Where to stay in Marrakech?

Of course, there are plenty of luxury resorts and well-known hotel chains in and around the medina, but you should probably find a place inside the ancient city walls.

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I recommend to stay in one of the small "riads" in the city center anyway. Most of them are family owned with a beautiful courtyards and several floors high. On the top of the riad, you can enjoy the view over famous Jemaa el-Fnaa, a huge square and market place with food stalls, magicians and snake tamers.

You can marvel at the beautifully illuminated minaret of the Kutubiyya Mosque and if you manage to get up early, watch the sunrise as the sun bathes the Atlas mountains in golden light.

The city has no access to the ocean, but you can stay in one of the big resorts outside the city walls. They have huge swimming pools and wellness areas where you will be treated like a sultana. If this is your thing, you should go there in spring and summer, because Marrakech is located at the foothills of the Atlas mountains, 466 m above sea level. Therefore it can get to chilly for swimming in late autumn and winter.