Amorielli
The Stay Magazine Vol. 1 · No. 02 · February 2025Vol 1 · 02
February is the month the northern winter stops being charming. This issue goes to Marrakech, which is only a short flight from grey Europe and yet feels like a different climate entirely — a city built around courtyards, precisely because the point is to sit in the sun.
The riad is the idea at the centre of it: a plain door on a narrow lane, and a green, quiet world behind it. We spend most of the issue on how to pick one, and how to read the medina so it feels like a pleasure rather than a test.
— The Editors, Amorielli
The contents
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On the cover
Where to Stay in Marrakech: Riads, Neighborhoods, and When to Go
A staff guide to choosing where to base in Marrakech: medina riads, modern Gueliz and Hivernage, or a Palmeraie villa, plus when to go, the airport, and what to do.
Read the guide →
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The Room
The riad, decoded
A converted courtyard house is the classic Marrakech stay. The trade-off is location versus calm: deep in the medina is atmospheric but a walk from everything; near a gate is easier to reach by car.
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The Table
Medina, then Guéliz
Eat traditionally inside the walls, but know that the new town, Guéliz, is where you go when you want a change of pace and a glass of wine.
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The Detour
The Atlas and the Agafay
An hour out, the High Atlas villages and the stony Agafay 'desert' give you a day of mountains or dunes and a different quiet to come back from.
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