Marrakech · A study of the city
Understand Marrakech before you buy there.
The city in figures and maps: its geography, its economy, its craftsmanship, its districts one by one, its palaces, its clubs and its golf courses. Every figure is sourced and dated.
- 1 002 697
- inhabitants in the commune, 2024 census
- 13,7 M
- hotel nights in 2025, or 31 % of the Moroccan total
- 10,2 M
- passengers at the airport in 2025, up 10 %
- 42 %
- of Morocco's craft exports, in 2025
Photo YassirZek · CC BY-SA 4.0
Marrakech in a few markers
The figures that frame a purchase decision, each linked to its public source. One caveat: the tourism observatory widened its counting perimeter between 2024 and 2025, so the two years are not directly comparable.
1 002 697
inhabitants in the commune, 2024 census
13,7 M
hotel nights in 2025, or 31 % of the Moroccan total
10,2 M
passengers at the airport in 2025, up 10 %
42 %
of Morocco's craft exports, in 2025
1 571 580
inhabitants in the prefecture of Marrakech
73 %
hotel occupancy rate in 2025, the highest in the country
75 026
classified beds, across 1,934 establishments
Ministère du Tourisme, capacité classée de Marrakech (septembre 2025)
28 191
artisans on the national register, in the prefecture
Registre national de l'artisanat, Marrakech-Safi (janvier 2025)
A plain between the Atlas and the desert
Marrakech sits on the Haouz plain, 468 metres above sea level, between the Tensift river to the north and the wall of the High Atlas to the south. Mount Toubkal, the highest point in North Africa at 4,167 metres, stands some sixty kilometres away and keeps its snow for much of the winter.
The climate is semi-arid: under three hundred millimetres of rain a year, more than three hundred days of sun, very hot summers and cool winter nights. The landscape changes within half an hour's drive: the palm grove to the north-east, the stone plateau of Agafay some thirty kilometres to the south-west, the Ourika valley and Lalla Takerkoust lake to the south.
Water is the structural constraint of the region. The desalinated water corridor linking Safi to Marrakech is to carry close to one hundred million cubic metres a year from 2026, and the Lalla Takerkoust dam stood at only 34 % capacity in January 2026. For a new development, the water supply deserves the same scrutiny as the land title.
The climate in four lines
- Mean annual temperature
- 18.5 °C
- Annual rainfall
- about 281 mm
- Sunshine
- more than 300 days a year
- Altitude of the city
- 468 m
Sources: Fiche climatologique de la station Marrakech-Ménara · Corridor d'eau dessalée Safi-Marrakech, SRM Marrakech-Safi
The map of zones and districts
Each circle marks a sector and its radius of influence, not an administrative boundary. Our two exclusive residences appear in gold; switch on the other layers to reveal the palaces, beach clubs and golf courses.
OpenStreetMap base map. Zone centres and radii are indicative and drawn for legibility: they are not cadastral boundaries.
District by district
Marrakech is not a single market. Here is what each sector offers and the order of magnitude of asking prices. These ranges come from agencies and listing portals: they are a marker, never a valuation.
How to read the prices
There is no public statistic of prices by district in Marrakech. The Real Estate Asset Price Index of Bank Al-Maghrib and the ANCFCC gives a national trend and a trend by major city (+0.6% in 2025 nationally, with transactions up 18.4% in the fourth quarter). The ranges below are estimates published by agencies in 2026: they indicate an order of magnitude, not a value.
For a villa, the price per built m² only makes sense together with the plot size: in Marrakech, the same building on a plot twice as large is worth considerably more.
Sources: Bank Al-Maghrib et ANCFCC, indice des prix des actifs immobiliers, T2 2026
Medina
RiadsRiads behind rammed-earth walls, souks, Jemaa el-Fna, the Kasbah and the Mellah. You buy a courtyard house here, not a car: everything happens on foot. The charm is unmatched; restoration demands a serious craftsman.
Indicative price per m²: 15000 to 30000 MAD
Photo Matt Kieffer from London, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0
Semlalia
ApartmentsBetween Guéliz and the Casablanca road: recent residences, clinics and schools. The compromise between price and centrality.
Indicative price per m²: 10000 to 12000 MAD
Photo Anass Sedrati · CC BY-SA 4.0
Agdal
MixedSouth of the medina, around the royal gardens and the Royal Golf: villas and gated residences, quiet and greenery ten minutes from Jemaa el-Fna.
Indicative price per m²: 15000 to 28000 MAD
Photo Anaslaassibi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Targa
VillasA residential district of family villas to the north-west, favoured by well-off Marrakchis and foreigners settled year-round. Schools, shops, neighbourhood life.
Indicative price per m²: 8000 to 12000 MAD
Photo Didierlefort · CC BY-SA 3.0
Palmeraie
VillasThe historic palm grove to the north-east: large estates behind ochre walls, palaces, hotels and golf courses under the palms. The largest plots in the city.
Indicative price per m²: 20000 to 45000 MAD
Photo WiLPrZ · CC BY-SA 2.0
Ourika road
VillasThe road climbing towards the Ourika valley and the Atlas: private estates, beach clubs, evening tables. Open views of the peaks and cooler air.
Indicative price per m²: 15000 to 28000 MAD
Photo Maxim Massalitin · CC BY-SA 2.0
Amizmiz road
VillasTo the south-west, towards Agafay and the Atlas: the highest-end hotels, golf courses, recent villa estates. The axis of the most carefully built new developments.
Photo Bertramz · CC BY-SA 3.0
Fès road
VillasTo the north: more affordable villas and residences, a fast-developing sector a few minutes from the palm grove.
Indicative price per m²: 15000 to 28000 MAD
Photo Robert Prazeres · CC BY-SA 4.0
Casablanca road
Estates and resortsThe northern axis towards the motorway: resorts, golf courses and gated residences, with quick access to the airport and the expressway.
Photo Viault · CC BY-SA 3.0
Amelkis
Estates and resortsThe historic golf estate to the east: contemporary villas along the course, with the security and services of a gated domain.
Indicative price per m²: 18000 to 30000 MAD
Photo Belbaraka · CC BY-SA 3.0
Al Maaden
Estates and resortsA golf and cultural estate to the south-east: architect-designed villas, open-air contemporary art, a branded hotel.
Indicative price per m²: 18000 to 30000 MAD
Photo Mountassir Mourazik · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sidi Ghanem
Workshops and showroomsThe former industrial estate turned design district: workshops, showrooms, concept stores and cafés. You can furnish an entire villa here.
Photo Ideophagous · CC BY-SA 4.0
Menara and airport
MixedAround the Menara gardens and the airport: hotels, residences, immediate access to direct flights.
Photo Werner100359 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tamansourt
ApartmentsThe new town to the north-west: new developments and the lowest entry prices, designed to absorb the growth of Marrakech.
Photo Hamzasaissihassani · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sources: Barnes Marrakech, grille de prix (novembre 2025) · Yakeey, référentiel de prix par quartier (consulté en septembre 2026)
Why the south-west for a villa
The Amizmiz road sector combines three conditions: large plots (over a thousand square metres) in gated estates, views of the Atlas, and proximity to the luxury hotels and golf courses, a quarter of an hour from the airport. It is one of the few sectors where single-storey villas are still being built on plots of this size at this distance from the centre.
Its constraints are known: dependence on the car, water management, and a narrower resale market than that of city apartments.
What the market figures actually say
Four findings drawn from the official index and the available studies. They do not all support the usual commercial narrative, which is precisely why we publish them.
- 01
The official index is flat
The property asset price index published by Bank Al-Maghrib and the ANCFCC shows +1.0 % for Marrakech over 2025 and +0.5 % in the second quarter of 2026. That is the average for the whole city, mass-market housing included.
- 02
Villas are lagging apartments
In the second quarter of 2026, again on the official index, apartments gained 0.7 % in Marrakech while villas lost 1.3 %. The commercial narrative often says the opposite.
- 03
The top end follows its own curve
Knight Frank places the Marrakech premium segment between 5,500 and 7,000 euros per square metre, up 10 to 15 % over two years. That is an agency study, unaudited, and it does not measure the same market as the official index.
- 04
Short-term letting is saturating
Supply has doubled in a year and average revenue per listing is down 18.5 %, while classified hotel nights grew only 3 %. A 7 to 10 % yield is an agency assumption, not a market fact.
Sources: Bank Al-Maghrib et ANCFCC, indice des prix des actifs immobiliers, T2 2026 · Knight Frank, marché résidentiel premium de Marrakech (mai 2026) · AirROI, location courte durée à Marrakech (août 2026)
An economy of services, craftsmanship and land
Tourism sets the pace, craftsmanship keeps the medina alive, and the agriculture of the Haouz and light industry complete the picture. The major works under way are changing the scale of the city.
Tourism
13.7 million hotel nights in 2025 and 73 % occupancy: the highest rate in Morocco, for 31 % of the country's nights.
Craftsmanship
28,191 artisans registered in the prefecture alone, and 42 % of Moroccan craft exports in 2025.
Agriculture
Two million usable hectares in the region, including 245,000 of olive groves: a quarter of national olive production.
Light industry
Food processing and materials, and above all Sidi Ghanem: 175 hectares that have become the hub of Moroccan design.
Services and knowledge
Cadi Ayyad University, engineering and film schools, call centres. The region accounts for 8.7 % of Morocco's gross domestic product.
The works reshaping the city
- 01
High-speed line
Kénitra to Marrakech at 320 km/h, 53 billion dirhams: Rabat in 1 hr 40, service announced for 2029.
- 02
Grand Stade
41,245 seats for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, 46,000 targeted for 2030 after a second phase of works.
- 03
Menara airport
Extension awarded in 2025 for 1.8 billion dirhams: capacity raised from 9 to 16 million passengers.
- 04
2030 World Cup
Morocco co-hosts the tournament with Spain and Portugal. Marrakech is one of the six Moroccan host cities.
- 05
Roads and stations
The motorway to Agadir, and two new stations to the north: Palmeraie and Grand Stade, on the high-speed line.
Sources: Observatoire du tourisme, nuitées 2025 (février 2026) · ONDA, trafic de Marrakech-Ménara 2025 (février 2026) · HCP, recensement général de la population 2024
Craftsmanship, the city's industry and signature
Moroccan craftsmanship represents 140 billion dirhams in turnover and 7 % of gross domestic product. Marrakech is the country's leading export hub: 42 % of sales in 2025, and 28,191 artisans on the national register in the prefecture alone.
For a buyer this is not folklore. It is the reason a villa is finished here with materials and gestures found nowhere else: hand-cut zellige, tadelakt polished with stone, carved cedar, at labour costs with no equivalent in Europe.
Where to see and buy
The souks of the medina
Semmarine, Haddadine, the dyers: every lane is a trade. You can follow an object from raw material to stall.
The Ensemble Artisanal
The official showcase of the trades: visible workshops, displayed prices, a useful benchmark before bargaining in the souks.
Sidi Ghanem
The design district: makers, furniture editors, upholsterers and showrooms. Where the city's interior architects source.
Museums and gardens
Dar Si Saïd, the Yves Saint Laurent Museum, the Majorelle Garden, the Maison de la Photographie: Moroccan craft shown as art.
Sources: Secrétariat d'État à l'Artisanat, exportations 2025 · Registre national de l'artisanat, Marrakech-Safi (janvier 2025) · Direction régionale de l'artisanat, exportations de Marrakech 2024
Zellige
Glazed terracotta mosaic, cut by hand piece by piece then assembled face down. Floors, fountains, dados.
Tadelakt
Lime plaster polished with stone and saponified with black soap: a smooth, waterproof, seamless surface. Bathrooms and hammams.
Leather
Tanneries of the medina, babouches, poufs and bags. The most visible Marrakech skill, and the most copied.
Brass and copper
Hammered trays, lanterns, wall lights. The workshops still work with the hammer, a few streets from the souks.
Cedar wood
Painted ceilings, mashrabiyas, carved doors. Atlas cedar makes both the frame and the decoration of the old houses.
Carpets
Beni Ouarain, Azilal, Boucherouite: each valley has its pattern and its wool. The souks of Marrakech are the national showcase.
Pottery and ceramics
Thrown earth, glazed or bare, from the Marrakech-Safi region. Tableware, tagines, garden jars.
Wrought iron
Grilles, gates, lighting and courtyard furniture. A trade that accompanies every villa build.
Jewellery
Berber silver, fibulas, amber and coral. The Mellah remains the jewellers' quarter.
Babouches and embroidery
Soft leather, silk thread, sequins: a finishing craft, often women's work, still present in the medina.
Palaces and branded hotels
The density of luxury houses is one of the most reliable markers of a sector's value. The prefecture counts 1,934 classified establishments and 75,026 beds, including nearly 1,400 guest houses in the medina alone.
La Mamounia
Medina · 1923
Eight hectares of walled gardens behind the ramparts, an art deco redrawn by Jacques Garcia, and the address every other one is still measured against.
Photo Jakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0
Royal Mansour
Medina · 2010 · 53 keys
Not rooms but fifty-three private riads linked by a reconstructed medina, with service moving invisibly through underground corridors.
Photo Matt Kieffer from London, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0
Hôtel Barrière Le Naoura
Medina · 111 keys
A village of riads and villas a short walk from the Koutoubia, under the Barrière flag, with the restaurant and spa to match.
Photo Luc Viatour (lucnix.be) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Four Seasons Resort
Hivernage · 2011 · 141 keys
A four-hectare park on the edge of Hivernage, two pools and a service built for families who stay a while.
Nobu Hotel
Hivernage · 2023
Nobu Matsuhisa's signature on Marrakech since 2023: rooftop, sushi and the crowd that follows.
Photo YasmeenEly · CC BY-SA 4.0
Es Saadi Resort
Hivernage · 1966 · 252 keys
Opened in 1966 by the Bauchet-Bouhlal family, since extended with a palace and private villas: the memory of Hivernage, still family-run.
Photo IvanPerezhernandez 20 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sofitel Palais Impérial
Hivernage
Two adjoining hotels, a four-hectare garden and a corner position in Hivernage, five minutes from the congress centre.
Photo William John Gauthier · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mövenpick Mansour Eddahbi
Hivernage · 503 keys
Five hundred and three rooms backing onto the congress centre: the city's conference format, with Atlas views from the upper floors.
Photo YassirZek · CC BY-SA 4.0
Savoy Le Grand Hôtel
Hivernage · 2015 · 368 keys
Three hundred and sixty-eight rooms, a rooftop and a two-thousand-square-metre spa, opened in 2015 in the heart of Hivernage.
Photo Didierlefort · CC BY-SA 3.0
Le Méridien N'Fis
Hivernage
The former N'Fis, one of the first grand hotels of Hivernage, taken over under the Méridien flag, with its original gardens.
Photo Alexander Leisser · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mandarin Oriental
Al Maaden · 2015
Fifty-four villas with private pools across twenty hectares of olive trees, away from everything, facing the Atlas.
Photo Mountassir Mourazik · CC BY-SA 4.0
Park Hyatt
Al Maaden · 2024 · 130 keys
The most recent of the city's grand openings, on the Al Maaden estate: contemporary art, golf at the door, one hundred and thirty keys.
Photo Belbaraka · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Oberoi
Amelkis · 2019 · 84 keys
A palace drawn from Andalusian gardens, opened in 2019 across eleven hectares of orange groves, with eighty-four suites and villas.
Photo Anaslaassibi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Amanjena
Amelkis · 2000
The first Aman outside Asia, by Ed Tuttle in 2000: an irrigation basin turned into architecture, and a rare silence.
Photo Grand Parc, Bordeaux · CC BY 2.0
Fairmont Royal Palm
Amizmiz road · 2013 · 135 keys
Two hundred and thirty-one hectares of olive grove and an eighteen-hole course, twenty minutes from town, facing the peaks.
Photo Bertramz · CC BY-SA 3.0
Selman Marrakech
Amizmiz road · 2012 · 61 keys
An estate designed by Jacques Garcia around stables of Arabian thoroughbreds: you dine a few metres from the horses.
Photo Jakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0
Kenzi Menara Palace
Agdal · 236 keys
Two hundred and thirty-six rooms on the edge of the Menara gardens, five minutes from the airport: logistics before decor.
Photo Werner100359 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ksar Char-Bagh
Palmeraie
Twelve harims in a Hispano-Moorish manor in the palm grove, a library, a cellar and a table you have to earn.
Photo WiLPrZ · CC BY-SA 2.0
La Sultana Marrakech
Medina · 28 keys
Five riads joined into a single hotel in the kasbah, steps from the Saadian tombs: twenty-eight rooms, a rooftop over the medina's terraces, and one of the few palaces in the historic quarter.
Photo Matt Kieffer from London, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0
Les Jardins de la Koutoubia
Medina · 108 keys
One hundred and eight rooms a hundred metres from the Koutoubia, with a heated indoor pool: one of the rare large five-star capacities inside the medina itself rather than on its edge.
Photo Jakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0
Pestana CR7 Marrakech
Medina · 150 keys
One hundred and fifty rooms and Cristiano Ronaldo's name, opened facing the medina: a lifestyle format and a younger crowd than the historic palaces.
Photo Luc Viatour (lucnix.be) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Palais Ronsard
Palmeraie
A Relais & Châteaux in the palm grove: colonnades, designed gardens and two private pavilions. Small capacity, the service of a family house.
Photo Viault · CC BY-SA 3.0
Domaine des Remparts
Palmeraie
An estate in the palm grove built around patios and basins, away from the main roads: a villa-hotel format rather than a large complex.
Photo Robert Prazeres · CC BY-SA 4.0
Palmeraie Palace
Palmeraie
The flagship of the Palmeraie Resorts group, backing onto its golf course: large capacity, conferences and families, fifteen minutes from the medina.
Photo WiLPrZ · CC BY-SA 2.0
Dar Rhizlane
Hivernage
A Hivernage palace turned luxury house: a century-old garden, suites named after oriental perfumes — musk, sandalwood, jasmine — and a table d'hôtes rather than a hotel restaurant.
Photo Tam Barnix · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hivernage Hotel & Spa
Hivernage
Five stars in the heart of Hivernage, a few minutes' walk from Jemaa el-Fna: for those who want the city at the end of the pavement rather than an estate out of town.
Les Deux Tours
Palmeraie · 44 keys
Forty-four rooms and suites spread through pavilions across three hectares of Andalusian gardens in the palm grove: an estate, not a hotel building.
Photo Viault · CC BY-SA 3.0
Adam Park Marrakech
Agdal
Five stars in the Agdal tourist zone, south of the city: a resort format with a spa, built for family stays rather than a weekend in the medina.
Photo Anaslaassibi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sirayane Boutique Hôtel & Spa
Amizmiz road
A boutique hotel on the Amizmiz road, facing the Atlas: small capacity and gardens, on the edge of the countryside rather than in town.
Photo Bertramz · CC BY-SA 3.0
The images show the district, never the establishment: no freely licensed picture of these private addresses exists. Links point to official websites we verified; an address with no link is one whose site we could not confirm.
Key counts and opening years as published by the establishments or the trade press; an empty cell means we found no reliable source, and we prefer to leave it empty rather than invent one. Two projects are announced but not open: the Ritz-Carlton, on the Amizmiz road, and the Delano, signed in 2026 for 2030.
Sources: Sites officiels des établissements et presse hôtelière (septembre 2026) · La Vie éco, maisons d'hôtes classées de Marrakech
Brands and shopping
The international houses can be counted on one hand: Dior and Gucci at La Mamounia, Louis Vuitton in Hivernage. The rest of the offer is accessible premium, in the galleries of Guéliz and Hivernage. The real singularity of Marrakech lies elsewhere, with its designers and in its workshops.
La Mamounia
The 1923 palace houses the city's only Dior and Gucci boutiques, Pierre Hermé's first African address, and its own house of objects and tableware.
- Dior
- Gucci
- Pierre Hermé
- Boutique La Mamounia
Hivernage
The Louis Vuitton boutique stands at the corner of avenue Echouhada and rue du Temple, at the foot of the former Pearl complex now Nobu.
- Louis Vuitton
M Avenue
The city's first private landscaped avenue, between the Congress Palace and the Menara: about a hundred names, including some sixty shops and twenty restaurants.
- BOSS
- HUGO
- Calvin Klein
- GANT
- Gerard Darel
- Women'secret
- Maison Kartel
- Dandara
Carré Eden, Guéliz
Fifteen thousand square metres over three levels on the site of the old central market, opened in 2014, with a Radisson Blu built in.
- H&M
- Starbucks
- Nespresso
- Lacoste
- Adidas
- Guess
- Springfield
Shopping centres
Menara Mall, fifty thousand square metres in Hivernage since 2015, and Almazar, about a hundred names on avenue Mohammed VI since 2010.
- Menara Mall
- Almazar
- Kidzo
Around the Majorelle Garden
The 33 Rue Majorelle concept store, the garden's own boutique, and the Yves Saint Laurent Museum, the only museum devoted to the couturier outside Paris.
- 33 Rue Majorelle
- Boutique du Jardin Majorelle
- Musée Yves Saint Laurent
Moroccan designers
Maison ARTC and its one-off pieces in Guéliz, Max & Jan in the medina, and a Moroccan fashion scene now shown abroad.
- Maison ARTC
- Max & Jan
- Amine Bendriouich
Sidi Ghanem
The design district: workshops, furniture editors, upholsterers and ceramicists. Where the city's interior architects source.
- Ateliers
- Éditeurs de mobilier
- Tapis
- Céramique
Sources: Sites officiels des marques et des centres commerciaux (septembre 2026)
Beach clubs, tables and venues
With no sea, Marrakech invented its own beaches: a dozen pool clubs line the Ourika road between the tenth and fifteenth kilometre, joined by the palm grove, a wakeboard lake, the camps of Agafay and, come evening, the cabarets of Hivernage and the medina rooftops.
Nikki Beach
Palmeraie
The palm grove beach club: pool, loungers and a DJ programme. A resort and residences under the same brand are announced on the Ourika road for 2028.
Photo Viault · CC BY-SA 3.0
La Plage Rouge
2009Ourika road
An 80 by 40 metre pool ten kilometres from the city: four hundred people in beach mode, up to fifteen hundred for a private evening.
Photo Didierlefort · CC BY-SA 3.0
Waky Marrakech
Ourika road
The first cable wake park in Morocco: wakeboarding on a lagoon, pool and bar, at kilometre thirteen of the Ourika road.
Photo Belbaraka · CC BY-SA 3.0
Palais Dar Soukkar
2016Ourika road
A sixteenth-century palace built on a former sugar mill, restored in 2004 and open to the public since 2016. Eighteen hundred seated covers.
Photo Anaslaassibi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bô Zin
Ourika road
An exotic garden lit by torches and pan-Asian cooking, then a DJ late in the evening. One of the city's historic evening tables.
Photo IvanPerezhernandez 20 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Oasiria
Amizmiz road
The first water park in Morocco: ten hectares on the barrage road, open daily in season.
Photo Werner100359 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Beldi Country Club
Amizmiz road
Fifteen hectares of olive grove turned into a hotel, pools, spa and artisans' souk, six kilometres along the barrage road.
Photo Jakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0
Le Flouka, lac Lalla Takerkoust
Amizmiz road
An inn and a table on the shore of Lalla Takerkoust lake, facing the Atlas, some thirty kilometres from the city.
Photo Bertramz · CC BY-SA 3.0
Scarabeo Camp, Agafay
Amizmiz road
A tented camp in the stone desert of Agafay, about forty minutes from Marrakech.
Photo Josephhassane · CC0 1.0
Café del Mar
Ourika road
The Marrakech outpost of the Ibiza brand, at the tenth kilometre of the Ourika road: an XXL pool, private jacuzzis, Balinese beds and deep-house sets in the afternoon. Entry is on minimum spend, not on a ticket.
Photo Maxim Massalitin · CC BY-SA 2.0
Famous Beach
Ourika road
Pools, mega-jacuzzis, VIP beds and daytime shows, with the Nommos restaurant built into the club: Mediterranean sharing plates, grills, salads. One of the biggest operations on the Ourika road.
Photo Alexander Leisser · CC BY-SA 4.0
Snob Beach
Ourika road
Two hectares at the tenth kilometre, on the Tassoultante side, and the only address on the road to publish a per-person entry price rather than a minimum spend: the easiest one to try first.
Photo Bertramz · CC BY-SA 3.0
Copa Cabana
Ourika road
The value pick of the Ourika road: pool parties, a DJ and food without the premium markup. A younger crowd, busiest at weekends.
Photo Tam Barnix · CC BY-SA 4.0
Beach Mama
Ourika road
Set inside the Waky estate on the edge of the artificial lake: the only beach club in Marrakech where you move from sunbed to wakeboard without changing address.
Photo Belbaraka · CC BY-SA 3.0
Myah Bay
Menara and airport
The largest pool in Marrakech, at Askejour on the airport side, facing the Atlas. A resort format rather than a night club: you have lunch, you swim, you stay the day.
Photo Mountassir Mourazik · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pink Cactus
Amelkis
A bohemian pool club over towards Amelkis, ten minutes from the centre: pool, spa, yoga and oversized games. The antithesis of the DJ clubs, for anyone after quiet.
Photo Anaslaassibi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Les Palmiers
Palmeraie
In the palm grove, run by former operators of a Saint-Tropez club: pool, table and sunbeds, in a more intimate format than the big Ourika machines.
Photo WiLPrZ · CC BY-SA 2.0
Aqua Fun Club
Ourika road
The city's largest water park, on the Ourika road: some fifty slides and pools, play areas for small children and drops that shake you up. A family format, not a beach club.
Photo Werner100359 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Eden Aquapark
Amizmiz road
Nineteen slides and attractions at the fourth kilometre of the Amizmiz road, the same one as Oasiria, five minutes from the centre: lazy river, wave pool, water playground for three- to ten-year-olds. Open to non-residents.
Photo IvanPerezhernandez 20 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Aqua Mirage
Amizmiz road
The park of the hotel of the same name, on the Tahannaout road: open all year to hotel guests, and to outside visitors from April to November.
Photo Didierlefort · CC BY-SA 3.0
Buddha-Bar
2015Hivernage
Fifteen hundred square metres over two levels around a four-metre Buddha, Pacific Rim cooking and a nightly show.
Jad Mahal
Hivernage
Cabaret and Indo-Moroccan table, planted courtyard and pools, on the same axis as La Mamounia and the Royal Mansour.
Photo YasmeenEly · CC BY-SA 4.0
Theatro
2003Hivernage
The former theatre of the Es Saadi resort, one of the city's reference clubs since 2003.
Photo William John Gauthier · CC BY-SA 2.0
Comptoir Darna
1999Hivernage
A 1930s Art Deco villa: Moroccan dinner, dance and Gnaoua musicians, then a DJ upstairs.
Photo Grand Parc, Bordeaux · CC BY 2.0
Kabana Rooftop
Medina
A medina rooftop facing the Koutoubia: Mediterranean menu and sushi bar.
Photo YassirZek · CC BY-SA 4.0
Each address is described from its official website, consulted in September 2026. We publish no prices: they change with the season and the programme. The photographs show the setting — district, lake, palm grove, desert: no freely licensed image of these private venues exists.
The golf courses
Marrakech is Morocco's leading golf destination. The courses shape whole districts: Amelkis, Al Maaden, Assoufid, Samanah and the Palmeraie are each a residential estate drawn around a layout. The Royal Golf, opened in 1923, is the oldest course in the country.
Royal Golf de Marrakech
Agdal
27 holes · 1923
Golf Amelkis
Amelkis
27 holes · 1995
Al Maaden Golf Resort
Al Maaden
18 holes · 2010
Assoufid Golf Club
Amizmiz road
18 holes · 2014
Samanah Country Club
Amizmiz road
18 holes
Noria Golf Club
Amizmiz road
18 holes · 2014
Royal Palm Golf & Country Club
Amizmiz road
18 holes
The Tony Jacklin, Argan Golf Resort
Amizmiz road
27 holes · 2016
PalmGolf Marrakech Palmeraie
Palmeraie
1993
Atlas Golf Marrakech
Palmeraie
9 holes
PalmGolf Marrakech Ourika
Ourika road
18 holes · 2015
The Montgomerie Marrakech
Menara and airport
18 holes · 2014
Sources: Fédération royale marocaine de golf, fiches des parcours
Access, schools and healthcare
What matters when you settle or let: how long it takes to get here, where to school, where to be treated.
Marrakech-Menara airport
10.2 million passengers in 2025, a first. Thirty-nine airlines serve close to 150 destinations. The extension under way is to raise capacity to 16 million travellers.
Rail and high speed
The station is in the heart of Guéliz. The high-speed line is to put Rabat 1 hr 40 away and Tangier 3 hr 30, with two new stations to the north: Palmeraie and Grand Stade.
Motorways
The A7 links Casablanca to the north and Agadir to the south in two and a half hours. The ring roads serve the villa roads without crossing the centre.
International schools
The Victor Hugo French school, run directly by the French agency for education abroad, is in Guéliz. The American and international schools are east of the city.
Clinics and healthcare
The Ibn Nafis international hospital, opened in 2024, has a hundred beds and a complete oncology unit. The Clinique Internationale is on the airport road, the Polyclinique du Sud in Guéliz.
Consulates
The Consulate General of France is in Hivernage; its district covers Marrakech-Safi and Drâa-Tafilalet.
All sources
This page publishes only sourced and dated figures. Three methodological caveats, which we prefer to write down: there is no public statistic of price per square metre by district in Marrakech, and the ranges above come from agencies and listing portals; no public statistic breaks down purchases by nationality, so we publish no percentage on that point; and short-term letting figures vary twofold depending on which platform publishes them.
- 1HCP, recensement général de la population 2024
- 2Observatoire du tourisme, nuitées 2025 (février 2026)
- 3Ministère du Tourisme, capacité classée de Marrakech (septembre 2025)
- 4ONDA, trafic de Marrakech-Ménara 2025 (février 2026)
- 5Secrétariat d'État à l'Artisanat, exportations 2025
- 6Registre national de l'artisanat, Marrakech-Safi (janvier 2025)
- 7Direction régionale de l'artisanat, exportations de Marrakech 2024
- 8HCP, comptes régionaux 2024
- 9Fiche climatologique de la station Marrakech-Ménara
- 10UNESCO, médina de Marrakech, patrimoine mondial depuis 1985
- 11Médias24, ligne à grande vitesse Kénitra-Marrakech (avril 2025)
- 12CAF, fiche du Grand Stade de Marrakech
- 13Médias24, extension de l'aéroport Marrakech-Ménara (août 2025)
- 14Corridor d'eau dessalée Safi-Marrakech, SRM Marrakech-Safi
- 15Fondation Mohammed VI, sauvegarde de la Palmeraie
- 16Agence pour le développement agricole, région Marrakech-Safi
- 17Bank Al-Maghrib et ANCFCC, indice des prix des actifs immobiliers, T2 2026
- 18Barnes Marrakech, grille de prix (novembre 2025)
- 19Yakeey, référentiel de prix par quartier (consulté en septembre 2026)
- 20Knight Frank, marché résidentiel premium de Marrakech (mai 2026)
- 21AirROI, location courte durée à Marrakech (août 2026)
- 22Médias24, nouvelles gares de la ligne à grande vitesse (décembre 2025)
- 23Cité scolaire Hugo-Renoir, lycée français de Marrakech
- 24Le Matin, ouverture de l'hôpital international Ibn Nafis à Marrakech (groupe Akdital)
- 25France Diplomatie, consulat général de France à Marrakech
- 26FlightConnections, liaisons directes depuis Marrakech (septembre 2026)
- 27Sites officiels des établissements et presse hôtelière (septembre 2026)
- 28Sites officiels des marques et des centres commerciaux (septembre 2026)
- 29Fédération royale marocaine de golf, fiches des parcours
- 30La Vie éco, maisons d'hôtes classées de Marrakech
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