13 places, from £26 to £128 a night.
The Swiss Continental Hôtel ranks among the highest-rated addresses in Marrakech, and it owes it to almost none of what you expect of a holiday hotel: no pool, no spa, no garden. Twenty-five clean rooms in a Guéliz building, five minutes from the station, run by a team travellers rave about. An efficient urban base, not a leisure place.
The Longue Vie has a consistency rare in Marrakech: no score of its drops off, from one line to the next. A contemporary 4-star on avenue Hassan II, two minutes from the station, with a rooftop pool open to the Atlas, a spa and free parking. The kind of address with no bad surprise, at a still reasonable rate.
In Imlil, at the end of the road climbing towards Mount Toubkal, the Toubkal Ecolodge is a stone house set at 1,700 metres, facing the summits. Six Berber rooms, a terrace over the valley, a table run by the family: you come here for the mountain and the walking, not for the medina, left an hour and a half of switchbacks below.
The Grand Plaza is a large 4-star of Hivernage, one hundred and fourteen rooms built around a broad courtyard pool, facing the station and the Royal Theatre. A spa with two hammams, a gym, a games room, spacious and soundproofed family rooms: this is the address of space and classic comfort, for anyone preferring room over the picturesque.
At km 11 of the Ourika road, a ten-thousand-square-metre estate under the olive trees, with two pools heated year-round, a spa with posted rates and pétanque pitches. It is called Boutique Hotel Katia since April 2026, Villa Katia before that, Maroc Loisirs before again. On site, nothing followed: today's name is written nowhere.
South of Marrakech, on the Ourika road, the Pickalbatros Aqua Fun Club is a 4-star all-inclusive resort built around its water park: 58 slides, about fifteen basins, a kids' club. You book it for a family holiday, not for the medina.
The Dellarosa is a contemporary boutique hotel planted right in Guéliz, Marrakech's modern quarter: eighty rooms and suites around a pool tucked between walls, a spa with hammam, two tables. You sleep among the cafés, boutiques and galleries of the new town, at a soft rate, a few minutes by taxi from the medina.
The Blue Sea Le Printemps plays a different tune than the Guéliz boutiques: that of the large chain hotel, one hundred and fourteen rooms around a patio with murals and a pool, three restaurants, free parking rare in the centre. On thousands of reviews, this is a safe pick, central and practical, more classic than sharp, right in the middle of the new town.
The Amani plays the aparthotel format: suites in Moroccan decor, sitting corner and kitchenette for some, on avenue Mohammed VI, in Hivernage. On the roof, a small pool, a solarium and a panoramic restaurant facing the Koutoubia and the Atlas. Downstairs, a spa with hammam. Three-star at a small price, for anyone wanting space and a central address without breaking the bank.
On the edge of the Palmeraie golf course, twenty minutes from the medina, this adults-only 5-star all-inclusive has changed hands three times: Golf Palace, then Rotana, today Pickalbatros. The setting, golf and palms, stays its real card. The traveller score says not everything is up to par.
In the Targa quarter, north-west of Marrakech, the Targa Aqua Parc (ex Labranda Targa Club Aqua Parc) is a family all-inclusive resort built around its water park: five pools, four slides, a kids' club. You come here for the package and the water, not for the medina, which a free shuttle puts ten minutes away.
On avenue Mohammed VI, at the southern edge of Hivernage, the Rose Aqua Park is a large family resort built around its water park: seven slides, two winter-heated pools, a spa with hammam and the all-inclusive package. An address for a children's holiday rather than a medina-centred stay, at a contained entry price.
In the Palmeraie, about twenty minutes from the medina, the Valeria Madina Club is a large 4-star family resort in the all-inclusive format: 432 rooms, broad pools, a water park and daytime entertainment. Volume and a contained budget rather than character, with a low traveller score you need to know before booking.
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