An expert guide to the best hotels with pools in Marrakech, including the top places to stay for palm-shaded outdoor pools, serene spas, romantic restaurants, modish bars, fragrant gardens and elegant Moorish design, in locations in and around the medina, close to the Jemaa el-Fna, the Bahia Palace and the Majorelle Garden.
The gold standard of luxury hotels in Marrakech: the Mansour was commissioned by King Mohammed VI, who often hosts his guests in its 53 private riads, which are situated in almost 10 acres of fragrant Moorish gardens. You can live, swim, eat and sleep in total privacy in your villa or you have the run of an outdoor pool, a library, art gallery and the most beautiful hammam and spa in Marrakech. There are also three restaurants presided over by Yannick Alléno – formerly of Paris’ most prestigious kitchen at Le Meurice – and a fumoir where patrons sip XO Cognac and puff clouds of blue-grey smoke from Montecristo cigars. Read expert review From £ 1,234• Where to stay in Marrakech: hotels by district
The Mandarin’s debut African resort is subtle and stylish, set just outside the medina in a gorgeous garden of blooming roses. Some 220 staff members support an exceptional array of facilities including three restaurants and both indoor and outdoor pools. The jewel in the crown is undoubtedly the enormous spa, with its cathedral-like brickwork interiors, male and female hammams, six spa suites, a jade-coloured pool, yoga studio and fitness centre. All of the villas have private pools. Signature villas are designed as mini riads around enclosed courtyards each with an infinity pool in black zellig tiling. Read expert review From £ 964• The best luxury hotels in Marrakech
Immaculate door staff in traditional robes set the scene at this characterful hotel in the heart of Marrakech. It's set amidst large gardens that are scented with cedar wood and cooled by splashing fountains. Here you can find the outdoor pool; mouthwatering buffet breakfasts and lunches are served at outdoor tables set out next to the water’s edge. There is also a basement spa area offering treatments focused on local products including argan oil, orange-flower water and honey. Opt for a Park room on the higher floors overlooking the pool and gardens. Read expert review From £ 459• The most romantic hotels in Marrakech
Wander through Assyrian lounges with crushed velvet sofas at this sprawling five-star institution, past rose-filled fountains down long, arched corridors to exit into the lush 20-acre garden. It rivals the Mamounia’s in size and harbours the largest lagoon pool in Marrakech, complete with an island bar ringed by faux Roman columns. Add to this eight restaurants, four bars, three outdoor pools (two heated) and a huge indoor hydrotherapy pool, hammam and sauna in an extensive spa, which hosts the only Dior Institute outside Paris. Love-birds and celebrities hide away in the private villas, which have their pool and butler. Read expert review From £ 143• Marrakech's best riad hotels
This legendary restaurant turned glamorous guesthouse sits in the sweet spot between a riad and hotel, incorporating three impressive restaurants, a slinky bar, a tranquil pool terrace, culinary classes and a sumptuous spa. Interiors have a masculine feel, sporting a hybrid African-Arabian-Oriental vibe where Moroccan craftsmanship, Oriental antiques, African artworks and Rajasthani wall hangings work together to subdue what owner Fabrizio Ruspoli calls 'the tyranny of Morocco'. All of the rooms and suites are different – most have fireplaces, some have private terraces and all have a great deal of charm. Read expert review From £ 121• The top spa hotels in Marrakech
It feels initially like everything a classic Moroccan retreat should be: walkways across tranquil, shallow pools take you from reception to the restaurant, past colonnades of white pillars and through beautiful, landscaped gardens. The emphasis is on quiet luxury, with secluded spots created everywhere so guests never feel crowded. At night, beautiful candlelight flickers against the Moorish architecture. The best villas have private pools surrounded by jasmine or orange trees. Don't miss rooftop No Mad Bar, hidden behind a curtain and up a staircase that opens on to extraordinary views of the Atlas Mountains. Read expert review From £ 358• The best Marrakech hotels in the medina
Sipping mint tea while songbirds tweet sweetly amid the orange blossom is the real luxury of this Relais & Chateaux riad. Push through the carved wooden door into the citrus scented garden and you could be forgiven for thinking you had chanced upon a secret royal palace. In the central fragrant courtyard, reflecting the sky is a mirror-like pool lined by immaculate white-cushioned loungers. Guests can also head to a smaller rooftop pool, the huge hammam or the spa. With chef Jean-Claude Orly in the kitchen, expect delights like foie gras with crispy quince, and lamb noisette with aubergine and grapefruit macaroons. Read expert review From £ 412• The best boutique hotels in Marrakech
Decorative techniques jostle for attention, from zellig-style courtyards and bathrooms to carved cedarwood shutters and ceilings. The opulent and exotic atmosphere is only enhanced by the embarrassment of facilities. This includes a misted solarium and a delicate latticework garden gazebo. The heated pool and a pink-hued spa with bathing pools set amid a colonnaded hammam which conjures visions of Cleopatra at bath time, pull a particularly strong punch. The most troublesome dilemma is deciding whether to dine in the lantern-lit courtyard, or on the terrace overlooking the Saadian Tombs. Read expert review From £ 504• The best five-star hotels in Marrakech
With its mature gardens and two honey-hued villas there’s enough romance here to satisfy any would-be Scheherezade. Rooms jigsaw around sumptuously decorated Moorish salons, and balconies are trimmed with intricate moucharabieh screens. Large picture windows offer pretty views over lily-filled ponds, fountains and flower-fringed lawns, and in a secluded corner of the garden is a large, zellig-lined swimming pool lined with double-loungers for canoodling couples. There’s also a hammam and wellness centre and the glam restaurant has dreamy garden views. Read expert review From £ 213• The best honeymoon hotels in Marrakech
A truly historic riad palace that conjures fantasies of One Thousand and One Nights. The huge garden is thickly planted with bitter oranges, bananas, grapefruit and palms. Intricate zellig-tiled paths snake between the greenery and crawl up the walls of the colonnaded portico. Through here you’ll find a second courtyard with a pool, while inside, the rich decorative detailing continues in multiple lounges trimmed with stuccowork, filled to bursting antiques and artworks. Dinner, preceded by an elegant aperitif, is a three-course Moroccan-French meal served with a sense of drama in the candlelit garden or the blood-red dining room. Read expert review From £ 141• The best budget hotels in Marrakech
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