In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- Chambre Camellia is the biggest room: its gorgeous bathroom has strokeable beige tadlakt walls and a huge marble bath.
- Packing tips
- Your favourite lounging clothes.
- Also
- Don’t miss free afternoon tea: gallons of mint tea and melt-in-the-mouth Moroccan cookies.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- A pair of babouches
Riad 12
Marrakech, Morocco [view map]
- Style
- Très privé trad bolthole
- Setting
- Hidden in the medina
This is a hotel made for lounging. On the ground floor there are three seating areas, including a dining room with grand glass table, and an opulent sitting room with a fireplace. We check in sitting on big white cushions with some mint tea, while staff serve us jasmine water to wash our hands with.
Need to know
- Rooms
- Two doubles and one single.
- Rates
- €70–€300, including breakfast and afternoon tea.
- Check-out
- Midday.
- Facilities
- Small pool, sun terrace. For €30 you can use the hammam in Riad 72.
- Hotel closed
- Some years the hotel closes for a few weeks in July for renovations.
- Also
- Smoking is permitted. Airport transfer €12 each way
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- Book by midday if you want lunch, taken wherever you choose: a multi-course Moroccan feast, created fresh from that day’s market.
- Dress code
- The vibe is very much home from home.
- Top table
- On a low table by the pool in the courtyard, or by a roaring fire in the sitting room. If you ask nicely, they’ll even serve you on the roof terrace.
- Last orders
- 10pm, so long as you’ve booked.
- Room service
- Light snacks served till 10pm, including omelettes and salads.
- Hotel bar
- A fridge is the kitchen serves as a 24-hour honesty bar.
Other facilities
- Children
- Very welcome: there’s a cot free of charge, but no high chair.
Smith card offer
A pair of babouches
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Riad 12
12 Derb Sraghnas
Bab Doukkala
Marrakech
Morocco