La Sultana Marrakech

La Sultana Marrakech

On La Sultana Marrakech's roof terrace, close to 2,000 square metres of it, the Koutoubia Minaret and the snow-capped Atlas Mountains sit in the same sightline, a view no comparably sized riad in the Medina can match. The hotel occupies a restored residence in the heart of the Kasbah, a ten-minute walk from Djemaa El-Fnaa Square and close enough to the Saadian Tombs, Bab Agnaou, El Badi Palace, the Royal Palace and the Bahia Palace to reach them on foot. Twenty-eight rooms and suites are spread across two floors, each decorated differently with artworks and collectors' pieces rather than a repeated template, which is part of why it belongs to Small Luxury Hotels of the World rather than a larger chain. Guests move between a heated pool, an indoor pool and an outdoor pool, or book into the spa for a massage, sauna, steam room or solarium, with a doctor on call if needed. Two restaurants, a cocktail and mezze bar, and a terrace set aside for cookery classes cover most of a day without leaving the grounds. Staff speak Arabic, English, French, Italian and Spanish, and the hotel arranges airport transfers, car rental and tour assistance for those who want to go further. One local rule worth knowing: couples sharing a room must present a marriage certificate at check-in, or the hotel may ask for a second room, which makes this the wrong choice for anyone hoping to book quietly as an unmarried couple. For everyone else, especially families using the playroom and babysitting, or travellers who prefer two floors of individually decorated rooms over a repeated design, it delivers a small, formal, deeply Moroccan stay in the Medina. A 28-room hotel in Marrakech's Medina, built around a 2,000-square-metre roof terrace facing the Koutoubia Minaret and the Atlas Mountains. Two pools, a full spa and two restaurants sit inside two floors of individually decorated suites. Unmarried couples should note the marriage-certificate rule at check-in.