Mandarin Oriental Marrakech review: our verdict
Here, almost no one sleeps in a room: the Mandarin Oriental aligns villas, each with its own enclosed garden, jacuzzi, terrace, and a pool large enough to swim in properly. The estate covers about twenty hectares of olive trees and rose bushes, with the Atlas Mountains facing it, and the decoration by Gilles & Boissier prefers natural materials to the postcard-style Moroccan palace.
You experience it like a village: you pick mint from the vegetable garden, visit the estate's goats, go to the spa for the hammam circuit, and the children have their club. Ling Ling by Hakkasan takes over in the evening. Every stay has its own butler, whom you can reach via WhatsApp, and the service maintains the standard of great international houses. For a meaningful anniversary, a honeymoon, or a family that wants everything on-site. Not for living the medina on a daily basis: it's a ten-minute drive away, and the villa gives few reasons to leave.
Good tip: the day pass formula, with access to the pool and a three-course lunch chosen à la carte at the waterfront restaurant; enough to taste the estate when staying in a riad.



