This escape is built around a single, exceptional base: your own riad within the Royal Mansour, a private three-story house with its own plunge pool and staff, tucked inside the walls of a property built specifically to recreate the intimacy of the old medina.
Days move at whatever pace you set. Mornings might mean a private walk through the Jardin Majorelle before the gates open to the public or a session with the hotel’s own spice-and-tagine cooking class. Afternoons are for the souks, with a guide who knows which stalls are worth the visit and which are theater for tour groups, or for doing absolutely nothing beside your own pool. Evenings end on a rooftop, the Koutoubia Mosque lit up over the rooftops, and dinner is arranged entirely around what you feel like eating that day.
A day trip to the Ourika Valley can be built in for a change of altitude.
Private transfer from Marrakech Menara Airport directly to your riad within the Royal Mansour. The rest of the day is left open; most guests choose to do nothing more than settle in beside their own pool as the first evening call to prayer carries over the medina.
A private walk through the Jardin Majorelle before the gates open to the public, followed by an easy morning back at the riad. The afternoon is left free, whether that means the estate’s spa, the pool, or simply reading somewhere shaded.
A private guide leads the way through the souks, distinguishing the stalls worth the visit from those built purely for passing tour groups. Copper, leather, and textiles are the usual focus, though the route can be shaped entirely around your own interests.
A private cooking class centreed on tagine and couscous, taught in a proper kitchen rather than a demonstration space. The afternoon can be spent exploring the Royal Mansour’s own grounds, its winding alleyways designed to mirror Marrakech’s medina in miniature.
An optional day trip into the Ourika Valley for a change of altitude, waterfalls and Berber villages in the Atlas foothills, or a full day kept inside the city for those who would rather not leave. Both options are built into this itinerary and can be swapped depending on the weather or mood on the day.
A final morning left open before a private transfer back to the airport. Breakfast can be taken on the riad’s own terrace, the medina’s noise still at a distance.
A privately reserved hammam in Marrakech offers a traditional Moroccan cleansing ritual guided by a master practitioner, using black soap, steam, and kessa exfoliation in a historic bathing space. Removed from the public cycle of the hammam, the experience reveals its cultural role with clarity and control.
Watch Erg Chebbi's dunes shift to copper at sunset, then give way to one of the darkest skies most travellers will ever stand under, from a private camp of your own.
A private cooking class in a Marrakech riad kitchen, market visit included, ending with the meal on a rooftop as the light drops.
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