Ten Cheap Luxury Riads in Marrakech

Riad Al Jazira

Looking for a cheap riad in Marrakech? Low prices don’t have to equal gloomy rooms: there are plenty of budget places to stay in the medina with beautiful décor and goodies like Wi-Fi and massage treatments.

Find your perfect room with our top ten cheap luxury riads in Marrakech

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Riads with Hammams in Marrakech

Hammam: Riads with Hammams in Marrakech

Colourful, crowded Marrakech is a sensory overload – no wonder returning to a riad (a traditional Moroccan home with a courtyard garden) after a day at the souks feels like finding a little corner of heaven.

For total relaxation, stay at a riad with a hammam. We’ve enthused about using public hammams in Marrakech before, but if you want to swap this noisy, sociable experience for something more soothing, these guest-only steam rooms are a blissful way to de-stress. We’ve chosen five of our favourites below, all at affordable prices… » Continue reading “Riads with Hammams in Marrakech”

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Alternative City Spa Breaks: Wake up this January at Bath Houses and Thermal Pools

Gellert Baths, Budapest: Alternative City Spa Breaks

Think “spa retreat” and you’re likely to conjure up images of country manors, towelling robes and lying about with cucumber slices on your eyelids. But what if you find the princess treatment a snooze?

If you want more of a wake-up then a wind-down this January, try out bathing rituals at a historic spa city like Istanbul, Budapest, Marrakech or Reykjavik. From bath houses to thermal pools, spa culture here is not so much a pampering treat but part of local life… » Continue reading “Alternative City Spa Breaks: Wake up this January at Bath Houses and Thermal Pools”

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