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The hotel was located inside the medina, and felt a bit cramped. The hotel staff were amazing and kind, even making us a breakfast package for our very early morning departure from Marrakesh (very useful on a 10 hour Delta flight that provided very little food returning to ATL). They had umbrellas for guest use, very handy given that it rained while we were there. The room we stayed in was designated a "suite". But it was not a suite. It was a very small room (granted, with high ceilings) that left no space for luggage. The "suite part was a bridge from the hotel steps to the room (very tastefully decorated, and gave us space for our luggage), that overlooked our neighbors' room and allowed us to look directly onto the neighbors' "living room"--with their snacks, coats, and even hearing their conversations at full volume because there was no glass or partition shielding them from our view. We were part of their conversation. Ditto for the floor above us. They too had a bridge overlooking the room, and they could hear our conversation/vice versa. this meant that when one of us came in late, the others would be awakened. There was no sense of privacy unless you shut the glass doors of the room (and needless to say, no windows in the room), so a bit suffocating. But again, the staff was lovely. I would not recommend these rooms in that hotel to anyone.

It was a lovely hotel, renovated, with a beautiful garden, great dinner of chicken dumplings and rice. What a relief to have a great dinner that was not a tagine after 7 days of travel. Michelle was very warm and welcoming, and we enjoyed chatting with her over our excellent breakfast.

What an amazing experience! The tent is fully functioning: excellent toilet. Shower was hand-held but it did the trick--it was super cold, understandably. At first, we grumbled about how far a walk it was to our tent (given that it was quite empty due to snowed in roads that had prevented 20 guests from reaching). But we soon realized that the views from our tent were absolutely stunning. Sand dunes, no tents obstructing our views. We were very lucky to have such a great tent. The food was very good. The welcoming reception was lovely--tea and some snacks. The reception room was gorgeous and grand. Loved it! The bonfire was lovely. TBH, it felt like a bunch of Moroccan bros drumming for fun--but we didn't mind. They were sweet, kind, and enthusiastic, and very funny!

This hotel was great in location. We could catch a taxi easily a few steps outside the medina, and we were able to walk to a a number of great places, including a rooftop bar, where we had an amazing set of views.

This hotel had the most remarkable views of the mountains of Chefchaoun. Be warned: many many street steps to get up to hotel. But this is where you learn how incredibly fit and inshape the staff are--they lugged our 3 big bags up those steps and we lost sight of them! They brought us tea to warm us, and our balcony overlooking part of the city was magical. The room was very cold (understandable given that we were in the mountains in the winter), but it took a long time to heat up the room.

What a great place to hang out--a great cocktail hour with effusive and kind staff. We had a great charcuterie board with amazing Mekness wine a couple days before Christmas. The room was decorated cheerfully with some Christmas gear, and the roaring and warm fireplace was super welcome after a cold rainy day of touring. We got to meet the owner the next day, Alex and his colleague, Sandra, who were so cheerful and lovely to talk with. The breakfast was also so elaborate--very hospitable!

Excellent location, great breakfast. Great room with a view of part of the city.

Nice rooms and welcoming staff, particularly the younger man on the night staff - he was friendly and helpful.

Michelle and her team were great. The Kasbah was lovely. I wish we were able to go when there was warmer weather so that we could enjoy the courtyard more.

Gorgeous setting and we stayed warm despite the cold.

This Riad was lovely and the Riad staff was amazing. Great breakfast options as well. We really enjoyed our stay here.

Due to road closures in the middle Atlas mountains, we had to take an alternative route to get to Merzouga which added four hours to our already long drive, so we were late to arrive and had to take a truck into the camp. Our driver Mo was amazing during the bad weather and the additional delays. The staff at the desert camp arranged for us to have the camel ride experience in the morning as we went to see the sunrise and helped us set up a quad bike/atv experience in the dunes, which was a lot of fun. The desert camp itself is beautiful and I would highly recommend.

The drive was pretty and we enjoyed the Gorge but we did not enjoy the walking tour beforehand. The tour guide was really nice but there wasn't much to see and it really felt like we walked through a crumbling town to get to a place to sell us rugs. But also wanted another opportunity to talk about how great our driver Mo was.

Our guide was excellent. We felt a little pressured at the mosaic cooperative, although their process was interesting and the products were cool and they said you didn't have to buy anything, we felt somewhat like we needed to and that we weren't prepared to have a good idea what any of the items should cost.

Hicham was a great guide who shared a lot of interesting information about the history of Morocco and Marrakech.

Nawal was a wonderful host and teacher. It was delightful to be invited into her home and all of the food items were delicious.