The Best Riads in Marrakech: 50 Addresses in the Medina

Twenty-five rooms in the Sidi Youssef Ben Ali district south of the Medina, positioned at a remove from the tourist concentration of the old city centre while remaining within practical distance of Jemaa el-Fna. The outdoor pool operates year-round; a sun terrace and hot tub adjacent to it extend the outdoor facility into configurations suited to both active and passive use; a solarium provides the dedicated sunbathing position. The restaurant serves Middle Eastern cuisine and a bar operates within the property. Family rooms are configured with air conditioning, private bathrooms, dining areas and sofa beds, giving the riad a practical family-accommodation dimension that the Medina boutique category does not always provide. Free WiFi is available throughout. The combination of the pool, the hot tub, the solarium and the restaurant, within a property that maintains high cleanliness standards and a calm atmosphere, positions Riad Soulmate for guests whose priority is quality and ease rather than design distinction. A calm, comfortable riad in a non-tourist section of the city that works for families and couples alike.

A riad in the Dar El Bacha quarter that positions itself as an architectural jewel in the historic heart of the Medina, with sixteen accommodations ranging from sixteen-square-metre doubles to 120-square-metre suites including the Suite Ksar and La Petite Maison. The span accommodates the light traveller and the group needing sustained space in equal measure, while the hospitality register stays consistent across all categories. A hammam and spa sanctuary anchors the wellness offer with traditional rituals; an in-house restaurant serves Moroccan cuisine with fresh local ingredients, and breakfast is included with the reservation. The position in tranquil surroundings near the souks is the kind that a riad of this scale needs: close enough to participate in the rhythm of the old city, far enough that the building's enclosure does its insulating work.

Six rooms and suites in the heart of the Medina, designed as a private retreat for travellers in search of authenticity and serenity. La Ferme Medina works in a boho-chic register: artisanal woodwork, crisp linens, elegant furniture, and decorative touches inspired by local craftsmanship, the result a marriage between Moroccan tradition and modern comfort that does not settle into any predictable version of riad decoration. The scale is intentionally intimate, the property reading as a personal house rather than a hotel. The Garden Restaurant operates from early morning through to late evening at the intimate scale that the house requires, the menu carrying the rhythm of the rooms. Open since 2017, La Ferme Medina has positioned itself as a quiet contemporary boutique within the old city: a counterweight to the density of the surrounding streets, and a property that lets the visitor find a slower pace within them, with the days organized around the building's own light and shade rather than the schedule of the city.

A peaceful, carefully curated boutique riad in the Kaat Benahid district of the Medina, steps from the Medersa Ben Youssef and the souks. Five rooms unfold in different styles, each with an original design that offers a subtle blend of Moorish touches and contemporary interiors. The visual centre of the building is a serene courtyard oasis: a 12-square-metre pool surrounded by lush greenery, handcrafted concrete tiles, and natural materials that blend with soft textiles. The rooftop terrace carries a cozy rattan lounge, served with mint tea or coffee while the call to prayer echoes through the medina from the surrounding minarets. Breakfast is complimentary; lunch and dinner are available, carefully prepared with local ingredients. The scale of the property keeps the hospitality intimate: the kind of building where the visitor returns to the same rattan chair at the same time of day, the riad slowly becoming a familiar shape rather than a stage.

Founded in the 1940s by the French mother-and-daughter pair Suzy and Helene Sebillon-Larochette as the first restaurant in the Medina open to foreigners, La Maison Arabe was lovingly restored in the 1990s by the Italian aristocrat Count Fabrizio Ruspoli, who made it the first boutique riad-hotel in Marrakech. The property has hosted Ernest Hemingway, Jackie Kennedy, Rita Hayworth, Queen Ingrid of Denmark and Sir Winston Churchill among others, a guestbook that frames the kitchen and the dining room as much as the architecture does. Thirty-seven rooms a short walk from Jemaa el-Fna, in Bab Doukkala. The world-renowned cooking school operates inside the riad, with sessions guided by traditional Dada instructors whose knowledge of the Moroccan kitchen is both technical and embodied. A piano-jazz bar holds the cocktail hour. The spa offers hammam and massage, including the Royal Couple Spa Treatment of a 45-minute hammam and 45-minute massage. Two swimming pools: one at the riad under the shade of olive trees, one at the Country Club sanctuary in the Palmeraie, a short shuttle ride away, where a kasbah, a traditional Berber tent and gardens with flower-filled fountains extend the property's outdoor register.

Ten rooms at the edge of Jemaa el-Fna in a building celebrated for the magnificence of its architecture, the archetype of the purest Arab-Andalusian style. Riad Monceau has continued to evolve since its creation in 2002, born from the founder's meeting with the maellem Abdellatif Lamselli, and has grown into a property that is simultaneously hotel, restaurant, rooftop, and cooking school. The architectural fabric carries a pink marble hammam from Agadir; the cooking workshops have been popularized by an eponymous gastronomic trophy. But the property's true signature is music. A real red thread, music runs through the building all day long as a discreet background sound and explodes in the evening during live performances, the rooftop transforming into what the property describes as one of those clubs in New Orleans or Chicago where, by some miracle, Scheherazade gave the go to Louis or Charlie. Le Bistro Arabe on the ground floor and La Pergola on the rooftop complete the gastronomic offer.

Five accommodations, three rooms and two suites, in a riad on Riad Zitoun Jdid that has become the most permanent expression of Romeo Gigli's five decades of creative accumulation. The Italian fashion designer first came to Marrakech in 1967, purchased this riad in 2005 as a private home, and turned it into a hotel during the pandemic after a three-year renovation. The structural work was overseen by Italian architect Giacomo Allievi, but the design intelligence belongs entirely to Gigli, applied with Moroccan artisans whose craft traditions align with what he was looking for: sculptural plaster doorways carved with geometry that rewards sustained looking, hand-carved headboards, inlaid dining tables, zellige-tiled showers, handwoven cotton bedspreads from Rabat. The courtyard is the property's pivot. A fountain of Gigli's own design sits at its centre, below octopus-shaped yellow chandeliers and an orange-and-gold dewdrop installation by his longtime collaborator, the Italian artist Jacopo Foggini. The riad runs as a family enterprise: Gigli's wife Lara Aragno (formerly at Armani and Prada, also a ceramist and jeweler) has her work distributed throughout the property; daughter Diletta Gigli manages day-to-day. The adjoining boutique sells Gigli's djellabas and brocade jackets alongside Aragno's ceramics, with pieces that can be commissioned, numbered and signed. Beyond accommodation, the property functions as a creative residency platform whose work has moved outward into exhibition and fair contexts.

Seven spacious bedroom suites across a 700-square-metre former private residence in the heart of the Medina, just seven minutes on foot through picturesque alleyways to Jemaa el-Fna. Riad Mena was initially conceived as a private home, and the personal touches throughout have created a hospitality experience that reads as inhabited rather than designed for it. Contemporary bathrooms by Philippe Starck pair with the traditional Moroccan logic of the building; an 8-metre pool sits at the centre of multiple plant-filled courtyards. The "And Beyond" in the property's name signals what the offer extends to: the hospitality reaches outside the Medina to a sister property, Berber Lodge, thirty minutes towards the Agafay desert, with ten adobe-style lodges and Atlas Mountain views. The two locations together let the visitor compose a stay that runs from urban Medina to desert quiet without breaking the hospitality register: a single house that happens to occupy two different geographies of Marrakech, the city and what lies beyond it.

Two nineteenth-century aristocratic Medina houses lovingly restored by art collector and interior designer Beatrice Faujas and combined into a single property: the dual-building structure provides spatial variety uncommon in the single-riad format. The bedrooms are distributed around a central patio that acts as the architectural and chromatic anchor of the building and holds a significant part of the owner's art collection. Three categories of rooms (Classic, Deluxe and Suite) are distributed across both buildings, each individually decorated. A restaurant and a hammam with spa services complete the offer. The hospitality register draws from a building that reads as inhabited and accumulated, an interior designed by someone who collects rather than someone who arranges.

Six luxurious bedrooms and suites in a riad in the heart of the Medina, opening onto patios or sheltering behind closed shutters according to the rhythm of the day. The interiors are the product of maalems and Moroccan craftsmen working in the purest Moorish style: white marble tiling, cedar and zouak ceilings, coloured carpets, zellige and natural gebs volutes. The decoration reads as a single coherent register rather than an assemblage of references. An Andalusian pool sits at the centre of a tree-lined patio. A music room opens onto the patio garden, with an art deco Pleyel grand piano available to guests with a musical disposition. An open fireplace warms the chilly winter evenings, and two terraces hold breakfast, sunbathing and candle-light dinners across the seasons. The first floor carries a loggia overlooking the patio, a reading room and the six bedrooms and suites: the building reads as the architectural condition of the riad form realized at full scale.

Six rooms in one of the best-positioned quarters of the Medina, in a building where traditional Moroccan charm meets contemporary design. Every corner of the riad has been considered to offer an experience where local craftsmanship meets a touch of modernity, with the property describing itself as a place where time stops and magical moments form on their own. The pool sits at the heart of the building for refreshment in the heat; the rooftop opens an uninterrupted view of the Atlas. A cozy salon offers a place to lose oneself in a book; mint tea is served under a shaded patio; the evening register runs to candlelit dinner under the Moroccan stars. The framing is consistent across the property: whether the guest comes to explore the treasures of the medina or simply to recharge, Riad Roca offers the space, the time and the tranquillity to live Marrakech at one's own rhythm.

Twelve rooms and suites in a riad in the historic heart of the Medina, decorated in a minimalist register that provides a sensation of wellbeing. High ceilings and traditional architectural elements meet natural tones, wood accents, woven tapestries and textiles; bathrooms feature tadelakt showers. The spatial offer is structural: 150-square-metre planted patios, an immense shaded terrace and solarium, an 80-square-metre spa with traditional hammam, massages and treatments. The riad is 100 percent solar-powered and energy self-sufficient. The property is positioned within a two-minute walk of the principal museums and ten minutes from the most visited sites, a location that lets the visitor calibrate the day between active sightseeing and the building's own quiet.

Seven ancient Medina homes unified into a single property, generating five staircases, multiple courtyards, and fourteen rooms each one different in personality and detail. Rooms are named for figures from Morocco's counter-culture past, and the property reads as a "House of Friends" rather than a hotel, anchored in a vibrant creative community. The bar celebrates Bill Willis, the original Freedom Seeker who settled in Marrakech and became interior designer to the famous, creative and entrepreneurial emigrés who began new lives there: a notorious host in his own right, Willis informs both the bar's magnetic charm and its hedonistic register. Three courtyards: a ten-metre pool, a cleansing foot-bath, and a wall-fountain. The rooftop terrace is entwined by ancient vines rising from the courtyards below, with the scent of rose-filled terracotta, cactus and lemon trees inescapable. Noujoum, the restaurant, follows local, seasonal and sustainable produce, combining traditional Moroccan cooking with European influence and Mediterranean flair. The Museum in The Medina (MITM) distributes over 300 carefully curated contemporary and digital artworks across guest rooms and public spaces, including arguably the world's most significant physical exhibition of printed NFTs.

A restored foundouk in the Dar El Bacha quarter of the Medina, the most prestigious district of the old city, named after the Pasha of Marrakech, Thami El Glaoui, and historically inhabited by figures including Roosevelt and Churchill. The original function of the building as a commercial warehouse gives the architecture its scale: ceilings higher than most riads, spaces shaped by trade and movement rather than domestic life. Fourteen rooms across junior suites and suites are decorated on individual themes, with art from the former Mamounia and nineteenth-century furniture combining art deco, colonial, Syrian, Berber and Arab references alongside contemporary work. Three relaxation gardens, a heated indoor pool, two hammams with massage rooms, and several dining spaces serving Moroccan and international cuisine. An Italian patisserie operates within the property, sweet and savoury. Multiple terraces look toward the Atlas, with a solarium positioned for the late afternoon. The Arab-Andalusian framework has been restored in pure local tradition, the result reading as the architectural journey the building actually contains: layered, stratified, and still readable from any point inside it.

A seven-room riad in the centre of Marrakech, the result of a personal project: Maison Nalos was transformed by Colline as a haven of peace inspired by the birth of her son, a context that informs the property's domestic register more than any institutional brand of luxury. The design weds Moroccan authenticity to the retro aesthetic of the 1970s, the two sensibilities in conversation in interiors that read as a private house rather than a hotel. The position is central and walkable, with the museums and gardens of the western Medina close by, including the orientalist museum, the Secret Garden and the Mouassine Museum. Private parking is available for guests arriving by car. The riad can be privatized in full for groups of friends or family, the property handed over as if the visitor were arriving at a house owned by someone else, with its own logic and rhythm to occupy for the duration of the stay.

Eight bedrooms in a private boutique hotel in the middle of the Medina, where a cool-air corridor guides the visitor from the street to the traditional patio, the building's atmosphere brightening into a quiet that only the chirping of birds comes to disturb. Riad Yasmine reads as a timeless nest preserved from the bustle of the medina, the hospitality register intimate by design and consistent with the property's small footprint. The rooms reference Moroccan landscapes (Mhamid, Chefchaouen, Agafay among them), each one taking its character from the geography it names. The building's traditional architecture organizes the property around courtyards and a rooftop terrace, the latter holding the standard outdoor offer of the riad form: morning breakfast, afternoon sun, evening view across the old city. The intent is clear from the threshold: a safe haven, a peaceful base from which Marrakech can be visited at the visitor's chosen pace, with the riad's enclosure doing the structural work of insulation from the surrounding density.

Ten rooms in one of the most sought-after neighbourhoods of the Medina, a few minutes' walk from the historic souks and the main square. Riad Adore by Pure Riads operates in the modern-Moroccan register: contemporary interiors that draw from the visual vocabulary of the traditional riad while delivering the creature comforts a discerning traveller expects. The hospitality language is one of discretion: first class service from a friendly and attentive team, in a property that does not require its presence to be performed. The scale of ten bedrooms keeps the building intimate enough that the staff can know each guest by name within the first morning. The property positions itself as a sparkling new address with a clear hospitality intent rather than a tourist-volume operation, and the structural insulation of the riad form does the rest of the work: the heat, the noise and the rhythm of the surrounding streets stay outside the building.

Seven room categories in the Sidi Ben Slimane quarter, in a boutique hotel that stands like an oasis in the Medina. The interior design is by Ksar Living, with Alberto Cortes as the creative mind behind the project: Moroccan tradition merges with avant-garde design across textiles, architecture and décor. The seven room types are individually named (Berber Superior, Nour Deluxe, Sabba Deluxe, Ennafora Junior Suite, Arab Superior Junior Suite, Azro Deluxe Junior Suite and the Basha Deluxe Suite), each one a distinct composition that the staff describes as a story of romance and charm. A panoramic terrace opens above the building; a relaxing hammam and a restaurant serving local home-cooked cuisine anchor the wellness and dining offer; a swimming pool and landscaped outdoor courtyards complete the spatial range. The position next to the markets of the Medina keeps the visitor close to the souks and the popular sites of the city without compromising the building's calm. The hospitality is one of meticulous attention and personalized service, the kind of register where the guest's wellbeing is the operating priority.

Seven rooms in a sixteenth-century riad in Bab Doukkala, behind the street of Dar El Bacha and ten minutes from Jemaa el-Fna, with 360 square metres at ground level that contemporary construction rarely attempts. Cyrielle Rigot and Julien Tang opened the riad in April 2015 with a clear intention: to preserve, not to innovate. They define their approach as "anti-modern" with precision: not nostalgia, but the recognition that certain materials and rhythms found their finest expression centuries ago, and the task is to let them endure. The interior carries that conviction in every corner. The stucco work retains the texture of generations of artisans' hands; zelliges line the courtyards and corridors with patterns that repeat but never exactly duplicate; tadelakt surfaces throughout; hand-painted details preserve an older language of ornament; textiles appear only where they serve a purpose. The Beldi Room, entirely in tadelakt with an original chiselled ceiling, places its shower in what was once the riad's hammam; the Suite carries a wood fireplace and an interconnected second bedroom; the Studio, used by artists in residence, opens onto a private balcony over the courtyard. The riad has hosted an artist residency since opening, welcoming painters, illustrators, photographers and musicians; each resident donates a work to the riad's growing collection, and the programme gave birth to Galerie Rigotang in the Sidi Ghanem creative district. The Pink Rooftop opens 360 degrees across the Medina with the Atlas closing the horizon. By design there is no television, no air conditioning, no swimming pool: the anti-modern conviction extends into a deliberate environmental ethic.

Nine rooms and suites in the Bab Doukkala district, sized from twenty-two square metres to a 121-square-metre Grand Master Suite Panthère. The riad sits inside the ancient Medina behind an unassuming façade, the building shaped by an African art and antiques collection that runs through every level. The suites take their names and design references from those collections: Guépard, Panthère, Zèbre, Chameau, Éléphant, Renard des Sables, Caméléon, Tourterelles, Gazelle. Charlie's Bar holds the evening register; Coco's Spa carries the hammam; the Honeymoon Suite Guépard offers private access to the rooftop with hot tub. The Elephant Suite, on the upper floor, looks over the pool from its balcony. Arrival itself is composed: cold water and French macarons greet new guests, and the owner Steve has built a register of personal attention that defines the property's hospitality language.

Six rooms in the ancient core of the Medina, organized around the Islamic notion of privacy: the riad turns inwards, with a courtyard, fountains and pools doing the architectural work. Three rooms and three suites, in operation since January 2004 and furnished by the Dutch owners in beautiful soothing colours, with the palette of Marrakech itself running through the salon: the red of the rose-red city, the rust and ochre of Morocco, the yellow warmth of the African sun. Wall niches display art collected by the owners during their travels to Ethiopia, Uganda, Zambia and Iran. The courtyard carries a plunge pool, a banana tree and a dense planting of flowers. A fireplace warms the dining room for romantic candlelight dinners in the cooler months. The roof terrace serves Moroccan breakfast in the morning and holds the sun-bathing, open-air dining and shaded lounge across the rest of the day.

A former 1920s palace in Bab Doukkala, 72 Riad opens onto one of the Medina's prime addresses with a backstory that reads more like local lore than corporate background: the building was once a friendly challenge between Pasha El Glaoui and a companion of his, and the original ceremonial scale of the palace is still legible in every passage. Arabesque patterns trace the ceilings, ornate tilework adorns walls and floors, intricately carved wooden doors mark the transitions between rooms. The courtyards are secluded, with fountains at their centres marking water's traditional role as the building's organizing principle. Under Italian creative direction since 2001, the property has been programmed for slow stays rather than turnover: six room types from Classic to the Arte Suite, several with jacuzzis. La Table du riad handles the meals, while the Sky Lounge holds the late-evening register. A WA Wellness & Spa anchors the lower floor. Lush gardens distributed across every level keep the temperature of the building soft, and the thick walls and enclosed geometry do the rest, producing the deep quiet that the best riad architecture always delivers.

Five rooms in the Medina's Kaa Ssour district built entirely around a white, beige, and grey palette: terracotta floors, camel-backed sofas, sculptural plants, silverware catching the morning light. Visual restraint is the organizing principle. The central courtyard delivers the classic riad elements in cream tadelakt rather than the ornamental colour vocabulary the type usually produces. After dark, candles placed at floor level complete the effect.

Seven individually conceived suites in the Hay Mouassine quarter of the medina, each one referencing a different cultural geography: Zanzibar, Ottomane, Ambregris, Domus, Naos, Tuareg, Dar Arabe. The architecture and the design concept are the work of Umberto Maria Branchini, the Italian architect whose vision brings Mediterranean clarity into contact with the Medina's medieval spatial logic. The Financial Times described the result as "a heaven of contemporary Italian simplicity amid the medieval labyrinth"; Tatler observed that the choice of room becomes the most difficult decision of the stay. The Atlas Breeze Hammam uses eucalyptus black soap treatments in a Maghreb tradition for purifying and descaling. A rooftop terrace restaurant looks over the Mouassine roofscape, with the kitchen following local seasonal traditions while drawing on the same Italian-Moroccan dialogue that informs the interior. The service register is consistently described by the property as making every visitor feel like a special guest in a welcoming private home: a sophisticated sanctuary in the centre of the city that operates as an oasis of calm.

An adults-only design-driven residence behind an unassuming facade in the Bab Doukkala district of the Medina. In traditional Moroccan fashion, the building wraps around inner courtyards, creating a quiet oasis against the surrounding hustle. Every room is unique, with a common thread in the use of natural local materials and handmade details. Guests can book a single room or the entire riad; breakfast is always included. The in-house kitchen team was trained by Danish chef Klaus Mayer's culinary centre Um Mami, an initiative developed with the Melting Pot Foundation, the Danish-Arab Partnership Programme and Oxfam IBIS to provide gastronomy training and employment opportunities to local youth. The team applies New Moroccan Cuisine, a contemporary lens on traditional techniques inspired by New Nordic principles: food made from scratch, from the sourdough bread to the more elaborate dishes, served family style with an emphasis on seasonality and local sourcing. Riad No.37 also hosts residencies for artists and creatives, positioning itself as more than a hotel: a place that encourages inspirational encounters while giving back to the creative community of the city.

Twelve rooms in the Mouassine district of the medina, one of the old city's most active contemporary quarters, where hip bars, restaurants, art galleries and concept stores have built up alongside the older fabric of the neighbourhood. Riad Sakkan takes this positioning seriously: the property explicitly addresses guests who want Marrakech in its contemporary register and who recognize that the city is constantly evolving, where without the right advice and early reservations even an attentive visitor can miss the new openings. The property carries the standard interior contours of a Mouassine boutique riad: courtyards with pool and fountain, a rooftop bar and restaurant, a library, individually styled accommodations distributed across categories from Small Luxury to Master Suite. The position lets the visitor step in and out of the most active cultural neighbourhood of the medina at will, the building's enclosure doing the structural work of insulation when needed.

An elegant boutique hotel in the bohemian heart of the Marrakech medina, Jaaneman draws its name from the Indian word meaning "soul of mine" or "darling", a hospitality language that frames the entire property. The address sits a short walk from the timeless bustle of the souks and the vibrant rhythms of the markets in the Dar El Bacha quarter, but the building turns inwards: classical Moroccan style meets contemporary detail in interiors composed for the slow rhythms a riad makes possible, with soft shadows running across the surfaces and poetry, as the property's own description notes, flickering by candlelight. The hospitality offer extends in the customary directions of a boutique riad of this scale: refined dining, the rituals of the hammam, and the architectural register of the courtyard and the rooftop terrace held intact across the spaces. The intent is the same one that the name signals: an indulgent, personal sense of welcome that reads as private rather than transactional.

Six rooms in the Bab Doukkala quarter of the Medina, each one different and unique in its own way: distinct personalities that evoke ancient and romantic sensations blended with modern comfort, a sequence designed to read as a journey through different eras and styles rather than a single coherent decorative statement. The choice signals what the house wants from a stay: variation, return, the discovery that the room you slept in is not the room your companions slept in, and the conversation that follows. A tree-filled patio anchors the riad at ground level, with breakfast and the kitchen of the in-house chef both staged within it. A pool on the terrace and an on-site hammam organize the wellness and outdoor dimensions of the property, with beauty services running alongside the spa. The position, close to the principal attractions of the old city, gives the property the practical advantage of walkability while keeping the building outside the densest pedestrian traffic.

Two connected Medina buildings, a riad and a douiria, restored with the precision their Arab-Andalusian structure demands. The riad was acquired in 2001 and the douiria added in 2008 from two adjoining houses, the architecture of the joined property signed by Christophe Siméon and respecting the Andalusian register throughout. Four junior suites in the riad plus a private two-bedroom douiria with its own terrace and lounge: six rooms in total, organized at a scale that retains the intimacy the building type requires. A heated pool on an interior terrace links the douiria to the riad. Above it, the rooftop terraces dominate the Medina and open toward the snowy Atlas as the seasonal horizon. All the open-air spaces of the house, the terraces, the patio and the pool, are kept fresh by mist during the hottest hours of the day. A wellness space inside holds a traditional hammam and a massage room. Lounges with open fires give the lower floors a warm and intimate register for the cooler months. The kitchen is led by Khadija, whose Moroccan cooking and "dream breakfasts" sit within the house's hospitality register.

A romantic riad near Jemaa el-Fnaa, designed as an intimate retreat for couples and honeymooners. Artisan-crafted interiors, traditional Moroccan architecture, zellige tiles and hand-carved cedar details run across the property, with panoramic rooftop terraces holding the sunset view over the Medina. The pool offer is unusual for the format: one on the rooftop with panoramic views, one in a peaceful garden, and a third in a beautiful white patio, plus a heated indoor spa pool. The spa is described as among the largest spa facilities within a riad in the Medina, with multiple private hammam cabins, massage rooms and a fully equipped fitness room. Candle-lit dinners are part of the evening register, as are the personalized service rituals tailored to couples that the property has built its identity around. The intent is unambiguous: a luxury, intimate stay calibrated to the rhythms of two, in the heart of the Old City.

A recently opened intimate riad in one of the oldest neighbourhoods of Marrakech, on Rue de la Bahia, with every inch carefully designed by LRNCE to celebrate local craftsmanship, art and design. The property is hand-crafted in the literal sense: artisans worked on each surface and detail, and the result reads as a tribute to Moroccan making rather than a generic boutique application of riad codes. The hospitality language is unstrained: the staff describes the place as a "hand-crafted home" aimed at creating magic moments filled with good time vibes. A courtyard pool sits at the architectural centre; the hammam is scented with rosemary, the herb that gives the property its name; a sun-splashed roof terrace opens above. The salon invites the guest to settle with a book; the courtyard absorbs morning sketching; the evening register runs to candlelit suppers that the property is in no hurry to end. The intent the property states explicitly is to give the guest the space, the time and the silence to do whatever they actually feel like doing. And what better invitation could one receive?

Ten named rooms and suites in the Kasbah district organized entirely around Art Deco: Sassoon, Leleu, Rodtchenko, Brondy, Boutet de Monvel, Rousseau, Ruhlmann, Delaunay, Dunand, Mondrian. The movement is deployed in its full scope, with references to Wiener Werkstatte, Bauhaus, De Stijl, Russian Constructivism and American Art Deco. The materials are not approximations: shagreen, parchment, Macassar ebony, rosewood, Iranian onyx, stones from Mount Sinai, Tahitian mother-of-pearl, Guatemalan marble, gathered worldwide to compose what the property describes as an immersion in the world of decorative art. A heated outdoor pool sits alongside an indoor pool reached at the basement level next to the spa; a hammam, a wellness package, and the Rooftop Le Makassar Restaurant complete the offer. The hospitality language combines art and culture, antiques and technology, careful and discreet service, luxury and sobriety. The Kasbah position keeps the property close to the palaces of the southern Medina, with the building reading as a single sustained design statement rather than a sequence of rooms.

Ten rooms and suites in the magnificent Dar El Bacha district of the Medina, with interiors that combine Moorish architecture and Napoleon III style. Bathrooms feature clawfoot bathtubs or open showers; fireplaces appear in the Deluxe rooms and suites. Large and bright patios, terraces and open lounges run across the building, the scale concentrated enough to keep the hospitality intimate without giving up the spatial generosity that a property of this character requires. Pool areas and a hammam spa complete the offer of a property positioned as a haven of luxury, discretion and refinement. The Dar El Bacha quarter has its own register within the Medina: the most prestigious of the old city's districts and the section where many of its design-conscious addresses have settled. Tarabel sits there with the confidence of a building that does not need to perform its quality to convey it.

Ten rooms including four suites in the Mellah, the historic Jewish district of Marrakech in the old medina, near the Bahia Palace. The Mellah Hotel is a passion project of French-Moroccan entrepreneur Simo Azzouz, restored and dedicated to art and hospitality: art is present everywhere across the building, with work by local artists Mouss Lamrabat and Bouchra Boudoua among others sitting alongside modernist furnishings, the property reading as a working dialogue between contemporary Moroccan creative practice and the architectural language of the riad. The entrance is set off an alleyway without vehicle access and reached by three steps that ease the guest out of the city's pace. The interiors carry hand-cut zellige tiles, artisanal camel-leather floors and tadelakt walls; the rooms hold king-sized beds, cylindrical tiled showers and Moroccan brass lighting. A ten-metre rooftop pool with striped zellige tiling opens above the building, with Medina views and a rooftop terrace bar serving signature cocktails. The Moroccan-Mediterranean restaurant runs the kitchen; in-room massage and beauty treatments are arranged through local therapists; cookery classes are hosted by the kitchen staff. The property is zero-plastic and sustainability-focused, with solar panels, LED timers and composting systems. A welcome drink and daily Moroccan breakfast are included with rates.

Five rooms in the Marrakech Medina, seven hundred metres from Jemaa el-Fna, close enough to reach the main square in minutes on foot and far enough inside the residential fabric of the old city to experience the quiet the neighbourhood produces when the visitors have moved on. The rooms carry walk-in showers, bathrobes and the private bathroom arrangements that allow a guest to maintain the pace of a house rather than a hotel. A sun terrace extends the living space vertically, giving access to the roofscape and to the light that the medina's narrow lanes below cannot provide. An indoor swimming pool provides the aquatic element in a contained form suited to a building of this scale and age. The garden within the property creates the green interior space that the Medina's street grid, built for shade and commerce rather than leisure, does not naturally accommodate. Le Riad Berbère sits at the intersection of the old city's cultural institutions: the Maison de la Photographie, the Marrakesh Museum and the Madersa Ben Youssef are all within walking distance measured in minutes. The Medina gives everything, then gives the visitor this: a door to close behind you.

Six deluxe guest rooms in an original aristocratic residence in the tenth-century heart of the Medina, opened in early 2023 after immaculate renovation. Each room is named for a plant and inspired by its healing properties and the beauty of its flowers: Rose Beldi, Orange Blossom, Nigella, Pomegranate, Zahara. The design brings traditional Moroccan features and craftsmanship into conversation with Florence Broadhurst-style Australian art deco prints, a marriage that reads as an actual cross-cultural collaboration rather than a borrowed aesthetic, the property being co-owned by a Marrakechalan and an Australian. Riad Botanica was named among the Prettiest Riads in Marrakech by Condé Nast Traveller in 2025. A centenary orange tree anchors the courtyard, and the planting across the building follows an edible logic: every plant can be eaten or brewed into tea. A dedicated Yoga & Pilates space hosts retreats throughout the year. Breakfast is served on the rooftop every morning, with Moroccan delicacies and freshly pressed orange juice.

Six suites coded by colour in an elegant private mansion just steps from the Marrakech Museum and the Medersa Ben Youssef: Red, Blue, Orange, Mirrors, Brown Patio, Black Patio. Each functions as a distinct exercise in bold commitment rather than restrained palette, paying tribute to local craftsmanship through ceramics, silverware, fashionable sofas, and a recurring oriental-chic touch. The suites are spacious and conceived with the comfort and breathing room of a private residence rather than a hotel layout. The rooftop carries the swimming pool with a 360-degree view across the Medina toward the Atlas Mountains, alongside a shaded area and the solarium for dining under the stars. A cozy hammam sits inside the building, and the lounge areas downstairs are arranged for reading, music or a cocktail at the rhythm the guest sets. The kitchen serves seasonal Moroccan dishes, and cooking classes are available.

Seven individually named suites in the Dar El Bacha quarter of the Medina, one of the old city's most architecturally coherent residential districts. Riad Idra carries each of its suites under a different name (Basma, Warda, Ahlam, Nour, Amal, Kamar, Aliya), the individualization legible in the choices made within each room rather than through a single decorative formula. The riad sits close to the major monuments of the western Medina while staying inside the residential weave the Dar El Bacha quarter is known for. The hospitality offer carries the standard contours of a Medina boutique riad: a spa with hammam services, Les Saveurs restaurant for the kitchen and the interior atmosphere of the riad form held intact across the public spaces. The property has built its reputation through daily decisions rather than at the moment of opening, the kind of accumulated record that defines a sustained Medina address.

An eighteenth-century riad in the heart of the old Médina at Bab Doukala, completely restored by Haj Mohamed Bouskri using traditional materials and local artisans to recreate an authentic Moroccan experience as in days gone by. The intimacy of the room count concentrates attention on each guest in a way larger properties structurally cannot sustain. The restoration prioritized the building over the brand, and the result reads as the historical condition of the Marrakech riad delivered without rupture. An on-site restaurant and a neighbourhood positioning in a quieter, less-visited section of the old city complete the address. The hospitality is added in a register that does not interrupt the architecture; the building remains itself.

Ten luxury suites in the heart of the Marrakech medina, each one unique in style and design, blending traditional references with modern comfort and quality. The interiors are constructed by some of the best local artisans: hand-carved plasterwork, Moroccan tiles, furniture made for the property, handmade beds dressed in Egyptian cotton. Each suite carries its own architectural conversation: a bedhead drawn from an antique Moroccan door frame; a vast glazed lantern over what was once a small riad's courtyard; private balconies overlooking the pool or the rear courtyard with its orange, mandarin and clementine trees; suites with fireside sitting areas; sun terraces with panoramic views across the Medina. Three traditional B'hous open onto the courtyards. The rooftop terrace and garden offer a choice of places to dine and lounge. Le Trou au Mur, the property's restaurant, runs a modern Moroccan kitchen with a private dining room for twenty-two guests and has been featured on the Condé Nast Traveller Hot List. The Farnatchi Spa is reached directly from the building. The hotel's concierge arranges trips and activities outside the usual hotel-concierge register, the kind that leave the guest with the kind of access the city does not advertise.

An authentic palace dating from the early twentieth century in the historic Mouassine quarter of the Medina, between the famous Mouassine Mosque and the souks, a few minutes from Jemaa el-Fna. Palais Riad Lamrani occupies an 1,100-square-metre footprint and offers six rooms in total: three luxury double bedrooms and three thematic suites, each one a distinct architectural composition. The Harem, at forty-three square metres, sits at the south-east corner of the main patio with a cedar wood ceiling rising nearly six metres into a turret. Another suite carries an antique copper four-poster from the nineteenth century, sculpted copper light fittings, art deco furniture and orientalist paintings, with original zellige and chiselled plasterwork preserved through the restoration. A patio of more than 400 square metres anchors the building, with luxuriant planting around a 50-square-metre pool. Large terraces overlook the Koutoubia, the High Atlas and the rooftops of the Medina, with rocking-chairs under a covered area. A traditional hammam for two, scented with delicate oriental oils, and a private art collection complete the offer. The on-site restaurant operates from Monday to Sunday, closed on Wednesday.

Thirteen rooms behind the medina walls in an aristocratic residence once home to an art merchant and his seven daughters, each devoted to a different craft. Recently reopened under new management, the riad carries that history in its current atmosphere: the spirit of creation lingers in every corner, and the rooms read as compositions rather than units. A curated selection of works by Moroccan artists runs through the public spaces, anchoring the property's name to its current identity. The Suite Deluxe takes its warm ochre palette and Oriental atmosphere from the 1948 film Noces de Sable by Jean Cocteau. The ground-floor doubles carry traditional carved plaster, warm fabrics and solid wood furniture; the first-floor doubles run on queen-size canopy beds or romantic bow windows, with ornate ceilings and embroidered fabrics in turquoise and grey tones, and a separate set of cosier rooms uses mother-of-pearl or carved wood inlays. A rooftop sanctuary opens above the building with a tranquil pool, elegant loungers and shaded sofas, served by al fresco breakfast and dinner in fair weather. The pool is also available for private gatherings, events or yoga rituals, an offer that signals the property's view of itself as a place where time slows.

Eleven comfortable bedrooms in the Bab Doukkala district, ten minutes on foot from Jemaa el-Fnaa, distributed around two charming patios. Each room is decorated in its own style, the building recently renovated by a team of Marrakech artisans under the direction of interior designer Willem Smit. The result is a balanced blend of contemporary and traditional styles, with a pop art touch in the choice of colours: an interior register that reflects the current nature of Marrakech, where vibrant urban life and a varied choice of trendy bars, art galleries and restaurants coexist in friendly symbiosis with the ancient ways of the city. The amenities are unusual for a riad of this scale: two pools, a library, a full spa including massage and hammam, and a magnificent roof terrace with a bar. The Bab Doukkala address sits in one of the most popular and picturesque quarters of the Medina, close enough to the souks for casual walking access but far enough to keep the building outside the heaviest tourist traffic. The hospitality matches the architecture: contemporary in the choices it makes, traditional in the rhythms it observes.

Six suites in a Medina riad located at the highest point of the old city, described by a guest as the Eye of Marrakech, at n°28 Zanka Adika in Riad Zitoun Jdid. The name "Siwan" refers to the imperial tent in which the Sultan of Morocco, during his travels, received his ministers, attended to correspondence and sealed official documents: a register of intimate authority that informs the property's intent. Riad Siwan is the result of three years of planning, with the finest traditional artisans and Marrakech-based artists and furniture makers commissioned specifically for the project. All curtains, fabrics and almost every piece of furniture and lighting have been specially designed and made in Marrakech for the building. The style is a fusion of traditional Moroccan, African and European influences that remains unmistakably Moroccan. Wall niches display work from local artists; the colours of the salon carry the red of the rose-red city, the rust and ochre of Morocco, the yellow warmth of the African sun. An internal garden with a tinkling fountain scattered with rose petals anchors the building, kept in view through glass doors when the fireplace is lit for cooler months. The dining room, once a kitchen and store room, holds four hundred and forty droplets of mouth-blown glass that fall from an open roof like glistening raindrops, set against taupe and purple tones and the burnished lustre of tadelakt walls. The spacious roof terrace adds open-air dining, sunbathing and a small lap pool; climb the building's tower and you stand at the highest point in the medina, the only structure that overlooks it being the minaret of the Koutoubia.

A boutique riad in the Medina conceived as a sanctuary, a few steps from Jemaa el-Fna and adults-only by design. The property is positioned as a child-free oasis where refined interiors meet natural harmony, with personalized service from an English-speaking team and a hospitality register tailored to guests in search of calm, privacy and elegance. The rooms carry traditional tadelakt bathrooms; the patio holds the architectural centre. A pool and a Moroccan hammam organize the wellness offer, the hammam running around traditional black soap exfoliation and treatments with pure argan oil. The kitchen brings authentic Moroccan flavours into conversation with refined Mediterranean influences, working from the freshest local market ingredients. Breakfast can be taken in the lush courtyard, dinner served by candlelight on the rooftop terrace, with a private chef available on request. The combination of immediate access to the vibrant Medina and a peaceful retreat within it is precisely what the property has set out to deliver, the building's enclosure doing the structural work of insulation that the riad form has always offered.

A four-room retreat in the heart of the Medina, steps away from the bustling souks and historic landmarks, that blends modern sophistication with the timeless charm of Moroccan heritage. With only four rooms, the property functions as a private escape where each suite carries its own eclectic style and where staff attention is structurally distributed: the scale enforces care rather than aspirationally managing it. The entire riad can be booked exclusively for groups, yoga retreats or family gatherings, with personal chef included. At Riad Due art is not an accessory but part of the experience. Original works from local and international artists are displayed throughout the riad, from a bold painting in the lounge to a sculpture in the courtyard, every detail designed to spark the imagination. The kitchen offers fine dining in the Moroccan style with a laid-back, homely approach: a snack between city trips, or three courses as the sun sets from the roof terrace.

Thirteen suites and rooms in the historic Kasbah district, once a royal citadel, with the Medina's principal monuments at walking distance and the density of the main tourist axes left behind. The riad has been signed by architect Charles Kaisin: intricate tilework and carved wood details, warm tones and considered textures, traditional Moroccan craftsmanship in conversation with a contemporary register. A patio with fountain anchors the ground floor, the geometry as classical as the form demands. The hospitality offer covers the full vertical range of the building. A heated pool, and the spa Les Bains Almaha with its hammam programme of black soap cleansing, steam sessions and kessa exfoliation. The refined restaurant works Moroccan cuisine with a contemporary twist, drawing on locally sourced ingredients. Above, the rooftop bar Bidaya runs the late-evening register, its view stretching across the rooftops of the old city. Private terraces in selected rooms put the same view within personal reach.

Six spacious suites in a nineteenth-century Medina riad, originally the central part of a Caidal palace, close to Jemaa el-Fna and the twelfth-century Koutoubia. The riad is owned by designer Jasper Conran, who restored it with local craftsmen and traditional materials. Superb Moroccan craftsmanship pairs with pieces of antique furniture, textiles, lighting and art from Conran's personal collection, the result reading more like a home than a hotel and channelling the elegance of 1930s hotels. White voile curtains move across the terraces, high ceilings and warm restful colours give the rooms their register, and a wide courtyard garden carries the pool that holds the architectural centre. The roof terrace offers a long view across the Atlas Mountains and the Marrakech skyline; breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea are served under the pergola. The garden is planted with orange blossom and fig trees, honeysuckle, bougainvillea, jasmine and scented roses. In the evening, dinner is taken in the dining room, with the fire lit on cooler nights and traditional Moroccan dishes running across the seasons. The property's sister, Villa Mabrouka in Tangier, was once the home of Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent.

Twenty-eight rooms and suites in the Kasbah district of the Medina, inside the UNESCO World Heritage perimeter and minutes from the Saadian Tombs, the Royal Palace and the Bahia Palace. La Sultana Marrakech occupies a building shaped by ten centuries of history across the Almohad, Saadian and Alaouite dynasties, restored in 2001 in collaboration with the Historic Monuments authority. The vaults of the former granary, once used to supply the royal family, became patios; the terraces on the upper floors overlook the Mausoleum of the Saadian Princes. Master craftsmen restored the woodwork, zellige tiling and plasterwork, and the rooms are decorated on individual themes and embellished with artworks and collectors' items. A heated pool, a two-thousand-square-metre rooftop with an unimpeded view that runs from the Koutoubia minaret to the snow-capped Atlas. Two restaurants, including La Table du Souk for Moroccan street food, a cocktail and mezze bar, a gym, and a terrace dedicated to cookery classes. The spa runs around the Royal Hammam and the Signature Massage with argan oil.

Forty-one rooms and suites across thirteen interconnected buildings on a two-acre site in Bab El Ksour, the Medina quarter where El Fenn opened its doors in 2004 with six bedrooms in a large historic riad. Co-founded by Vanessa Branson and Howell James, who bought the site in 2002, the hotel grew through neighbouring acquisitions and the cultural reach of the Marrakech Biennale, an art event Branson launched in 2005 that ran for six editions with a focus on artists from Africa, the Middle East and its diasporas. In 2017, artist and designer Madeline Weinrib and former ABC Carpet & Home president Graham Head joined as co-owners. In November 2025, El Fenn entered a new chapter when it joined Akan, the boutique-hotel collection of the Benabbés-Taarji family, whose roots in Marrakech stretch back five generations. Each room is a distinct statement: hand-stitched camel leather floors, hand-mixed lime plaster, hand-carved plasterwork and cedar ceilings, mid-century European furniture in conversation with Moroccan craftsmanship, hot pink and teal in combinations that work precisely because they do not try to resolve. Three swimming pools at different levels of the building, a 1,300-square-metre rooftop terrace looking out across the city, two restaurants, two cocktail bars, a spa, a boutique, and a family of resident tortoises that has come to feel part of the architecture.