The pool
25 by 26 metres, Murano glass, 28°C all year; 8am to sunset, for residents only.
La Mamounia
Behind Marrakech’s walls, facing the Koutoubia, an 18th-century royal orchard became a hotel in 1923: today a garden with 27 fountains, a Murano-glass pool and 209 keys.
A week here, month by monthLa Mamounia suits those who want palace Marrakech, the medina on foot and a garden to hide in: the lowest price any seller showed on Google for one night is 5,750 dirhams for 2 adults, from 19 January 2027. Anyone after a big room at the entry price will be happier elsewhere, as the Classic starts at 28 m².
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The room to ask for
I would ask for a Koutoubia Deluxe Room, 30 to 40 m² with views of the Koutoubia mosque or of the Koutoubia side of the gardens; an Agdal Deluxe Room, 30 to 45 m², looks over the pool, the gardens and the Atlas.
The week that costs less
In the calendar read on 13 October 2026 the cheapest week runs from 1 to 7 February 2027, with nights from 6,783 to 7,206 dirhams. The week of 21 to 27 November 2026 runs from 7,439 to 18,040 dirhams.
A drink at Le Churchill
Open every day from 5pm to 1am, Le Churchill offers champagne cocktails and house creations that change with the seasons; its page suggests reading the Winston Churchill quotes on the menu, which inspired each of them.
What La Mamounia is
La Mamounia dates itself from 1923, when Morocco’s railway company decided to build a hotel on an 18th-century royal orchard: 13 hectares a sultan had given his son. Winston Churchill spent his winters here, and a bar and a suite now carry his name. Today there are 209 keys: 135 rooms, 71 suites and 3 riads; the studio Jouin Manku redesigned the restaurants and bars in 2020 and the public spaces by the end of 2023. The MICHELIN Guide gives it 3 Keys.
There are 4 restaurants, open every day: L’Asiatique by Jean-Georges, L’Italien, by Simone Zanoni since 1 September 2025, Le Marocain at night with a violin and lute trio, and the Pavillon de la Piscine for breakfast and lunch. The tea rooms are Pierre Hermé’s. The outdoor pool measures 25 by 26 metres, is lined in Murano glass and heated to 28°C all year; the spa covers 2,500 m², with 2 hammams and an indoor pool.
Guests give it 4.5 out of 5 on Google from 9,498 reviews, 4.3 on Tripadvisor from 4,473 and 9.2 on Expedia. The garden wins nearly everyone over; in the rooms guests praise the attention to detail, and anyone wanting space takes a suite: the Classic and Superior run from 28 to 40 m² and look over Hivernage. Non-residents get in only with a booking and in the elegant dress the hotel asks for: it is checked at the gate.
We read the 500 most recent Google reviews with text, from 19 October 2025 to 30 September 2026, out of the listing’s 9,498; then YouTube videos, press articles, the official pages of the rooms, suites and riads, the menus and house rules, and the walks measured on the map. Breakfast is extra, and a sojourn tax of 49.50 dirhams per person per night is added to the rate.
Two Lumi
Lumina Guide 2027
Exceptional: two of our three readings say so.
Behind Marrakech’s walls, facing the Koutoubia, an 18th-century royal orchard became a hotel in 1923: today a garden with 27 fountains, a Murano-glass pool and 209 keys.
How Lumi are awardedGuests
500 reviews read: the location pleases 9 guests in 10 who mention it, breakfast 8 in 10.
Critics (exceptional)
Ours (exceptional)
At table there are Jean-Georges, Simone Zanoni and Le Marocain, with a violin and lute trio at night; the tea rooms are Pierre Hermé’s, and the 2,500 m² spa has 2 hammams and an indoor pool.
Our reading, point by point
What we found reading the hotel’s own pages, one thing at a time.
Location
Inside the walls, facing the Koutoubia: the square 15 minutes on foot, the airport 9 by car.
Character
Since 1923 on an 18th-century royal orchard, Churchill’s winters, the Jouin Manku redesign.
Rooms
209 keys from the 28 m² Classic to the 700 m² riads; the Classic and Superior face Hivernage, the Deluxe the park, the pool or the Koutoubia.
Food and social life
Jean-Georges, Simone Zanoni, Le Marocain with music, Pierre Hermé’s tea rooms.
Wellness
A 2,500 m² spa with 2 hammams and the Murano pool at 28°C all year.
The stay as a whole
From 5,937 dirhams in January, breakfast extra; some autumn nights cost more than double.
What makes it rare
A badge is an experience travellers look for, that is really here and that few hotels in the guide have.
A spa worth the trip
Here: a 2,500 m² spa with 2 hammams and the Murano pool at 28 °C all year.
43 of the 63 guests who write about the spa are pleased. 28 hotels of 335 hold it.
Every hotel with this badgeA story inside
Here: since 1923 on an 18th-century royal orchard, Churchill’s winters, the Jouin Manku redesign.
A history that goes back to at least 1923. 31 hotels of 335 hold it.
Every hotel with this badge
The 5 things that matter, as guests tell them
What do La Mamounia’s guests say? They write it in their reviews, even those who only came for a drink or dinner: we read every one and tell the 5 things that matter, from the location to the bill.
Location
9 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Guests write about the gardens, a place to walk away from the city’s noise, and the medina a short walk off: the Koutoubia is 8 minutes on foot, Jemaa el-Fna 15.
Room
7 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Of the rooms, guests describe the attention to detail, the Moroccan decoration and the comfort.
Staff and service
7 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Guests describe discreet, attentive service, from the welcome on arrival to housekeeping and the pool team.
Breakfast
8 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Breakfast is a buffet at the Pavillon de la Piscine, from 7am to 11am: guests describe its variety and the pleasure of having it by the pool.
Price
Nights start at 6,200 dirhams in January, breakfast extra; a sojourn tax of 49.50 dirhams per person per night is added to the rate.
The numbers, and how we count them
| What | Score out of 10 | Guests who mention it | Happy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | 8.2 | 81 | 88% |
| Room | 6.6 | 54 | 69% |
| Staff and service | 7.3 | 339 | 72% |
| Breakfast | 7.5 | 32 | 78% |
| Price | – | 64 | 20% |
The scores come from 500 Google reviews with text, left from 19 October 2025 to 30 September 2026. The other hotels are the ones weighed for a stay in Marrakech: for each we read its latest 500 Google reviews with text, or all of them where there are fewer, as of 1 October 2026. The score is the average of what they say, from 0 if they speak of it very badly to 10 if they speak of it very well. Where only a few mention something, the score stays close to the guide’s average: a handful of voices does not make a reputation.
The hotels we weigh it against in Marrakech:
- Royal Mansour Marrakech
- Four Seasons Resort Marrakech
- Amanjena
- Mandarin Oriental, Marrakech
Price: for two on the night of 22 January 2027, from 5,750 dirhams (seen on Google Hotels on 13 October 2026).
The entrance gate, the garden seen from a suite, the pool, the spa and the Churchill Bar
The horseshoe-arched gate at the entrance, palms and garden paths seen from a suite’s balcony, prickly pear in flower in the garden, tea poured at breakfast by the pool, the spa’s indoor pool, the Pierre Hermé tea salon in the courtyard, Le Marocain’s couscous and the black marble counter of the Churchill Bar.
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What to expect
The Murano pool, a spa with 2 hammams, Le Marocain with music, the bars and the garden.
The spa
2,500 m², 2 hammams and a private one, an indoor pool from 18; 9am to 9pm. The 60-minute hammam is 1,300 dirhams. The spa.
Le Marocain
Evenings only, 7pm to 11pm, with a violin and lute trio.
The bars
Le Churchill 5pm to 1am, the Majorelle 10am to 1am, Le Club above Le Marocain from 6pm: open to non-residents too, by booking.
The gardens
An 18th-century royal orchard, now with 27 fountains and a 1,500 m² kitchen garden; non-residents get in only with a restaurant or bar booking.
Good to know before you book
The Classic and Superior rooms, 28 to 40 m², look over Hivernage, the modern quarter; views of the Koutoubia, the park or the pool begin with the Deluxe rooms. Source: mamounia.com
Check-in is from 3pm and check-out by noon: keeping the room until 6pm costs half the night, beyond 6pm the full night. Source: mamounia.com
Restaurants and bars ask for elegant dress: no flip-flops or plastic sandals, no shorts after 6pm, large bags to the cloakroom. It is checked at the gate.
Non-residents come in for the bars, restaurants, tea rooms and spa, by booking; the pools, gym and tennis stay for residents, and the old guides’ day passes are gone.
The hotel says the 10% tax is included and adds a sojourn tax of 49.50 dirhams per person per night; breakfast is extra.
Children are welcome, but there is no kids’ club; an extra bed is 950 dirhams a night from 2 to 12.
Jemaa el-Fna is 15 minutes on foot, 1.1 km: not 5, as Tripadvisor and Google’s AI overview say.
209 keys: rooms, suites and 3 riads
Getting there
La Mamounia is inside the walls, behind the 12th-century ramparts: the medina is on foot, the airport 9 minutes by car.
| Address | Avenue Bab Jdid, Marrakech 40040. |
|---|---|
| From the airport | Menara, 5.9 km, 9 minutes by car; the hotel arranges a transfer, charged, included for the exceptional suites and the riads. |
| Parking | Valet parking in a car park guarded day and night, about 10 minutes’ walk away, with a shuttle; Google and Expedia list it as free. |
| Check-in and check-out | From 3pm, check-out at noon; leaving by 6pm costs half a night, after 6pm a full night. |
Routes measured on OpenStreetMap’s roads on 1 October 2026; times and rules from the official pages, read the same day.
Beyond the hotel
The medina starts at the gate: the Koutoubia in 8 minutes, the square in 15, the palaces in just over 20; the Majorelle by taxi.
Koutoubia
The minaret the Koutoubia rooms look at: 613 metres, 8 minutes on foot.
Jemaa el-Fna
The square, at night: 1.1 km, 15 minutes on foot; Tripadvisor says 5.
Saadian Tombs
The Saadian dynasty’s mausoleum: 1.3 km, 17 minutes on foot.
Bahia Palace
Nineteenth-century courtyards and zellige: 1.7 km, 23 minutes on foot.
Jardin Majorelle
The blue garden outside the walls: 3.2 km, 5 minutes by car.
From La Mamounia to the Koutoubia and Jemaa el-Fna
The hotel inside the walls, the Koutoubia, the square, the Saadian Tombs, Le Jardin Secret, the Bahia Palace, the Majorelle and the airport. Tap a place to see the walking route.
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A day at La Mamounia
7am
Breakfast at the Pavillon
The buffet by the pool runs from 7am to 11am.
11am
A drink by the pool
The pool bar is open every day from 11am to 7pm.
The afternoon
The spa’s hammams
The spa is open from 9am to 9pm, with 2 hammams and a private one.
7pm
Dinner at Le Marocain
The restaurant opens in the evening only, from 7pm to 11pm, with a violin and lute trio.
After dinner
Late at the Majorelle
Le Bar Majorelle serves drinks until 1am.
La Mamounia reviews
Platform scores, the MICHELIN Guide’s 3 Keys and what guests, and those left at the gate, describe.
Scores read on 1 October 2026
Guest voices
From the hotel’s Google listing: the garden, the tea, the gate and the rooms.
GoogleA palace and its garden
Iconic Marrakech palace hotel with stunning gardens, refined Moroccan-style rooms, beautiful pools, excellent restaurants and bars, and a superb spa. Central yet peaceful.
Google · November 2025Read the review
GoogleThe most peaceful place in Marrakech
Well designed garden, artistic lobby. Even though it is on a busy street, you will not hear the noise. Close to the square, easy to walk to everything.
Google · January 2026Read the review
GoogleTea and the park
Magical for a mint tea, and the walk through the park is extraordinary.
Google · June 2026Read the review
GoogleThe check at the gate
Security stopped us at the gate and asked the purpose of our visit. We did not like it at first, but he wanted to guide us: we had a snack on the terrace overlooking the garden.
Google · May 2026Read the review
GoogleThe rooms, with 3 children
For the quality of the rooms, totally overpriced. With 3 kids, do not take a normal room: you cannot even open the door to the balcony.
Google · March 2026Read the review
Questions before you go
Sources read on 1 October 2026: official pages and house rules, menus, Google Hotels and platforms.
How much does a night at La Mamounia cost?
The hotel uses dynamic pricing and publishes no rate card. On Google Hotels, read on 1 October 2026 for 2 adults, the cheapest night cost 8,572 dirhams on 2 October, 7,404 dirhams on 28 November and 7,139 dirhams on 11 December 2026, 6,200 dirhams on 19 January and 7,248 dirhams on 10 March 2027. In autumn some nights cost more than double. Breakfast and the sojourn tax are extra.
Can you go in without staying?
Yes, for the bars, restaurants, tea rooms and spa, booked ahead and dressed as the rules ask. The gardens are open only to those with a restaurant or bar booking. The pools, gym, tennis and padel are for residents only. Booking and dress are checked at the gate: anyone arriving without the one or dressed otherwise does not get in, as several reviews in 2026 describe.
What is the dress code?
Elegant dress in every restaurant and bar. Flip-flops and plastic sandals are banned for men and women; after 6pm no shorts, even smart ones, except for children under 12. Backpacks and large bags go to the Ksar Gate cloakroom, and photography is not allowed.
Which room should you choose?
The Classic and Superior rooms, 28 to 40 m², look over the Hivernage, the modern quarter; for a real view take a Koutoubia Deluxe, facing the minaret, or an Agdal Deluxe, over the pool and the Atlas. With a child the Park and Koutoubia Deluxe rooms work; for 4 you need a Park, Duplex, Hivernage or Prestige suite.
What is the spa like, and what does it cost?
2,500 m² with 2 traditional hammams and a private one, 10 treatment rooms, an indoor pool, a Jacuzzi and a sauna; 9am to 9pm. The 60-minute hammam is 1,300 dirhams, the signature massage 1,500. Non-residents can book if there is room, leaving a card, but treatments do not include the pool. The spa.
What is the pool like?
25 by 26 metres, lined in Murano glass and heated to 28°C all year, open from 8am to sunset; hours change during Ramadan. It is for residents only, and guests’ friends cannot use it either. The spa’s indoor pool is 18-plus, 16 with an adult.
Which restaurants are there?
L’Asiatique by Jean-Georges and L’Italien by Simone Zanoni, at lunch and dinner; Le Marocain at night only, with music; the Pavillon de la Piscine for breakfast and lunch, with Sunday brunch. Then Pierre Hermé’s tea rooms and 4 bars. Guides that give L’Italien to Jean-Georges have been out of date since September 2025. The restaurants.
How far is Jemaa el-Fna?
1.1 km, 15 minutes on foot along the measured route, 14 by Google Hotels; Tripadvisor says 5 minutes. The Koutoubia is 8 minutes away, the Bahia Palace 23, the Jardin Majorelle 5 minutes by taxi.
Can you go with children?
Yes, at any age, but there is no kids’ club: the hotel arranges babysitting, and there is a games room. Cots are free under 2; an extra bed is 950 dirhams a night from 2 to 12, in some rooms. In the restaurants children from 4 to 12 pay half.
Is breakfast included?
No: it is a buffet at the Pavillon de la Piscine from 7am to 11am, priced on request. Some offers include it. In the tea rooms a continental breakfast is 150 dirhams.
How do you get there, and where do you park?
Menara airport is 5.9 km away, 9 minutes by car; the hotel transfer is charged, except for the exceptional suites and the riads. Valet parking is guarded, about 10 minutes’ walk away, with a shuttle. Check-in is from 3pm and check-out by noon.
What are the cancellation terms?
The site publishes no single rule: terms change with the period and the offer and are written in the confirmation. Usually nothing is paid in advance, but a card is needed; a Signature Suite or a riad takes a deposit. At Easter, All Saints and the year end there is a minimum stay.
Can you marry at La Mamounia?
Yes: you can take the whole hotel, or use the gardens, the black-and-white patio, Le Marocain’s marquee and the 450 m² Grand Salon; events run from 10 to 300 people. An event needs at least 10 rooms; the bridal suite is the Baldaquin.
Is it worth booking direct?
Not always: on the 3 dates read on Google the hotel’s site was 6% to 18% above the cheapest platform. Booking at least 30 days ahead, though, the official site takes off 15%, and with 5 nights in a suite the fifth is free.
Is it open all year?
The official pages we read mention no seasonal closure, and Google Hotels showed prices for every month from October 2026 to May 2027. Sunday brunch pauses in summer and quiet periods; at Easter, All Saints and the year end there is a minimum stay.
Is there a New Year’s Eve dinner?
Yes. In 2025 New Year’s Eve brought 6 different evenings with live bands: at the Mamounia Gallery, L’Oenothèque, L’Asiatique, L’Italien, Le Marocain and the Majorelle Gallery; on 1 January, brunch. On 1 October 2026 this year’s programme was not out yet. The 2025 festive season.
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