Riad Marélia
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Fast facts
Check in from: | 14:00 |
|---|---|
Check out before: | 12:00 |
Pets | Pets not allowed |
Amenities
Wi-Fi
Air conditioning
Airport shuttle
Spa
Front desk 24 hour
Restaurant
More about Riad Marélia
Riad Marélia
Located in the Mellah, Riad Marélia offers 4 rooftop terraces, a big basin and a garden. Both Jemaa El Fna Square and Bahia Palace are only a 5-minute walk away.
Reviews from 
Anonymous traveller
Comment: 16 Feb 2026
Stayed in: Feb 2026
Pros:
- Good location - walking distance to some key sights and market.
- Rooms were clean
- Easy to book the airport transfer through Riad's contact
Cons:
- Not very suitable for a family of four (2 adults + 2 children) with room on 3rd floor, no lift and narrow staircase.
- The attendant only spoke French
- Very limited breakfast menu
- Toiletries were insufficient (only 1 50ml bottle of soap for 4 persons to be used for shower also)
- Wifi quality was poor for 3rd floor
- Very noisy at night due to the Riad located on a busy street
- Good location - walking distance to some key sights and market.
- Rooms were clean
- Easy to book the airport transfer through Riad's contact
Cons:
- Not very suitable for a family of four (2 adults + 2 children) with room on 3rd floor, no lift and narrow staircase.
- The attendant only spoke French
- Very limited breakfast menu
- Toiletries were insufficient (only 1 50ml bottle of soap for 4 persons to be used for shower also)
- Wifi quality was poor for 3rd floor
- Very noisy at night due to the Riad located on a busy street
Anonymous traveller
Comment: 11 Feb 2026
Stayed in: Feb 2026
Positives
- Ibraham, the old caretaker is pleasant & helpful.
- Location very near the Palaces and 15 minutes walk to Jemaa el Fnaa.
- Secluded rooftop terrace and can just about see above the city. Recommend looking out at 8.30am North East. You'll see the hot air balloons in the distance.
- Allowed check-in slightly earlier than planned.
- Can leave luggage on day of leaving so you don't have to carry around the Medina if you have a later flight.
Negatives
- Ibrahim, the caretaker can only speak Darija or French. The latter I only found out after 10-15 minutes of translation issues and gestures. I know very basic French so managed to get by after realising he could speak French.
- Breakfast can only be served from 8am. We only got this on the last day of 4 and it was just various bread and jam/honey. Not even an egg.
- Entry can only be by knocking. Translation issues but I think access is up to midnight latest. We arrived back at 10.30pm one night and was fine. Room lock is only a small padlock but going round the Medina this seems to be the common type of lock everywhere on outer doors too.
- Water pressure is non-existent when someone else is using water in the another room. We had the top floor room.
- Wifi weak in room, only suitable in courtyard or roof terrace.
- Arranged airport transfer on arrival didn't turn up so had to sort own taxi at the airport (cheaper anyway)
In all, it is a basic budget Riad that suited me & my mum but won't be for everyone.
- Ibraham, the old caretaker is pleasant & helpful.
- Location very near the Palaces and 15 minutes walk to Jemaa el Fnaa.
- Secluded rooftop terrace and can just about see above the city. Recommend looking out at 8.30am North East. You'll see the hot air balloons in the distance.
- Allowed check-in slightly earlier than planned.
- Can leave luggage on day of leaving so you don't have to carry around the Medina if you have a later flight.
Negatives
- Ibrahim, the caretaker can only speak Darija or French. The latter I only found out after 10-15 minutes of translation issues and gestures. I know very basic French so managed to get by after realising he could speak French.
- Breakfast can only be served from 8am. We only got this on the last day of 4 and it was just various bread and jam/honey. Not even an egg.
- Entry can only be by knocking. Translation issues but I think access is up to midnight latest. We arrived back at 10.30pm one night and was fine. Room lock is only a small padlock but going round the Medina this seems to be the common type of lock everywhere on outer doors too.
- Water pressure is non-existent when someone else is using water in the another room. We had the top floor room.
- Wifi weak in room, only suitable in courtyard or roof terrace.
- Arranged airport transfer on arrival didn't turn up so had to sort own taxi at the airport (cheaper anyway)
In all, it is a basic budget Riad that suited me & my mum but won't be for everyone.
Anonymous traveller
Comment: 17 Jan 2026
Stayed in: Nov 2025
Location was tucked in a corner of a busy street. It's a walk to central markets but not too far.
Perhaps it was after 20:00 but doorbell takes a while and a few rings to answer...had thought we couldn't get in a few times. And the phone rings out.
The gentleman was nice enough. Communication was a little hard as we didn't speak French or Arabic but we didn't need much so not too much of an issue.
Welcome tea was lovely.
The room was okay (up steep flights of stairs) A bit dark and dated but relatively clean. No toiletries and the floor was wet/half flooded.
Unfortunately we didn't stay for breakfast but I think it was the normal western pancakes and juice.
It was an okay place to stay for the night, though there are similar pricing accommodation around that might be slightly better.
Perhaps it was after 20:00 but doorbell takes a while and a few rings to answer...had thought we couldn't get in a few times. And the phone rings out.
The gentleman was nice enough. Communication was a little hard as we didn't speak French or Arabic but we didn't need much so not too much of an issue.
Welcome tea was lovely.
The room was okay (up steep flights of stairs) A bit dark and dated but relatively clean. No toiletries and the floor was wet/half flooded.
Unfortunately we didn't stay for breakfast but I think it was the normal western pancakes and juice.
It was an okay place to stay for the night, though there are similar pricing accommodation around that might be slightly better.
Anonymous traveller
Comment: 30 Dec 2025
Stayed in: Dec 2025
Don't walk away from this place: run. My buddy booked the single and I booked the suite on Expedia. We get there and the guy doesn't speak any English at all. No problem, I have Google translate. This dude REFUSED to communicate through Google translate. He would just look at me and say "speak French." What do you think I'm doing, my man? Then, we pay the room tax via euros. Again, no problem, except I gave him 30 euros for a 22 euro tax. He hands me back 2 euros in MAD. Then, he takes us up and tells me that the suite is booked and I have to stay with my friend. I tried relentlessly for almost an hour to communicate with this guy and just gave up. Booked a riad around the corner. When I go back to pick up my friend, my friend is yelling with him because the guy won't let him go out without paying the tax. We just paid the tax. I handed him 30 more euros to shut him up. I ended up paying 200 euros extra just for a last minute place near my friend. And, they're telling Expedia to not refund me. I'm tempted to call the police for this guy stealing from me. Don't stay here.
Anonymous traveller
Comment: 1 Dec 2025
Stayed in: Oct 2025
The host didn’t understand English so it was hard to communicate well with him. when I booked my stay I informed the host that I will be needing early breakfast as I had a tour planned. I was told that I will get that but on the day of the tour I was told that early breakfast was not possible. Basic amenities such as soap were missing. The only good thing about this riad was the location. Other than that I don’t see myself staying here again.
Very good location
39 rue Al Amlak Makzhania, Medina, Marrakech, 40000, Morocco|1.77 km from city centre
Check in and check out
Check in from:
14:00
Check out before:
12:00
Good to know
Pets not allowed
For sharing rooms, if either or both of guests are Moroccans, they will be required to show a marriage certificate, otherwise the hotel reserves the right to reject for check-in.
According to government policy and social customs in Morocco, marriage certificate need to be provided upon check in if a male and female shares a room and one of them is Moroccan or Muslim.
Please contact the hotel for details about adding extra beds.
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