The Koutoubia minaret between a tall conifer and palm trees, rising above the garden trees under a cloudless sky

Africa · Morocco — family trip

Marrakech with kids

Marrakech, its Koutoubia minaret and, 30 to 40 km by road to the south-west, the stony Agafay desert.

Marrakech is home to the 77-metre Koutoubia minaret, in the south-west of the medina. 30 to 40 kilometres by road to the south-west, the Agafay desert is a stony desert with no sand dunes, where you can ride a camel or a quad bike. Our stories come from a stay in June 2026.

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The pool at Le Jardin de l'Hivernage facing a green pavilion with a pyramid roof, between palm trees, sun loungers with green cushions and closed parasols

Morocco

Marrakech: a day pass at the Jardin de l'Hivernage pool

June 2026 · 5 stops

A large pool you can use for the day, in the Hivernage district: sun loungers, four-poster beds, a restaurant and padel courts on site.

Worshippers crossing the Koutoubia esplanade as they leave Friday prayers; in the background, the minaret under a cloudless sky

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Marrakech: the Koutoubia and Friday prayers

June 2026 · 3 stops

The gardens and minaret of the Koutoubia, then the call to prayer and the Friday sermon, in a mosque where we had never stopped before.

The sun low on the horizon beside a dark hill in the Agafay desert; on the left, a tent, a pole with a red pennant and a silhouette

Morocco

An evening in the Agafay desert, near Marrakech

June 2026 · 8 stops

A day trip from Marrakech and an evening in the stony Agafay desert: camel ride, quad bike at sunset and dinner on site.