Selman Marrakech

Selman Marrakech sits about five kilometres southwest of the Medina off the Route d'Amizmiz, with the Atlas Mountains visible from most rooms and a roughly 15-minute drive to Jemaa el-Fnaa and the main souks. Designed by French architect Jacques Garcia, the property is built as a modern Moorish palace with horseshoe arches, black-and-white marble courtyards and manicured gardens, and it is best known for its stables of purebred Arabian horses, which guests can visit or watch exercised in the paddocks below the pool terrace. Rooms and suites are large by Marrakech standards, several with private pools or garden terraces, decorated in a restrained palette of stone, dark wood and wrought iron. Dining includes a restaurant helmed with input from French chef Jean-François Piège alongside a poolside bar and lounge. The Chenot Spa, one of only a handful worldwide, offers wellness programmes, a hammam and treatment suites, complemented by a fitness centre and tennis courts. The resort setting outside the Medina walls suits guests prioritising quiet grounds, horses and a pool-centred stay over walkable access to the old city. The grounds are large enough that guests can spend a full day on-site without repetition, moving between the pool terrace, gardens, stables and spa, which makes the property popular for longer stays rather than a single overnight before touring the city.