Is a Riad Just a Fancy Hotel? (Spoiler: Not Even Close!)

If you’re coming to Marrakech and booking a chain hotel, you’re missing the point. You didn’t travel this far to stay in a sterile box that feels like a suburban airport lounge. You came for the energy of the Medina, but to actually survive it, you need to stay in a Riad. It’s the only […]

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Mamounia: Marrakech’s Historic Five-Star Hotel

Usually, as a tourist in Morocco or abroad, when you hear “Marrakech,” you immediately think of Jemaa el-Fnaa Square, the Menara Gardens, and the Koutoubia Mosque. Among these names, you might also come across “Mamounia” or “La Mamounia Hotel”—a five-star hotel in the old city of Marrakech. This hotel stands as one of the city’s […]

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