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Backdropped by the Atlas Mountains just outside the city’s historic centre, Park Hyatt Marrakech is your post-medina palate cleanser. This palatial family-friendly resort is steeped in Moroccan traditions, from spoiling hammam rituals and heritage Arabic cuisine to steaming pots of tea that fill the bar with scents of mint and orange blossom. While you’re living your best cucumbers-on-the-eyes life by the pool, little ones can have larks aplenty at the kids’ club. And when it’s time to hit the souks, you’ll emerge battery charged and best bartering face on – grab a tote and get back out there, tiger.
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Noon. Check-in is at 3pm, but flexible, subject to availability.
Prices
Double rooms from £371.67 (MAD4,675), including tax at 10 per cent. Please note the hotel charges an additional local city tax of MAD49.50 per person per night on check-out.
More details
Rates at Park Hyatt Marrakech are room-only, but buffet and à la carte breakfast options are available at Tfaya for MAD350 a person.
Also
There are two King Rooms with Accessible Showers, designed for guests with limited mobility. The showers in these rooms have low or level access trays, grab bar and handrails, and there is also a seat in the bathroom. All of the hotel’s communal areas are wheelchair accessible, including the spa, pools and restaurants.
At the hotel
Spa, hammam, fitness centre, kids’ club, laundry service and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV, Bose sound system, air-conditioning, Nespresso coffee machine, Tchaba tea, minibar, free bottled water, bathrobes and Le Labo bath products.
Our favourite rooms
Any of the mountain-view suites is a sure-fire winner. For a fully decked-out home from home, the Duplex Suite has acres of living space, a kitchen and a fitness room, plus a private pool and Atlas-gazing terraces.
Poolside
The heated outdoor Atlas pool is soundtracked by the rustle of palms and an adults-only hush – punctuate long sunlounger-based days with Mediterranean plates from the Terrace and Pool Pavilion. There’s a second, smaller outdoor pool with a grown-up atmosphere, and water babies are welcome at the child-friendly Oasis pool, an unheated alfresco spot. All the pools are open from 10am to 7pm.
Spa
The hotel’s spa draws from Morocco’s deep well of traditional healing methods. Hammam rituals unfurl in private cabins, and expert therapists work their magic with a menu of holistic massages. There’s also a heated indoor swimming pool, a jacuzzi, a steam room and a sauna. The fitness centre is open 24-hours, with Technogym equipment, two private studios for boxing, yoga, meditation and Pilates, as well as group and private fitness and wellness classes. And once you’ve got your inner glow sorted, the hair and nail salon will take care of the outer.
Packing tips
The hotel looks out over the lush fairways of Al Maaden Golf Course, so throw a polo shirt in between the trunks and poolside paperback if you see teeing off in the tea leaves.
Also
The hotel has a jogging trail, lest a holiday get in the way of your daily steps goal – hey, everyone unwinds differently.
Pet‐friendly
Pets weighing up to six kilogrammes are welcome in all rooms, and will have their own bed and food bowls waiting for them for a daily fee of MAD500. See more pet-friendly hotels in Marrakech.
Children
Little Smiths are welcome and well catered for.
Best for
All ages are welcome; little Smiths over four will be well catered for, but older children will jive best with the sophisticated atmosphere and high-octane jaunts.
Recommended rooms
The Two-Bedroom Family Suite is set up for kids, with a king-size master bedroom and a second bedroom with twin beds. The Two- and Three-Bedroom Duplex Suites, made up of connecting rooms, make for super-spacious options.
Crèche
Open daily from 10am to 6pm, the free kids’ club keeps children aged four to 12 entertained with a fun-packed schedule including painting, pottery, swimming and gardening.
Activities
Older adventurers will get a kick out of hot air balloon trips and desert safaris.
Swimming pool
The hotel’s main pool is adults-only, but the heated outdoor Oasis pool is child-friendly.
Babysitting
Babysitting can be booked with 24 hours’ notice, from MAD200 an hour.
Dine alfresco to soak up evening sun and the scent of citrus trees.
Dress Code
A souk-sourced kaftan strikes the right balance – maybe you’re staying for cocktails, maybe your mind’s already wandered back to the pool.
Hotel restaurant
Tfaya is the hotel’s Moroccan brasserie, where star chef Issam Rhachi elevates childhood memories of his grandmother’s recipes into elegant modern dishes. The baolo en pastilla, a flaky slow-roasted lamb pie, puts an haute spin on a staple of Jemaa el-Fnaa square, and lobsters are barbecued in a zesty marinade of black garlic, saffron, smoked paprika and candied lemon.
For a long, sun-warmed lunch, linger in one of the Terrace and Pool Pavilion’s bougainvillaea-draped pergolas. Alongside a nourishing menu of salads and sushi and comfort food classics, like lobster rolls and sole and chips, you’ll find heartier dishes including ravioli with confit leek and roasted sea bass with kaffir leaves, fennel and a citrus Provençal sauce.
Hotel bar
The Living Room is the hotel’s all-day tea salon and bar. Cosy up by the fireplace and flick through a volume from the book collection over fragrant pots of tea, tapas and tipples.
Last orders
Breakfast is served at Tfaya from 7am to 11am, dinner from 7pm to 1am. The Terrace and Pool Pavilion is open from noon to 7pm, and the Living Room keeps the drinks going till 1am.
Room service
There’s 24-hour room service, so stirring is entirely optional.
Park Hyatt Marrakech is in a quiet spot a 20-minute drive from the medina, bounded by greenery and backdropped by the Atlas Mountains.
Planes
Marrakech Menara Airport is around a 20-minute drive away. The hotel can arrange transfers from MAD700 each way, for up to three people and four suitcases.
Trains
Coast in from Casablanca or Fez on the scenic Al Atlas train. You’ll arrive at Marrakech train station, a half-hour drive away. The hotel can arrange transfers from MAD300 each way.
Automobiles
Driving in Marrakech is a daunting prospect best left to the pros, but if you do bring a car, there’s free valet parking at the hotel.
Worth getting out of bed for
For sightseeing with added adrenalin, the hotel can help arrange all sorts of white-knuckle trips – soar over the Moroccan landscape on a hot air balloon ride, paraglide over the Kik Plateau, set out on an Agafay Desert safari, or take a tailored tour from the mountains to the medina in a vintage sidecar.
Calmer cultural highlights include the Comptoir des Mines Galerie, which celebrates contemporary African artists, and the House of Photography of Marrakech, which gives a poignant look into the city’s past. Just by the Jardin Majorelle, the Yves Saint Laurent Museum is a must for style mavens. And to scout out your own statement pieces, stop in for a mint tea and a mooch at Riad Yima. The gallery and boutique is devoted to the work of Moroccan art rockstar, Hassan Hajjaj, with handmade clothing and homewares all bearing his signature kaleidoscopic prints.
Local restaurants
Women-run restaurant Al Fassia has two central Marrakech locations – make your way to either for vibrant Moroccan salads and flaky briouats, made with ingredients sourced from small local producers or plucked straight from the garden. Le Jardin makes a leafy respite from the maze-like medina. The converted riad’s cool mid-century design is enticing enough, but the prospect of chicken pastilla, feta-stuffed pastries and orange blossom-infused puddings might tempt you to linger indefinitely.
Local cafés
Loved equally by locals and in-the-loop visitors, Café des Épice is a buzzy rooftop spot in the heart of the medina. It’s the original venture from the folks behind Le Jardin, so you can expect effortlessly chic design, authentic Moroccan dishes and plenty of hot mint tea.
Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this mountain-gazing hotel in Morocco and unpacked their medina finds and mint and orange blossom tea, a full account of their soothing city break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Park Hyatt Marrakech…
It’s an alluring prospect, getting lost in the labyrinthine heart of the Marrakech medina, where souk stalls are piled high with traditional crafts, the air warm with cinnamon and ginger. But cobbles and constant hubbub can take their toll, and spending a whole holiday sun-baked and horizontal sounds pretty appealing, too. Park Hyatt Marrakech is for fans of having their cake and feasting on it.
A short drive outside the city’s historic heart, the resort is peaceful and palatial, but not bubble-wrapped from the local culture. High-ceilinged hallways are carved from Moroccan marble and decorated with bespoke pieces from Marrakechian craftspeople. Heritage-steeped cuisine comes courtesy of one of the city’s star chefs. And relaxation is found by the palm-framed pool, but equally in time-tested hammam rituals. So, the cake stand is empty and there are crumbs around your mouth. And when you’re recharged and ready to dive back into the city’s spirited centre, the hotel’s local staff can help you plan it all – how’s that for icing on top?
