Marrakech La Palmeraie Morocco

At this point, it’s basically our second home—the one we actually like showing up to. The kids and I have our routine down cool: we know exactly what to do, when to do it, and when to pretend we’re not secretly plotting our next nap. It’s safe, clean, friendly, and best of all, no one asks why we’re wearing swimwear to breakfast.

We try new sports (some we’re good at, most we’re dramatically bad at), get slightly better at the others, and join the entertainment only when our energy levels—and our inhibitions—are high enough. And then, of course, we cry like dramatic movie characters when we leave.

Club Med Marrakech is our little heaven, with a side of poolside chaos. Here’s the truth: guests (the GMs) get out what they put in. Come open-minded, ready to try weird new activities, and don’t take yourself too seriously—or at least pretend not to—and you will LOVE it. The miserable guests? They’ll leave exactly as miserable as they arrived, probably complaining about the sunshine and the heat. And yes, I did hear people complaining...

Just to mention a few stars (because they were all fantastic): Maria and Solila at the boutique, Achraf and Dalex at Tennis, Francois at Golf, Barracuda at Archery, All the lovely people at the restaurant taking super good care of us and the lovely man at the pool who found loungers for us.

See you all soon Inch'Allah

I had a short but memorable experience because of the incredible staff. The multiples activities kept me busy. My favourite place to go was the circus because of the super duper team. Laura, Tom, Ben and the incredible Coco made a real difference in my enjoyment of the experience overall, they really are the coolest. I tried Squash for the first time and Ange-Marie was an exceptional teacher! Finally I have to make a special shout out to Emilie from finance, she was welcoming and made me and my family felt like we were home! We even shared a meal her mother!!! She was the best and she should be chef of village!

Exceeded expectations: the resort is really beautiful (prettiest club med we’ve been to), and there are loads of yoga and exercise classes. The kids’ pool area is GREAT, with loads of seating, splash area, and a bar.

We were a little worried that our daughter would not enjoy kids club (most, if not all, kids were French, and she doesn’t speak French). But the petit club staff - Thomas, Marine, Hafsa, and Enjah - made sure she was included and had a great time. The fact kids club was so fun really made our holiday relaxing. Our daughter was really happy to be dropped off in the morning.

Only notes of caution: Buffet got a bit hectic towards the end of our stay: recommend arriving towards the start of service or retreat to quieter El Kebir restaurant for snacks if you go during school holidays.

Wine is provided by the bottle (rather than serving yourself by the glass), which meant that we probably ended up drinking more wine at lunch than we might otherwise…

No crisps around the place, so we picked some up when we were in town (the apéro snacks were a bit fancy for our simple tastes…). We also picked up some uht as milk was sometimes hard to find.

A mysterious lack of teaspoons.

The Riad is beautifully decorated, as are the rooms. The service is amazing, the food and drinks delicious, and the team led by Mr. Abdel also works very well together. The staff know you by name and vice versa. Thank you Abdel, Ayoub, Meriem, Jaoued, Halil, and all team members for the wonderful time with you. Ingrid x

We had an amazing week, the facilities were fantastic and as ever with Club Med the staff go above and beyond to make your stay perfect. Special mentions to Mehdi on reception, Hafsa, Gigi & Lison at mini club, Youssef the chief of village, Manu for the amazing welcome and Francois the golf coach - all people that stood out in terms of amazing hospitality and friendliness that made the stay special. The boss at the golf club was sadly very rude and unreasonable (first time I’ve seen such a thing at a club med), did not want to honour the course that I booked over the phone just the day before arriving as it “did not make subs for him”. Having already struggled to bring my golf clubs I insisted however and in the end a compromise was made. It left a bad taste but thankfully Francois was an amazing coach, I improved a lot and he’s a very funny guy so it was a lot of fun too.