Riad Monceau

Forty-eight steps from Place des Ferblantiers, Riad Monceau sits inside the Riad Zitoune Lkdim quarter of the Marrakech medina, its Derb Chaabane entrance unmarked among tanners' workshops and spice stalls. A carved cedar door opens onto a tiled courtyard with a small plunge pool and citrus trees.

Rooms wrap the courtyard on two floors, each with a private terrace nook rather than shared roof access. Breakfast is taken courtyard-side, mint tea poured before pastries.

The Bahia Palace lies six minutes on foot; Jemaa el-Fna is a fifteen-minute walk through the souks, best done at dusk when stalls light up.