How this list works
This guide covers 14 wedding venues in and around Marrakech, grouped by the kind of wedding they suit. It is a selection, and no venue is placed above another: within each group, venues run from the smallest guest list to the largest. Each section gives the guest capacity, the minimum stay and the catering rule, all from WPM's venue catalogue, checked between January and March 2026. Prices change every season, so each group shows one band for venue rental per night, and each venue's own page carries its current range. If you already know your guest count, read the capacity first and skip anything too small.
Palaces and grand hotels: rental from 35,000 to 140,000 euros a night
Eight palace hotels and resorts, for a wedding where the venue runs the whole weekend and many of your guests sleep where they party. They take 106 to 336 guests and all have rooms on site, but how many of your guests each can house varies a lot, so ask how many rooms you can block. The trade-off is the kitchen: all eight cater in-house only, so you cannot bring your own caterer or shop the food bill around. Minimum stays run from one night to three, with two the norm. Some are working hotels with other guests, so ask what full exclusive use costs on top. The band above is venue rental only: catering, flowers and music come on top, and at most of them so do the rooms.
Royal Mansour: a palace of private riads in the medina
Royal Mansour is built as 53 individual riads inside the medina, near the ramparts, each a small house with its own courtyard and often a plunge pool. The craft shows on every wall in carved cedar, zellij and tadelakt, and the Grand Riad, a palace within the palace, has its own garden, pool and roof terrace for cocktails. It takes 106 guests, with a three-night minimum and in-house catering only, the Moroccan tables directed by Hélène Darroze. I would pick it for a small, formal wedding where privacy matters more than anything. The limit is size: the spaces are intimate on purpose, and 106 guests is the practical ceiling.
Mandarin Oriental: a villa resort with walled gardens
Mandarin Oriental is a villa resort about 10 minutes from the medina, set in 20 hectares of gardens and olive groves with the Atlas on the horizon. Each of its 54 villas has a heated pool and a walled garden, so your closest family get real privacy. It takes 126 guests, asks for two nights minimum and caters in-house only. The gardens and an indoor ballroom for bad weather sit on one property, which helps a couple planning from abroad. The style is polished and modern rather than old riad, and because other guests share the resort, a full buyout costs a premium.
Amanjena: pavilions among ancient olive trees
Amanjena was built around ancient olive trees, about 15 minutes from Jemaa el-Fna, with pink walls, traditional courtyards and mosaic tiles handmade by craftsmen from Fez. The ceremony can be held by the pool, guests on cushions around the basin with the Atlas behind them, and a 5pm start gives you the golden light. It takes up to 160 guests, fewer for a seated dinner, with 32 pavilions on site, two nights minimum and in-house catering only, though outside planners and photographers are welcome. It suits an elegant, controlled wedding planned well in advance. The honest limit: music stops at 11pm sharp because the estate sits in a residential area, so look elsewhere if you want to dance until 3am.
Palais Namaskar: a wedding set around water
Palais Namaskar sits in the Palmeraie with the Atlas in full view. It is built around water, with roughly 12 acres of gardens and 4 more of lakes, basins and lagoons. Couples marry beside the lakes, and almost every residence has its own pool or outdoor Jacuzzi, so your family can stay in real seclusion. It takes 164 guests, asks for two nights minimum and caters in-house only. The calm, Feng Shui layout suits a serene wedding far better than a loud or rustic one. One warning: the property left the Oetker Collection and now runs independently, so confirm the current management and terms in writing before any deposit.
Selman Marrakech: the one with the horses
Selman Marrakech sits south of the city and keeps a stable of Arabian Thoroughbreds, and dinner in the stables with a short equestrian show is its signature. Jacques Garcia designed the dark, theatrical interiors, and a 75-metre pool lined with palms is the centrepiece outside. It takes 260 guests, and a wedding means an exclusive buyout of the rooms for at least two nights, with in-house catering only. It suits a large, polished wedding for guests flying in from abroad, and there is a helipad and full wheelchair access. You lose the medina backdrop entirely, a wedding of 60 or 80 can feel swallowed by the scale, and horse shows are scheduled and priced separately.
Four Seasons Resort: built for a big guest list
Four Seasons Resort spreads across roughly 16 hectares of landscaped grounds near the Menara gardens, with lawns, palms and water channels, about 10 minutes from the airport. Ceremonies happen on a lawn framed by palms and water, and dinner can move into an indoor ballroom if the night turns cool. It takes 282 guests, asks for two nights minimum and caters in-house only. This is the venue for a big international wedding of 150 to 280 guests, with two pools, a spa and a kids club for a guest list that runs from grandparents to toddlers. The trade is intimacy, and since it is a working hotel, total privacy needs a full buyout.
La Mamounia: a 1923 palace inside the medina walls
La Mamounia opened in 1923 inside the medina walls, a short walk from the main souk, and its 17 acres of olive trees, orange trees, roses and palms carry a wedding on their own. The style is Art Deco meets Moroccan craft, and couples marry under the palms at sunset. It takes 300 guests, up to 200 of whom can sleep on site, and it is the only palace on this list with a one-night minimum. Catering is in-house only, but the kitchen covers Moroccan, Italian and Asian menus, with desserts by Pierre Hermé. It suits a grand, formal wedding with the city at the door, not a barefoot garden party. The catch: the hotel usually asks for a block of around 21 rooms, and a full buyout costs a premium.
The Oberoi Marrakech: palace scale on 28 acres
The Oberoi Marrakech sits on the Route de Ouarzazate, about 20 minutes from the medina, on 28 acres of citrus orchards and centuries-old olive groves. A 120-metre canal runs through the grounds, the central courtyard is modelled on the 14th-century Medersa Ben Youssef, and two olive gardens host ceremonies under old trees. It has the largest capacity on this list, 336 guests, with two nights minimum and in-house catering only. Pick it for scale and gravity: a formal, symmetrical palace look that needs little styling. A wedding of 60 or 80 can feel lost here, and the formality can read as corporate if your style is loose and bohemian.
Gardens, riads and a private villa: rental from about 5,000 to 25,000 euros a night
Four smaller places that give you more say over the day: a design riad in the medina, a private villa and two garden estates. They take 60 to 150 guests and all have rooms on site, so ask each how many of your guests it can house. The big difference is food: at the villa you bring your own caterer, the two garden estates let you choose, a real lever on the budget, and the riad is worth asking, since it changed owners recently. Three rent as a whole property, and the fourth needs a full buyout to be yours alone. Minimum stays run from one night to three, and most of the space is outdoors, so ask each one for its plan for a cold or wet night. The band above is venue rental only, and catering, flowers and music come on top.
Riad El Fenn: a design riad facing the Koutoubia
Riad El Fenn is eight linked riads deep in the medina, near the Koutoubia mosque, in what began as a Caid's palace from around 1830. The name means art in Arabic, the contemporary African art and the colours are bold, and the 1,300 square metre roof terrace faces the Koutoubia. Weddings take the whole property: 60 guests and two nights minimum. It suits a stylish, central wedding for a small group that wants the old city at the door. The limit is taste: the artistic style is too much if you want calm and neutral. It changed owners in late 2025, so get the current wedding terms in writing, catering included.
Villa Taj Marrakech: a whole villa to yourselves
Villa Taj Marrakech is a private villa, not a hotel, on the Amizmiz road about 25 minutes from the centre of Marrakech, facing the Agafay desert and the Atlas. You rent the whole place, 21 bedrooms, century-old olive trees and a 25-metre pool, and the day usually ends with a party under a white tent hung with lanterns. It takes 84 guests and sleeps 42, with a firm three-night minimum. Catering is external: you hire a caterer from the villa's vendor list, and the villa supplies a licensed bar, staff and coordination. I would choose it for an intimate wedding of under 80 guests who want the place to themselves. The limits: anyone beyond 42 sleeps in other hotels and needs transport, and there is no spa or restaurant on site.
Jnane Tamsna: a garden estate that feels like a home
Jnane Tamsna is a garden estate in the Palmeraie, about 20 to 30 minutes from the medina, on roughly 9 acres of olive groves, orchards and vegetable plots. It feels like a private home, with five houses and five pools, and there is no ballroom, so dinner is set by candlelight among the trees. It takes 96 guests, with two nights minimum for the whole estate. You can use the in-house kitchen, which cooks from the estate's own gardens, or bring your own caterer. This is one of my favourite picks for a green, relaxed wedding of under 100. The catch is weather: covered space is limited, so plan a tent for rain or a cold night.
Beldi Country Club: olive groves and roses close to town
Beldi Country Club is 15 hectares of olive groves and rose gardens about 10 minutes by car from central Marrakech, with low mudbrick buildings instead of a polished resort. You can marry under the old olive trees or in the rose garden, retreat to the glass Orangeraie if the weather turns, and dance indoors in the Ksar. It takes 150 guests and sleeps around 75, needs only one night minimum, and lets you pick the in-house kitchen or your own caterer. I love it for a relaxed, green wedding where guests stay on for the six pools and the hammam. Two limits: it also runs as a day club and restaurant, so you need a full private buyout, and the paths are uneven and dim at night, so budget for lighting.
Desert and mountains: rental from 3,000 to about 21,000 euros a night
Two venues outside the city where the landscape does the work: a candlelit lodge in the Agafay desert and a hilltop kasbah facing the High Atlas. Both are 40 minutes to an hour from Marrakech and end on an unpaved track, so book proper transfers for your guests. They take 120 and 142 guests but sleep only about 30 and 70, so much of a big list will stay in the city and travel in. Both are mostly open-air, so the weather gets a vote. Their rules are opposites: the lodge has a one-night minimum and expects your own caterer, while the kasbah asks for three nights and caters in-house only. The band above is venue rental only, before catering, transport and production.
La Pause: an off-grid desert lodge lit by candles
La Pause is an off-grid eco-lodge in the Agafay desert, about 40 minutes from the city, with no electricity and no wifi, so the nights run on candles, lanterns and fire. The Agafay is a stony desert, not the Sahara, and the ceremony usually happens on an open rise facing the Atlas. It takes 120 guests and sleeps about 30 in Berber tents and rooms, with a one-night minimum, and you bring your own caterer, plus a generator for amplified music. It suits a couple who wants the desert to carry the whole day, with guests up for an adventure. Skip it if anyone needs air conditioning, reliable power, easy access for less mobile guests, or a guaranteed indoor backup.
Kasbah Bab Ourika: the High Atlas as your backdrop
Kasbah Bab Ourika sits on a hilltop at the head of the Ourika Valley, about 45 to 55 minutes from Marrakech, with a 360-degree view of the High Atlas. It is built from pisé, the local rammed earth, and couples marry on the terraces and in the gardens with the mountains behind them. It takes 142 guests and sleeps around 70, asks for three nights minimum and caters in-house only, cooking from its own gardens and the valley. I would pick it for a couple who wants the mountains in every photograph and will plan for the road and the weather. The last 10 to 15 minutes are a dirt track that needs a 4x4, and dining is mostly open-air, so a cold or wet night needs a tent.
Questions to ask any venue before you sign
First, who cooks: here, the eight palaces and grand hotels and Kasbah Bab Ourika cater in-house only, La Pause and Villa Taj Marrakech expect your own caterer, Beldi Country Club and Jnane Tamsna allow either, and Riad El Fenn is worth asking again since it changed owners. Second, the minimum stay and how many rooms you can block, in writing: in this list it runs from one night at La Mamounia, Beldi Country Club and La Pause to three at Royal Mansour, Kasbah Bab Ourika and Villa Taj Marrakech. Third, what the nightly rate includes and what comes on top, such as ceremony setup, corkage, lighting, a generator or a tent, with every line in a written quote. Fourth, when the music must stop: ask any riad in the medina, and ask elsewhere too, since Amanjena stops at 11pm sharp because it sits in a residential area. Last, visit before you sign if you can, ideally at the hour of your ceremony, to see the light, the access road and how far guests walk to dinner.
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