Riad Hadika Maria

Wonderful location. Just a couple of minutes from the souk, but tucked away in a quiet, residential street. The rooftop terraces are lovely oasis of calm in the madness of the medina where it was lovely to have breakfast or a mint tea in the late afternoon, watching the many birds flying around. Our room was beautifully clean and well maintained.

The only thing I would have liked is a full length mirror in the room. Otherwise, everything was great.

A beautiful, peaceful and quiet Riad. Beauty everywhere. A little jewel. Comfortable bed with nice bed linen. We booked the dinner on the rooftop the first night upon our arrival and it was delicious. Very nice staff, especially Mohammed who took so good care of us. We would definitely come back again!

It was a pitty that the upper rooftop with the sun beds was closed due to renovation. It would have been good to be informed about it before.

Riad Hadika Maria is a little oasis of calm and peace next to the intensity of sounds, people and hubbub of the moukef (which is not the medina!) and the souks beyond. It has only 5 rooms and each are beautifully appointed such that it feels like a home from home. The location is good and convenient to visiting key sites of Marrakech as well as getting picked up by tours heading out of the city, once you've figured these things out. It is worth noting that the riad is a short walk away from the nearest taxi drop-off points, which I understand is common for riads. For first arrival there are men with trolleys in the smallish market square, which is a decent drop off point, who can then cart suitcases to the riad for 20 MAD. Our two main hosts during our stay, the two Mohameds, both exuded peace and calm in their own way that contributed to the feel of the place. They were both courteous and kind and generous with their efforts to make our stay as comfortable as possible and facilitate the excursions and activities that we were interested in, like booking sunbeds, taxis and helping us get breakfast when we had to leave for early morning excursions. The breakfasts and dinner that we had at the riad was our best meals in our whole stay. The only risk of being so good is that you don't leave! ;) Shout out also to the lovely domestic staff were also very kindly, smiley and helpful.

Not a criticism but an observation that might be helpful for lone travellers, the riad is down a few turns of quiet back streets which appear mainly inhabited by local families. Still, we were three women travelling together and agreed that we would not be keen to walk these streets alone. Although, objectively it appeared safe - we were never approached or threatened by anybody and shared only friendly 'Bonjour's and 'Bon soir's with the residents and passers by that we did see, which were women and children as often as men. Also worth noting, living in the middle of a Muslim city, you are surrounded by mosques and will hear the calls to prayer at around 9pm and 5am! It was perhaps a slight shame for us that the higher terrace was being developed whilst we were staying, and so was not useable during our stay. I've no doubt that it will be a further delight and asset to the property when it is completed. We also found that the hot water tank for showers did not appear to have capacity to serve all the rooms each in one day. When hot water is most reliably available will, I assume, vary based on number of guests and use. For us, a warm shower appeared more reliably available in the morning rather than for pre-dinner freshening up, when we did experienced some unanticipated cold showers a few times - not great when your hair is full of shampoo! If there were some way of helping guests understand the set up early on so that they can predict hot water availability to help them avoid cold showers, be perhaps mindful of the limited capacity, and understand the lag between boosting the tank and a warm shower being available, or if maybe it could be possible to increase the capacity and therefore availability for all. I think any or all of these things could be helpful and would contribute to the level of comfort otherwise created in all other aspects of the property.

Nice roof terrace

Where it was situated; the room was tiny for a double room and not what you would call a superior deluxe double room which we paid for. No shower only hand attachment