Riad UP

Perched behind an unmarked wooden door on derb Boutouil in Kennaria, Riad UP hides its courtyard pool and sun deck from a street of leather workshops and spice stalls in Marrakech's old medina — a quiet base for travellers who want souk access without street noise reaching their room.

Upper rooms reach only by stairs, kept cool with single-room AC rather than central air. Staff run cooking classes and walking tours from the riad itself, and breakfast can be taken on the rooftop or delivered to the room.

Jemaa el-Fnaa lies a ten-minute walk through the medina's narrow lanes.