Apartment rental with private terrace | Marrakech Gueliz

Yes. Gueliz is the new town of Marrakech, calmer and more residential than the medina, with a good reputation for safety both by day and in the evening. It is a neighbourhood popular with expats and with travellers on a first visit, before they go and discover the bustle of the medina.

Two simple options. Bus no. 19 leaves the airport roughly every 30 minutes, from 6:15am to 9:30pm: a ticket costs 30 dirhams (about €3), or 50 dirhams return, paid in cash to the driver. Get off at the train station: the apartment is a 5-minute walk away. By taxi, allow about 15 minutes: at the airport exit, a single counter sells fixed-price rides, paid in advance, around 100 to 120 dirhams during the day and a little more at night (the exact fare is displayed at the counter). Remember to change a little money as soon as you reach the baggage hall. The exact address is sent to you on WhatsApp after booking.

Tap water in Marrakech is treated and officially safe to drink: residents and regular visitors to Morocco drink it routinely. For a short stay, however, we recommend bottled water to travellers who are not used to it, while they adjust. It is widely available in the shops just steps from the apartment.

Spring (March to May) and autumn (September to November) offer the most pleasant temperatures. Summer can be very hot; winter stays mild during the day but cool in the evening. With its large picture windows, the apartment is bright and well ventilated, and the air conditioning and heating keep it comfortable in every season.

The currency is the Moroccan dirham (MAD). You can’t really buy it before you leave: it is a currency you get once in Morocco. And cash is still essential in Marrakech: petits taxis, the airport bus, the souks, small neighbourhood eateries, tips and some monuments are paid in cash.

The best option is to bring euros in banknotes. At the airport, change just enough to pay for your transfer, then the rest at a bureau de change in Gueliz, where the rate is often better. Keep your exchange receipt so you can convert your remaining dirhams back when you leave.

A bank card is still useful for withdrawing cash from the many ATMs in Gueliz, or for paying in supermarkets and shopping centres. Watch out for fees, though: outside the eurozone, a standard bank card often charges a commission of around 2 to 3% per payment, plus a fixed fee on every withdrawal. Cards with no foreign transaction fees, such as those from neobanks or some premium cards, cost little or nothing. In any case, always choose to pay in dirhams rather than euros.

Yes, the apartment has a fibre connection and a dedicated workspace — several guests have already worked remotely here without any problems during their stay.

Yes, absolutely. The apartment regularly welcomes this kind of guest — freelancers, remote employees, digital nomads passing through Marrakech — thanks to a stable fibre connection and a dedicated workspace, designed to go the distance over several days or weeks. For example, one guest who came to work for more than a week confirmed an “excellent and absolutely reliable” connection throughout her stay (see the reviews). Between the desk indoors and the terrace for a change of scene without leaving the network, it is a setting designed for alternating focused work sessions with breaks in the sun.

Yes, the apartment is a few minutes’ walk from Carré Eden Shopping Center, Avenue Mohammed V and Avenue Mohammed VI, and several restaurants and cafés — a lively area that is convenient for everyday life.

Yes, many small shops, convenience stores and supermarkets are just steps from the apartment. With complete independence — a fully equipped kitchen and space to cook — you can eat and drink exactly as you like: excellent fruit and vegetables, as well as meat, at really low prices.

No, only valid ID (passport or ID card) is required. See all the details for a couple’s stay in Gueliz.

Yes, the apartment can be rented by the night, and several of our reviews mention one-night stays. Depending on the period, a minimum stay may apply: we will confirm this on WhatsApp as soon as you enquire.

Yes, the apartment can be rented for one night just as well as for a week, two weeks or a full month — ideal for long-term remote work. Message us on WhatsApp with your dates for a rate tailored to the length of your stay.

Expect from around €350 for a week (7 nights), based on a rate from €50 (or 550 MAD) per night. The fully equipped kitchen helps cut your food budget over time, a real advantage for a full week on site.

A studio puts all the rooms in a single space, whereas this apartment has a bedroom separate from the living room, plus a private terrace — more comfortable as soon as your stay goes beyond a few nights, whether alone, as a couple or in a small group.

Check-in is from 3:00pm and check-out is by 11:00am. The rate is from €50 (or 550 MAD) per night.

For booking, everything happens on WhatsApp: dates, arrival and practical questions are sorted out directly with the host. We are responsive and attentive to our guests, both before and during the stay. Depending on your arrival time, you are welcomed in person or you collect the keys from a key box, with all the instructions sent on WhatsApp.

Up to 3 guests: a double bed in the bedroom and a sofa bed in the living room. Bed linen and towels are provided.

Yes, children and babies are welcome, up to a maximum of 3 guests in total, babies included.

More than 30 days before arrival, the stay is refunded, minus a €50 fee. From 30 to 14 days before, 50% is refunded. Less than 14 days before, no refund is possible.

Everything is settled directly with the host, on WhatsApp, then by bank transfer before arrival. No platform commission.

Yes. The apartment is on the 5th and top floor, served by the lift from the 1st floor: only the first floor is reached on foot.

The apartment has no parking, but you can park on the street. In any case, the station, shops and restaurants are a few minutes’ walk away.

No, pets are not allowed in the apartment.

No, the apartment is non-smoking. Smoking is allowed on the terrace only.

French, English and Arabic. In writing on WhatsApp, we reply in any language.

Haggling is common and expected in the souks of the medina, a short ride from the apartment. It is not the custom, however, in Gueliz shops, which have fixed prices.

About 20 minutes on foot, heading down Avenue Mohammed V to the Koutoubia: Jemaa el-Fna square is just behind it. By petit taxi, allow 5 minutes. An easy way to alternate between the calm of Gueliz and the bustle of the medina.

Yes, the ONCF train station is about a 5-minute walk away. If you arrive by train from Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier or Fes, you can walk to the apartment, no taxi needed.

Yes, about a 7-minute walk: the Supratours bus station is just behind the train station. Its coaches serve Essaouira and Merzouga, among other destinations. The CTM bus station is about ten minutes’ walk away.

No, the Majorelle Garden and the Yves Saint Laurent Museum are about 15 minutes on foot, or 5 minutes by taxi. Remember to book your ticket online.

Yes. Carré Eden, with its supermarket, and Plaza Gueliz, on Place du 16-Novembre, are less than 5 minutes' walk away. Menara Mall is about 20 minutes on foot, or 5 minutes by taxi.

Because in Marrakech, real life often happens outdoors, once the sun has gone down. The city's traditional architecture — riads and the medina — turns its back on the street and closes its thick walls around an inner courtyard: historically, the terrace (the "settah") was the only part of the house open to the sky, an open-air living room, a sun deck, a dining room under the stars. This apartment carries on that spirit: unlike most homes in the city, which look inwards, it opens wide to the outside, so you can live Gueliz's mild evenings rather than watch them through a window.

No, quite the opposite. Most buildings in Marrakech, even recent ones, stay true to inward-looking architecture, with small balconies rather than real terraces. Yet the climate is perfect for it: spring and autumn around 28 °C with mild evenings, and summers when the cool only returns after sunset. More and more travellers are looking for exactly this kind of place, open to the outside, to make the most of these evenings rather than stay shut indoors — and a good-sized private terrace like this apartment's is still a real rarity in the city.

It is the rarest combination to find in Marrakech: being in the beating heart of central Gueliz — a few minutes' walk from Carré Eden, Mohammed V and Mohammed VI avenues, restaurants, cafés and galleries — while sleeping on a quiet residential street, away from the traffic and the night-time bustle. Most central addresses in the city make you pay for proximity with noise; quiet streets, on the other hand, often mean taking a taxi for everything. Here you get both: everything is within walking distance by day, and it is calm both indoors and on the terrace, at any hour — the perfect balance for an unforgettable stay.