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Royal Mansour Marrakech
Marrakech, Morocco · Royal Mansour · Apex Luxury
Commissioned by King Mohammed VI and opened in 2010, Royal Mansour Marrakech is a literal medina built from scratch inside the ancient city walls: 53 private multi-storey riads spread across 5 hectares, constructed by over 1,200 Moroccan artisans. A network of underground tunnels lets staff move beneath the garden pathways on golf buggies — guests in any riad can receive room service without ever seeing the person who delivered it. Ranked #13 on the World's 50 Best Hotels 2025.
- 53 rooms
- Opened 2010
- Neighborhood: Hivernage / medina edge, old city
- Architect: Studio KO
About Royal Mansour Marrakech
- Every riad has a concealed service door on every floor; below the garden pathways, a full tunnel network allows staff to travel by golf buggy so that no service interaction is ever visible — a hospitality infrastructure more elaborate than most city hotels' back-of-house systems.
- Over 1,200 artisans worked for roughly three years on construction; the king's stated ambition was for Royal Mansour to be a living encyclopaedia of Moroccan craft — zellige, carved plaster, marquetry, silk weaving, and metalwork — at a level of density and quality no private client could otherwise commission.
- The hotel has no guest rooms: every one of the 53 accommodations is a free-standing, multi-storey riad with its own courtyard, rooftop pool, and butler team. The smallest riad starts at around 530 square metres; the Grand Riad spans over 1,750 square metres across four bedrooms.
- King Mohammed VI originally used the property as diplomatic overflow — hosting foreign heads of state and VIP guests including Hillary Clinton — before it became a public hotel, meaning its early years were closer to a royal guesthouse than a commercial hotel.
History
A medina-style hotel built by King Mohammed VI of Morocco, opened 2010. Each of the 53 accommodations is a multi-story riad with its own private rooftop pool. Underground service tunnels keep staff out of sight.
The setting
Royal Mansour Marrakech occupies a five-hectare walled estate on Rue Abou Abbas El Sebti, enclosed within the ancient medina's ochre ramparts and adjoining the broad esplanade of Cyber Park. Commissioned by King Mohammed VI and completed in 2010, the property was conceived as a medina within a medina—53 private riads scattered across winding alleys built by over 1,000 royal artisans, its service passages hidden beneath garden pathways. Jemaa el-Fnaa square and the 12th-century Koutoubia Mosque are each 11 minutes on foot, and Le Jardin Secret, the restored Islamic garden in the medina's northern souks, lies 15 minutes away, placing the hotel at the precise intersection of ancient imperial grandeur and the living culture of the Red City. 5 km from Marrakesh Menara Airport.
Restaurants and bars
- La Grande Table Marocaine — Restaurant · Moroccan · Chef Yannick Alléno
- La Table — Restaurant · Chef Hélène Darroze
- Sesamo — Restaurant · Italian · Chef Massimiliano Alajmo
Experiences
- Cooking workshops — Signature workshop offered by the hotel.
- Patisserie workshops — Signature workshop offered by the hotel.
- Mixology workshops — Signature workshop offered by the hotel.
- Signature Hammam — Hammam treatment presented as a signature wellness experience at the spa.
- Signature restaurants — Four signature restaurants offering Moroccan, Italian, French and Asian cuisine, each carrying the signature of a great chef.
- Marrakech visits arranged by the concierge — Individually tailored programmes of visits and adventures into Marrakech and the Moroccan Kingdom, planned by the concierge service.
Amenities
- 2,500 m² spa
- Pools (private + main)
- Hammams
- Riads with private courtyards
- Kids club
- Butler service
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star (2026)
- MICHELIN Two Keys (2026)
- Travel + Leisure World's Best Hotels (2026)
- Africa's Leading Luxury Hotel 2025 (World Travel Awards) (2025)
- Africa's Leading Luxury Hotel Villa 2025 (World Travel Awards) (2025)
- Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards (2025)
- Morocco's Leading Boutique Hotel 2025 (World Travel Awards) (2025)
- Morocco's Leading Luxury Hotel Villa 2025 (World Travel Awards) (2025)
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