La Mamounia

Located in the vibrant vivacious vital City of Marrakech:

• Set in Royal Gardens
• Styled with Moorish opulence
• A favourite of Winston Churchill
• Four enticing restaurants and four buzzing bars
• Very central location near Koutoubia Mosque and Djemaa el Fna

Marrakech – Morocco

• An amazingly rich culture: Berber, Arabic and Moorish
• Oriental spices stimulate the senses
• Desert landscapes
• Glamourous La Momounia – all with a French accent
• Ochre and rose hued North African town
• You must barter for treasures and trinkets in the kaleidoscope of souks
• Let your eyes be mesmerised by the snake charmers and belly dancers
• Never miss the hurly burly of the Medina
• Try a tajine or couscous in the Kasbah

When to go
Marrakech is a true “year round” destination.  Spring and autumn see the city at its best with almost guaranteed sunshine and bearable temperatures (days are warm and nights are not too chilly).  At the height of summer, daytime temperatures can reach 40C and shops and restaurants often close during Ramadan and in August.  Winter can be warm and blissfully free of crowds – but remember that temperatures do drop at night.

Where to go

Marrakech is a city of moments: gazing on the iconic Koutoubia as the call to prayer rings out at sunset, wandering the Bab Doukkala market buying armfuls of fragrant mint, and ducking under dripping yarn drying to a shade of imperial purple in the Dyers Souk. The focal point of the city’s rambling morphology is the Djemaa el-Fna, its finest sights the sculpted Bahia Palace, the Medersa Ali Ben Youssef and the green cacti garden of the Jardin Majorelle. Come 2016, Marrakech will also have its first piece of museum architecture: a new David Chipperfield-designed Museum for Photography and Visual Arts.