Marrakech The souks & Ben Youssef

Supermarket · wine cellar

Supermarché Label'Vie

The closest place to the medina to buy alcohol: a downstairs "cave" with a big range of wine, beer and spirits at supermarket prices (good Moroccan reds and whites from about £5–6).

Résidence la Fontaine, 1 Bd Al Yarmouk, just outside the western walls: about 20 minutes' walk from Mouassine, or 5 minutes by taxi

Al Maleh House

Medina Bazaar

Living Moroccan craft traditions: inlaid tables, bone and mother-of-pearl pieces, antiques.

Rue Sidi Isshak, off Rue Sidi el Yamani

Berber rugs · kilims · wholesale and retail

Bakr Carpets

Small rug shop on the same street as Al Maleh, rated 5.0 from 68 reviews.

169 Rue Sidi Ishak

Berber rugs · cushions · three floors

Bazar Salama

Ismail's three-storey building packed with Berber rugs and cushions.

55 Souk Milouda, Derb Sidi Ishak, practically next door to Bakr Carpets

Vintage rugs · textiles · antiques

Soufny Art Gallery

Ibrahim Noubl's gallery: vintage rugs (including old Rabat pieces), new carpets made to order, textiles, cushions, antiques and art.

18 Rue Sidi el Yamani

Al Maleh House · café

Still

Their coffee shop, set among antique chests.

inside the Al Maleh medina shop

Concept store · gallery · rooftop café

Medina Heritage

M Vitrine concept store with work from 40+ Moroccan makers: rugs, tableware, candles, bags, jewellery.

Laksour quarter, by Bab Laksour

Restaurant · bar · serves wine

La Table du Palais Lamrani

Moroccan and French-influenced à la carte.

63 Rue Sidi el Yamani, Mouassine

Riad · hammam · dinner

Neighbours Boutique Riad

Boutique riad in Mouassine with a hammam, and dinner if you book.

62/63 Derb Snane, Mouassine

Coffee house in a palace

Bacha Coffee

The famous coffee room inside the Dar el Bacha Palace museum, with a huge list of single-origin coffees and a shop to buy beans.

Dar el Bacha, Route Sidi Abdelaziz

Garden · café · shop

Le Jardin Secret

Restored riad gardens in Mouassine with a café, a shop and a tower with rooftop views.

121 Rue Mouassine

Ceramics · Tamegroute green glaze

Tamegroute Ceramic

Tamegroute pottery: the rough, drippy green-glazed ceramics from the Draa Valley village of Tamegroute.

192 Rue Mouassine, Fondouk Sarsar, shop no. 19

Textiles

By Faissal

Hand-woven scarves and textiles.

119 Rue Mouassine (second shop on Souk Ahl Fes)

Brass · leather · crochet lampshades

HAMIMI

Brass jewellery, leather bags and crocheted lampshades.

new boutique planned on Dar el Bacha for 2026, check it's open

Vintage · eclectic furniture

Ministerio del Gusto

Vintage pieces and eclectic furniture with African influences.

22 Derb Azouz el Mouassine

High-end gallery of antique furniture and embroideries, with one of Morocco's largest textile collections.

Rue Dar el Bacha

Designer stalls · cushions · décor

Souk Cherifa

Small upstairs souk of young designers: silk-screened cushion covers, home décor, fashion.

Sidi Abdelaziz, near Rue Amsafah

Handblown Beldi glassware · skincare

La Boutique de la Terrasse

The Terrasse des Épices boutique, in the Souk Cherifa building: handblown Beldi wine and water glasses, plus argan oil and local skincare with very patient, helpful staff.

Souk Cherifa, 15 Route Sidi Abdelaziz

Homewares · furniture · ships worldwide

Foundouk Tadlaoui

A foundouk full of homewares, pottery, furniture, art and leather, and they ship worldwide.

192 Derb Caid Rasso, by Dar el Bacha

Handmade jewellery

MGAD Workshop

Small workshop selling handmade jewellery with all sorts of stones: earrings, rings and more.

24 Souk el Jeld, Kimakhine, just into the souks from Mouassine

Clothes · two-piece sets

Bysly

Medina boutique for light, elegant clothes.

86 Rue Azbezt, same street as Naima

Clothes · perfume · pottery

DIFFERENT. Concept Store

Big, airy concept store: Moroccan-heritage clothes with a street-style edge, bags, belts, pottery and Heritage Berbère perfumes.

14 Rue Amsafah, Sidi Abdelaziz, near Atay Café

Carpets · Berber and Moroccan rugs · poufs

Biddarugs

Moussa's rug bazaar: a courtyard piled with Berber and Moroccan rugs, from vintage boucherouites to Beni Ourain-style pieces and poufs.

54 Derb Lalla Bent el Amri, Rue Assoul, north of Rue Amsafah

Accessories

Ourika The Label

Clutch bags and rug clogs.

80 Rue Amsafah

Rooftop café · views

Atay Café

Rooftop café with views to the Atlas: mint tea, Moroccan bruschettas, pastilla.

62 Rue Amsafah, Sidi Abdelaziz, about 5–7 min walk

Restaurant · café · gallery

Dar Cherifa

Historic house in Mouassine, contemporary with the Ben Youssef Madrasa, reopened in 2000.

8 Derb Chorfa Lkabir, Mouassine

Café · daily street food

Fatima Food

Small neighbourhood café with a daily-changing menu of street food: Moroccan salad, loubia beans, lentils, tagines.

Dar el Bacha

Dinner · set menu · live music

Dar Marjana

Local favourite since 1981 in a 19th-century family home: tiled walls, a courtyard of big trees and a fountain.

15 Derb Sidi Ali Tair, opposite Dar el Bacha Palace

Open-fire kitchen · terrace · cocktails

Flowers

Botanical, light, Moroccan-produce cooking from an open fire, in colourful magazine-worthy rooms with a terrace.

Dar Marjana, 15 Derb Sidi Ali Tair, Dar el Bacha, down a small alley

Homewares · furniture · carpets

Mustapha Blaoui

Huge warehouse-style shop of interior finds from across Morocco and beyond: lanterns, mirrors, inlaid furniture, teapots, a big carpet collection.

142–144 Rue Bab Doukkala

Carpets · handmade pieces

Bazar Les Palmiers

A family-run favourite with a brilliant selection of carpets and handmade pieces, also top of El Fenn's rug list: owner Hamid Habibi is one of the most experienced dealers in the city, known for vintage sugar-pink Azilals and old kilims.

Rue Ank Jemel, next to Limoni restaurant, north of Dar el Bacha (El Fenn also lists 2/4 Souk Charia, near Ben Youssef)

Home linen · towels · slippers · tableware

V. Barkowski Store

Designer Valérie Barkowski's shop: refined, contemporary takes on Moroccan craft.

142 Arset Aouzal, right next to Mustapha Blaoui

Mexican · rooftop · cocktails & wine

Azulik Inla

Proper Mexican cooking (tacos, ceviche, quesadillas, churros) behind a quiet door.

Bab Doukkala quarter, near Mustapha Blaoui; exact address to confirm

Rooftop restaurant · pastry · concept store

Maison Reine

Naëlle Guennoun's rooftop, famous for her cakes and pavlova.

32 bis Rue Fatima Zahra, the road along the medina's west side, a short walk from Bab Laksour

Dinner · four-course feast · Bill Willis interiors

Dar Yacout

Mohammed Zkhiri's famous restaurant in a palatial riad designed by Bill Willis: salons and courtyards of stained glass, carved plaster, tadelakt, vaulted brick and zellige.

79 Sidi Ahmed Soussi, through the Bab Yacout arcade (IZZA side)

Boutique hotel

IZZA

A boutique hotel hung with 300+ contemporary artworks; its restaurant is Noujoum.

46 Driba Laarida, 46 Sidi Ahmed Soussi

Restaurant at IZZA · bar

Noujoum

IZZA's restaurant, among 300+ contemporary artworks and handmade tableware.

46 Derb Driba Laarida, Sidi Ahmed Soussi

Gourmet Moroccan · 17th-century riad · cocktails

Dar Zellij

Same group as Dar Cherifa and 1112.

1 Kaasour, Sidi Ben Slimane, north-west medina near Riad Muarid

Tea house · garden riad · tea shop

1112 Tea House

Regional Moroccan teas in silver pots in a calm garden riad, with pastries, a rooftop and a little tea shop to buy blends to take home.

12 Talaa Ben Youssef, about 10 min walk north-east through the souks

Photography museum · rooftop café

Maison de la Photographie

Black-and-white photographs of Morocco from the 1870s to the 1950s across several floors of a restored house, plus a 1950s film on Berber life.

46 Rue Ahl Fes, by Ben Youssef

Vintage Beni Ouarain · Boujad · Beni Mguild

Hunter from Atlas

Adil Chhybi sources vintage Boujad, Beni Ouarain and Beni Mguild rugs from the mountains himself, plus some new ones.

Derb Nkhel (Derb Nkhal), near the spice square; exact address via Instagram

Berber rugs · cushions

Lahandira

Rated 5.0 from 338 reviews, which is rare.

44 Znikat Rahba, by the spice square (Rahba Kedima), north of Jemaa el-Fnaa; go through the souks from Ben Youssef

Leather bags

Chez Ibrahim Le Berbère

A huge choice of leather and suede bags at fair prices, and they'll make one to your design.

5/42 Rue Biadine, in the souks a few hundred metres north of Jemaa el-Fnaa; approach from the north

Modern Moroccan · rooftop

L’Mida

Traditional house with one of the medina's highest rooftops, styled by Noon Interior Studio: wicker, linen, marble, hanging plants.

78 bis Derb Nkhal, by the spice square, about 15 min through the souks

Ceramics · tableware · outlet prices

Chabi Chic Outlet

Chabi Chic's outlet: their ceramics and homewares at reduced prices.

Shop 106, Rue Riad Zitoun el Jdid, opposite Rue Boulfdail

Wholesale · ceramics · planters · garden furniture

Poterie Abdelmalek

Huge pottery wholesaler just outside the medina's eastern walls, about 10 minutes by taxi, with the widest choice of glazed planters, ceramics, glassware, zellige mosaic tables and garden furniture, at fixed prices well below the souks.

4 Bd du Golf, Erabia, just east of the medina walls

Rooftop · cocktails

Otto

Minimalist rooftop restaurant and bar.

229 Rue Riad Zitoun el Jdid (Bahia side, near Rosemary)

Rooftop lunch

Rosemary

A riad designed by LRNCE.

25 Rue de la Bahia

Lebanese · mezze · grill

Naranj

Locals' favourite medina restaurant.

84 Rue Riad Zitoun el Jdid (Bahia side, same street as La Famille)

Lunch only · vegetarian · small shop

La Famille

Garden restaurant under lemon trees in a former riad.

34 Derb Jdid, off Riad Zitoun el Jdid (Bahia side, so taxi rather than walking across the square)

Riad hotel · home-cooked Moroccan · rooftop pool

The Mellah Hotel

Ten-room riad in a former rabbi's house in the old Jewish quarter, where Ruth and Zoe stayed.

113 Derb Alaati Allah, Mellah, near the Bahia Palace

Palace hotel · gardens · tea · bars

La Mamounia

Marrakech's grand 1920s palace hotel.

Avenue Bab Jdid, south-west edge of the medina; the taxi goes round by road, not through the square

19th-century palace.

Rue Riad Zitoun el Jdid

16th-century palace ruins.

Ksibat Nhass

Asian fine dining.

La Mamounia, Bab Jdid

Jazz and cocktails.

4 Derb Lahbab, Riad Zitoun Lakdim

Brasserie at the Royal Mansour. Pin is the hotel.

Rue Abou Abbas El Sebti

Moroccan restaurant with Andalusian trio.

La Mamounia, Bab Jdid

Palace hotel.

Rue Abou Abbas El Sebti

Italian by Massimiliano Alajmo.

Royal Mansour

Rooftop on the jewellery museum.

39-40 Ksibat Nhass

1930s villa restaurant-bar.

7 Rue Ibn Rochd

Riad · rooftop view

Dar Yuba

Riad hotel in the medina that Marie Bastide recommends for its majestic rooftop view.

in the medina, address to confirm

Custom rugs · see the looms

Beni Rugs

Custom rugs made to your shape, colour and pattern, with a showroom where you can watch the weavers at work.

806 Massar, Route de Safi

Fashion · carpet sandals

Nekhoui Shop

Cool fashion, including the carpet sandals @goinghomebroke wears.

not on Google yet; look up the shop on Instagram

Garden · museums

Jardin Majorelle and YSL Museum

Yves Saint Laurent's cobalt-blue garden, with the Berber Museum inside and the YSL Museum next door.

Rue Yves Saint Laurent, same street as 33 Rue Majorelle and Chabi Chic

Supermarket · wine

Carrefour Market Gourmet, Carré Eden

Gourmet supermarket in the Carré Eden mall with a separate alcohol department: Moroccan wine and imported beer.

Carré Eden, Boulevard Mohammed V, Guéliz

Al Maleh House · flagship

The Original Underground Bazaar

1,500 m² underground: antiques, cedar furniture, bone-inlay chests, brass lanterns and rare carpets.

Guéliz, exact address to confirm

Concept store

33 Rue Majorelle

Curated Moroccan design: home goods, jewellery, bags, skincare, stationery.

33 Rue Yves Saint Laurent, by Jardin Majorelle

Ceramics · candles · textiles

Chabi Chic Boutique Majorelle

Chabi Chic's shop by the Majorelle Garden: painted ceramics, candles, décor and textiles.

4 Rue Yves Saint Laurent, same street as 33 Rue Majorelle

Concept store · restaurant · boutique hotel

MORO

Boutique hotel with a concept store and restaurant, steps from the Majorelle Garden.

corner of Rue Yves Saint Laurent and Avenue Yaacoub el Mansour, Guéliz

Homewares · crafted in Morocco

Marie Bastide

Beautiful things crafted in Morocco.

32 Rue de la Liberté, Guéliz

Antique and vintage rugs · museum quality

Ben Rahal

Antiques dealer of about 60 years' standing, specialising in 20th-century hand-loomed carpets, many of them museum quality, and faded vintage Boujads.

28 Rue de la Liberté, Guéliz, a few doors from Marie Bastide

Contemporary handmade rugs

Studio Sana Benzaitar

Sana Benzaitar's studio: traditional Moroccan weaving with modern designs, woven by women artisans with good wool and colours.

8 Rue des Vieux Marrakechis, Guéliz, near Rue de la Liberté

Specialty coffee · gallery

Thirty5ive

Listed among the world's top 100 coffee shops.

3 Rue el Imam Malik, Guéliz

Restaurant · cocktails · farm-to-fork

Farmers

Dinner only, Tue–Sat 7–11pm; book ahead.

96 Rue Mohammed El Beqal, Guéliz

Lunch · non-profit

Amal Center

Non-profit training disadvantaged women as cooks since 2012, with a casual courtyard restaurant.

Rue Allal Ben Ahmed, Guéliz

Restaurant · sharing plates

Mizaan

New, minimalist and chic: low terracotta pendants, Art Deco furniture.

255 Avenue Mohammed V, Guéliz

Restaurant · designed by Studio KO

Sahbi Sahbi

Studio KO interior of warm brick, wood and tile.

37 Boulevard el Mansour Eddahbi, Guéliz

Patisserie · light lunch

Amandine

Contemporary patisserie mixing Moroccan and French: gazelle horns, chebakia, mhencha, orange and cardamom ghriba, plus fruit tarts, millefeuille and macarons.

177 Rue Mohammed el Beqal, Guéliz (moved; same street as +61)

Restaurant · wine · cocktails

+61

Bill Granger-style mid-century modern restaurant, always busy.

96 Rue Mohammed el Beqal, Guéliz (same address as Farmers)

Brunch café · farm shop

Blue Ribbon

The centre of the brunch scene, run by the owner of Sanctuary Slimane farm.

Magasin 12, 96 Rue Mohammed el Beqal, Guéliz (same Art Deco arcade as Farmers and +61)

Brunch · bar · garden

Petanque Social Club

From the team behind Nomad and Café des Epices, in a restored 1930s pétanque club: big walled garden under rubber trees, boule track, bar, vintage furniture by Ibiza studio Alexeja and Diego.

70 Boulevard el Mansour Eddahbi, Guéliz (same street as Sahbi Sahbi)

Moroccan restaurant run by women; famous mezze.

55 Bd Mohamed Zerktouni

Experimental cocktail bar with food.

Rue Moulay Ali

Cosy restaurant with sommelier-paired dishes.

22 Rue Moulay Ali

Art Deco bistro.

Bd El Mansour Eddahbi / Av. Imam Malik

Laetitia Trouillet's bags.

35 Bd el Mansour Eddahbi

French-Moroccan bistro.

27 Rue Moulay Ali

Contemporary Moroccan art.

60 Bd el Mansour Eddahbi

Adults-only, 8 rooms, pool, spa.

7 Rue Al Madina

YSL & Pierre Bergé's house; private tours.

Jardin Majorelle

Farm · lunch · art and textiles

Farasha Farmhouse

Eleven-suite farmhouse with a regenerative farm and an in-house collection of art and textiles.

KM 30 Route de Fès, Jaidate, about 30 min drive

Gallery · boutique · restaurant · tea salon

Jajjah by Hassan Hajjaj

The photographer Hassan Hajjaj's creative space: bright colour, geometric backdrops, a gallery and boutique.

114–116 Industrial Quarter, Sidi Ghanem, about 15 min by car

Ceramics · tableware · showroom

Chabi Chic Showroom

Chabi Chic's flagship: the full range of tableware, linen, clothing and scents, with new collections first.

435 Industrial District, ZI Sidi Ghanem

Zellige tables · tiles · furniture

L'atelier Maloukti

Zellige workshop and showroom: custom zellige-topped tables, wall pieces and kilim-upholstered chairs, made in the workshop you walk through.

225 Rue Sidi Ghanem

Handmade cement and zellige tiles

Popham Design

The cult handmade tile company: graphic cement and zellige tiles sold worldwide.

Km 7, Route de l'Ourika, south of the city

Clothes · homewares · LRNCE studio

LRNCE Studio

Laurence Leenaert's studio and showroom: her painted ceramics, rugs, textiles and clothes.

59 Rue Sidi Ghanem

Homewares · furniture · deli café

Maison Sarayan

High-end interiors showroom with Moroccan craft pieces, an indoor garden, deli café and an in-house clothing line.

Lot 377, Sidi Ghanem

Al Maleh House · workshop

Atelier, Temelalet

Where bespoke pieces are made in cedar, bone inlay, mother of pearl and brass.

Temelalet, ask whether visits are possible

Framing workshop and gift shop.

281 rue principale, Sidi Ghanem

Restaurant by night, disco later.

Km 3.5 Route de l'Ourika

Aman resort 12 km out.

km 12 Route de Ouarzazate

Estate with pools, spa, day passes.

Km 6 Route du Barrage

11-room guesthouse.

Rue Assawssan, Palmeraie

Contemporary African art museum.

Al Maaden

Hand-woven clothing atelier.

933 Route de Safi

Pavilions with infinity pool, ~2.5 h drive.

Douar Marigha

Green pottery at source. NB in Tamegroute village, ~8 h drive from Marrakech.

N9, Tamegroute

Jacques Garcia palace hotel.

Km 5 Route d'Amizmiz

Take Me To Morocco · shopping tour

Marrakech for Designers, with Jamal

Private shopping tour of the souks and independent artisan ateliers: antique and Berber rugs, textiles, leather, pottery, jewellery and home objects, with a focus on provenance.

Rugs · textiles · baskets · fixed prices

Coopérative Art Tissage Tam

About 200 artisans in seven local craft groups under one roof since 2009, with sales funding a women's literacy and health association: men weave cotton, linen, wool and cactus-silk rugs on narrow looms, women do the embroidery, sewing and basketry.

133 Houmt Sour, Tameslouht, about 30 minutes south-west of Marrakech; about 20 minutes' drive from Berber Lodge

Pottery workshop · ceramics · concept store

Salsala

Pottery studio and shop: artistic Moroccan ceramics and home pieces, plus beginner pottery classes with Amine, who reviewers say is patient, warm and great fun.

Km 12, Route d'Amizmiz, between Marrakech and Tameslouht

The women weavers' association, about 60 local women, founded in 2012 by a Peace Corps volunteer and a local man and run by the women since 2013.

Tameslouht village; ask Berber Lodge or Art Tissage Tam to point you there

Boutique guesthouse · Ourika valley

Dar Zohra Ourika

Guesthouse in the Ourika valley in the Atlas foothills, south of Marrakech.

Hotel · Essaouira

Villa Maroc

A hotel in Essaouira's medina; Les Jardins de Villa Maroc is its garden house outside town.

10 Rue Abdellah Ben Yassine

Garden riad · Essaouira

Les Jardins de Villa Maroc

Villa Maroc's garden house in Essaouira.

Route Essaouira km 12

Hotel · Essaouira

Heure Bleue Palais

A palace hotel in Essaouira's medina.

2 Rue Ibn Batouta

Hotel · Essaouira

Villa Beldi

A hotel just south of Essaouira, on the Agadir road.

KM1 Rue d'Agadir

Hotel · Essaouira

Le Jardin des Douars

A hotel in the countryside just outside Essaouira.

N1, Essaouira

Shop and design · Tangier

The Tangier Bureau

Design and objects in Tangier.

Guesthouse · Rabat

Dar Shâan

Guesthouse in Rabat.

Antiques · Fes

Fes Antiques

Antiques in Fes.

Rugs · Essaouira

Galerie Jama

Mustapha's rug gallery in Essaouira: Berber rugs of all ages over several floors, the top one like a museum.

Rue Ibn Rochd, Essaouira

Rug cooperative · ships worldwide

The Anou Cooperative

Artisan-run cooperative in Fes: rugs straight from the weavers at transparent prices, no middlemen, and they ship worldwide.

Fes (buy online from home)

Kasbah retreat · Skoura oasis

Dar Ahlam

Thierry Teyssier's kasbah in the Skoura palm oasis, open since 2002 and one of Morocco's most celebrated hideaways.

Douar Oulad Cheik Ali, Skoura, near Ouarzazate: about 4–5 hours' drive from Marrakech over the Tizi n'Tichka pass, or 45 minutes from Ouarzazate airport

Countryside lodge · gardens · pool

Berber Lodge

Earth-walled lodge in olive groves outside the city, designed by Romain Michel-Ménière.

Oumnass, about 40 minutes south-west of Marrakech

Riad · garden · rooftop

Riad Jardin Secret

Art-filled riad with a lovely garden and rooftop, known for its breakfasts.

43 Arset Aouzal, near Mustapha Blaoui

Riad · quiet · home cooking

Dar Kawa

Valérie Barkowski's riad (her shop is next to Mustapha Blaoui).

18 Derb Ouali, north medina near Ben Youssef

Riad

Le Riad Berbère

A riad near Ben Youssef, a couple of minutes from the Maison de la Photographie.

23 Derb Sidi Ahmed Ben Nasser, Kaat Benahid

Tiny souk tailor for kaftans, jackets and babouches.

10 Derb Semmarine

16th-century Islamic college.

Rue Assouel

Rooftop modern Moroccan.

1 Derb Aarjane

Riad

Riad Brummell Medina

A riad by Dar el Bacha, a couple of minutes from Foundouk Tadlaoui.

20 Derb Assabbane

Design riad by Dar el Bacha.

61 Derb Abid Allah

Japanese-minimal meets Moroccan craft.

38 Souk El Kimakhin

Terrace over Souk Cherifa.

15 Souk Cherifia, Sidi Abdelaziz

Garden restaurant, no alcohol.

32 Souk Jeld Sidi Abdelaziz

Rug showroom by Dar el Bacha.

Dar el Bacha

Tea and herbal blends.

184 Rue Mouassine

Riad · pool · rooftop

Riad Kitula

Riad with a big pool, spacious rooms and a much-praised breakfast and staff.

Google lists it at 41 Derb Fhal Zefriti, possibly under the name Riad Al Rimal; confirm

Restaurant with nightly belly dancing.

Av. Echouhada

Rooftop food and cocktails by the Koutoubia.

1 Rue Fatima Zahra

Set-menu riad dinner with music.

Derb Abdellah Ben Hessein, Bab Ksour

Rug shop since the 1930s.

16 Rue Moulay Taib, Rue el Ksour

Art riad, rooftop.

2 Derb Moulay Abdullah Ben Hezzian

Riad · three bedrooms · Sidi Ben Slimane

Riad Muarid

Tiny luxury riad with three ensuite bedrooms plus the new Douiria rooms.

Sidi Ben Slimane, the quiet north of the medina beyond IZZA; guests are met at a meeting point and walked in

Henna and lunch, charity-run.

144 Arset Aouzal

Riad hotel with courtyard pool.

41 Derb Lahcen ou Ali

Historic riad hotel, hammam, cooking classes.

Derb Assehbi