camp with three pools across the communal spaces: the main infinity pool extending toward the desert horizon, and a heated, naturally contoured pool that stays swimmable through the cooler months. Berber tents, lodges, and suites all air-conditioned with en-suite bathrooms; some superior lodges come with private pools. The day register is calm and desert-still; after dark a nightly programme of Gnawa drummers, dancers, and fire performance shifts the mood into something livelier and more social than most Agafay camps. Better for groups and celebrations than for solitude-seekers. Families with older children manage the day well; the evening show is adult-leaning. Not silent, not loud. Day pass includes a set Moroccan lunch (tagine, tangia, or couscous depending on the day); contact camp for current rates.

A luxury glamping village on a hillside in the Agafay stone desert, forty-five minutes southwest of Marrakech. The infinity pool sits at the edge of the hill with no wall or hedge between the water and the open desert; from inside, the view runs across kilometres of pale rock toward the Atlas. As the afternoon deepens, the stone turns from bleached white to amber to red; by sunset, the pool is the best seat in the camp. After dark, Marrakech glows faintly to the northeast and stars fill the sky above. The atmosphere is calm, scenic, and adult-leaning, with live Gnaoua music and fire shows most evenings. Better for couples, photographers, and quiet travellers than for active children; the design favours stillness over noise. Not party. The evening Pool + Dinner option is the most distinctive in the city: swimming with Marrakech's lights faintly visible across the plain. Day Pass Pool + Lunch: 55 EUR. Full Day Pass (pool + lunch + dinner): 1,100 MAD / 110 EUR adults, 650 MAD / 65 EUR children under 12. Pool + Dinner option: pool 16h to 19h, dinner 19h to 22h.

At kilometre thirty on Route de Fes, on a plateau between the Atlas and the Jbilet ranges. A former painter's atelier reworked in 2024 into an eleven-suite farmhouse hotel with a regenerative farm. The pool runs fifty metres through the centre of the property, long and narrow, lined with shaded alcoves and oversized daybeds under the olive canopy. Garden paths of crushed argan shells wind through lantana planted for the butterflies that give the place its name. The atmosphere is calm and reflective, what the house calls "dusty luxury": laidback, considered, close to the land. Programming runs year-round with rooftop concerts at sunset, artist residencies, and curated gatherings. Adults only by house policy, geared to couples, design and food enthusiasts, and slow travellers after a serious country day. Not party. Day pass 600 MAD / 60 EUR per person, with lunch, pool bed, and towels included. Open 11am to 7pm. Adults only.

Past the Route de Fes, where Marrakech gives way to open country. Five hectares of garden with three separate pools spread far enough apart that each feels like its own clearing. The architecture is built from the earth it stands on, rammed walls the colour of the land, and the water reads cool and dark against the ochre and the green. One pool mirrors a long arcaded facade across a still basin; another opens onto lawn and palms, loungers set back under the trees. The day moves slowly: mornings for the first swim while the surface is still glass, afternoons for a poolside table sending out lunch and cold drinks. Room to disappear, to pick a different pool from the day before, to read in the shade and lose the hours. The retreat includes gardens, a spa, and two restaurants a few steps away. Suits couples, solo travellers, and families wanting a country day; not aimed at small-child recreation but workable for all ages. Not party. The opposite of a city plunge pool. Day pass 440 MAD per adult, 280 MAD for children aged 2 to 12, with access to the Shams and L'Ma pools, lunch at Shams restaurant (starter plus main, or main plus dessert), sunbed, sunshade, and pool towel included.

Fourteen hectares on Route du Barrage, ten minutes from the Medina but deep enough into the countryside to feel governed by a different clock. Centenarian olive groves, water lily ponds, bamboo-lined paths, greenhouses, and around twelve thousand rose bushes scenting the air well before you reach the pools. Built entirely from pisé, the rammed-earth construction of the region. Several pools sit within the garden rather than above it, framed by bougainvillea and arched courtyards; some are heated through winter, some reserved for children. The atmosphere is slow, green, and unmistakably its own. An on-site souk of working artisans (pottery, hand-blown glass, Berber carpets, embroidered linen) is built into the visit, and the gardens absorb sound across all ages. Genuinely family-friendly: children's pools, an unhurried pace, and space to wander. Couples, families, and groups fit equally. Not party. Full day pass (pool plus lunch at El Badia, the Moroccan-Mediterranean restaurant set next to the pools among olive trees): 440 MAD adults, 280 MAD children, with lounger and towels included. Pool only: 250 MAD adults, 150 MAD children. Lunch only: 330 MAD adults, 180 MAD children.

Two hectares of olive grove on Route de Ouarzazate, fifteen kilometres south of Marrakech. Built around a forty-metre heated pool, ten metres wide, four hundred square metres of water set in open ground with the Atlas directly ahead. One of the larger pools in the Marrakech area, heated through the cooler months. Loungers under olive and palm trees line both sides. No city noise reaches the water. Adults and children over twelve only, by house policy. The register is quiet, slow, and seriously focused on lunch: the kitchen draws steady praise for tagines and tanjia. Suits couples, slow travellers, and families with older children. Not party at any hour. Day pass 400 MAD per person, 11h30 to 18h30, with sunbed, towel, and lunch included.

Six bungalows, a restaurant, and a pool on a dry ridge outside Aguergour, forty minutes south of Marrakech, with Lake Lalla Takerkoust below and the Atlas behind. The infinity pool is the whole point, its edge dissolving into the desert panorama so that water and horizon run together. Off-grid on solar panels and private wells. The field-to-table kitchen draws a three-course set menu from its own potager, included with the day pass. The atmosphere is the quietest in this guide. A weekday visit can feel like having the whole hillside to yourself. Suits couples, solo travellers, and anyone wanting genuine retreat; families with children are welcome at the children's rate. Not party. Not noisy at any hour. Day pass adults (12+): 450 MAD. Children (3-11): 350 MAD. Includes pool, lounger, towel, and three-course menu. Open daily from 11h until sunset.

At kilometre 13 on Route de l'Ourika, inside the Jardins de l'Atlas complex. A landlocked beach club built around a turquoise pool and a sandy shore beside an artificial lake that doubles as a wakeboard park. Sunbeds line up in tidy rows facing the pool, a pergola shades the Spanish-leaning kitchen heavy on paella, the Atlas fills the southern view, and the greens of the adjacent golf course soften the edges. Music builds gently through the day. The register is loose, suburban, and social, Ibiza-meets-Marrakech in spirit, with the venue describing itself as "chic, chill and family-friendly." Adults and families share the space, the format suiting longer afternoons more than fast lunches. Lighter on the party intensity than the loudest clubs on the same road. Beds for two: VIP 1,000 MAD, Ibiza 800 MAD, Marbella 600 MAD. À la carte lunch with free bar and restaurant access. Open daily 11am to 8pm; reservation service 9:30am to 6:30pm via WhatsApp +212 619 27 29 45.

At kilometre 13 on Route de l'Ourika, a seasonal day club built around a central pool as stage, with day beds tiered toward the DJ booth. Sleek and white, international DJs running electro, Afro-house, and lounge sets, VIP cabanas with private jacuzzis framing the edges. Festive, sleek, and adult, somewhere between Mykonos and Marrakech in tone. Not built for children. The mood is firmly party rather than contemplative, but the venue closes at 19h, keeping its identity tied to afternoon and early evening rather than the full nightclub run. Reservation tiers (each tier includes a spending credit toward food and drinks): BED for 2 to 3 people from 2,000 MAD (1,000 MAD spending included) and up through 3,000 / 4,000 / 5,000 MAD options to 8,000 and 10,000 MAD spending tiers. VIP BED for 7 to 8 people from 12,000 to 15,000 MAD spending. Ultra VIP BED for 7 to 8 people from 20,000 to 30,000 MAD spending. Open daily 11:30am to 7pm.

Twenty thousand square metres of pool club on Route de l'Ourika, twenty minutes south, scaled for spectacle. Three pools anchor the layout, the central one heated and wide enough to host daily pool parties, with a full stage rigged for DJs and live performers facing the water. Day beds fan out in tiered zones from open-access to VIP with bottle service. The kitchen runs under the Nommos brand. Loud, social, oriented to a young international crowd. Not built for children; not a place for silence. A free shuttle loops from fixed points in town. Reservation rates: Single Bed (1 person) 1,000 MAD without consumables, 1,500 MAD with consumables. Special Offer 3 Girls bed 1,500 MAD with food, drinks and shisha included (available before 2:30pm only, subject to availability). Famous Bed (max 3): 4,000 MAD front row, 3,000 MAD second, third or fourth row, food, drinks and shisha included. VIP Bed (max 3): 5,000 MAD front row, 4,000 MAD second or third row, food, drinks and shisha included. Jacuzzi for 5 people 8,000 MAD, for 7 people 10,000 MAD, food, drinks and shisha included. On-Stage Jacuzzi: 5,000 MAD for 3 people, 10,000 MAD for 5 people, 12,000 MAD for 7 or 9 people, food, drinks and shisha included. Open daily 12pm to 8pm. Free shuttle from fixed points in town.

On Route de l'Aéroport in Askejour, closer to town than the Ourika clubs. A pool club by day and restaurant by night, built around one of the largest pools in the city. Resident DJs pitch the day between lounge and party; food arrives directly to the sunbeds. After dark the restaurant runs from seven until two with a live band most nights, giving the place a longer day than its competitors. The register tips party, more so on weekends when the volume rises. Best for adults and groups; not aimed at children. Book ahead on weekends. Bed rates (towels included, food and drinks not included): Single Bed slightly away 200 MAD women, 300 MAD men. Bed 2 people by the pool 1,000 MAD. Bed 3 people by the pool 1,500 MAD. VIP packages (4 people, drinks included): VIP Silver 6,000 MAD (70cl bottle plus a Magnum Sex on the Beach, private lounge), VIP Gold 8,000 MAD (Magnum Belvédère or Champagne plus Sex on the Beach, XXL bed), VIP Diamond 10,000 MAD (Magnum Belvédère or Champagne plus Sex on the Beach, jacuzzi, fruit platter; adults only). Beach club 10am to 8pm; restaurant 7pm to 2am.

At kilometre 10 on Route de l'Ourika, two hectares built around what the venue calls the largest pool in Morocco. Palms along the edges, floating poufs drifting across a surface designed for drone footage. Three zones run alongside the water, VIP, Zone 1, and Zone 2, all facing the same pool. The resident DJ tips the afternoon firmly toward party, with dancers and live performers on weekends. The kitchen, by chef Marc Leonetti, presents Les Trésors de Marco: smoked duck with foie gras, blue lobster salad, calamari beignets, sole meunière, and ribeye béarnaise, well above the usual club standard. Loud, social, party-first. Built for adults and groups looking for music, sun, and a big pool with people around them; not a place for children. A shuttle runs from the city. Entry by zone: Zone 1 300 MAD per person (bed for two 1,500 MAD, with shisha, drinks and dessert); Zone 2 500 MAD per person (bed for three 4,500 MAD, with shisha, drinks, dessert and food); VIP Zone 1,000 MAD per person (bed for three 5,000 MAD, with shisha, drinks, dessert and food). Open daily midday to 8pm.

On Route de Ouarzazate, twelve kilometres south of Marrakech, within a nine-hectare gated villa estate (Jardins de Touhina). A recently renovated beach club built around a lagoon pool whose curves read looser than the rectangular pools elsewhere in the city. Cabanas line the lagoon edge in tiers, from a two-person cabana to a VIP corner for eight. The Tiki Bar "Feet in the Sand" runs poolside with live music and lounge seating on real sand around the lagoon. Adults only, eighteen and over, by house policy. The register is social and well-dressed without being rigid, with a coastal looseness rare for an inland club. Mexican-leaning kitchen, light and citrus-driven. A restaurant booking does not include pool access; the two run as separate experiences under the same roof. Open Tuesday to Sunday, closed Mondays. Day pass 2026 rates: Cabana for two 800 MAD (200 MAD F&B credit), Cabana XL up to five 1,500 MAD (500 MAD credit), VIP Corner up to eight 3,000 MAD (1,000 MAD credit). Pool 11:30am to 7:30pm, Tiki Bar 12pm to 7:30pm, towels included. À la carte Mexican lunch, drinks, and spa treatments available as extras.