Riad Persephone

Twenty-four rooms wrap a tiled courtyard behind an unmarked door on Derb Zaari-Kennaria, deep in the Kennaria quarter of Marrakech's medina, a seven-minute walk from Jemaa el-Fna and its souks. Riad Persephone suits couples and small groups wanting a quiet courtyard base away from square noise, with staff able to arrange guides for the tanneries and palaces nearby.

A plunge pool and steam room sit off the ground-floor lounge, and the rooftop terrace catches Atlas Mountain views on clear winter mornings. Cooking classes and themed dinners run in-house, useful given the medina's narrow, hard-to-navigate lanes after dark.