Royal Mansour Marrakech
A medina within a medina, made for quiet extravagance
Royal Mansour Marrakech is a luxury hotel in Marrakech, Morocco holding 2 MICHELIN Keys; a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating for 2026; a place on The World's 50 Best Hotels (No. 23 in 2023, No. 38 in 2024, No. 13 in 2025); a La Liste rating of 98.5. It ranks 8.75 out of 10 on the finehotels.world prestige index, which is built only from public award data. Every award recorded here is published by the body that grants it, and this page links to the listing that evidences it.
Royal Mansour Marrakech is a palace hotel just steps from Jemaa el Fna, inside Marrakech’s 12th-century Medina walls. Its 53 rooms are not rooms at all, but private riads arranged through a compact version of the city itself. Winding alleyways replace conventional corridors, while gardens, courtyards, and traditional architectural forms make the route to a door part of the design. The property extends across roughly eight acres and was built with the work of some 1,200 Moroccan master artisans, which helps explain the density of craft throughout the complex.
Service is discreet and highly organized, with a notably capable concierge operation at its center. Four restaurants provide the main dining choice, including La Grande Table Marocaine. The Spa Royal Mansour occupies 2,500 square meters across three levels and offers an extensive treatment program. This is a hotel for travelers who value privacy, architecture, and attentive hospitality more than a conventional lobby-to-bedroom layout. Its MICHELIN Two Key distinction, Forbes Travel Guide Five Star rating for 2026, La Liste score of 98.5, and repeated World's 50 Best placement confirm its international standing.
At a glance
- 53 private riads
- Medina within a medina
- 2,500 square meter spa
- Four signature restaurants
- MICHELIN Two Key distinction
How this hotel is scored
The prestige score is our own index, built from public award data: MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide star ratings, placement in the World's 50 Best Hotels across 2023, 2024 and 2025 weighted equally, and a minor sway from La Liste. It is not a paid placement and no hotel can buy its way up. Read the full method.
Questions people ask about Royal Mansour Marrakech
Is Royal Mansour Marrakech worth staying at?
By the public record it is one of the most decorated hotels in the world. It holds 2 MICHELIN Keys; a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating for 2026; a place on The World's 50 Best Hotels (No. 23 in 2023, No. 38 in 2024, No. 13 in 2025); a La Liste rating of 98.5. On our index that works out to a prestige score of 8.75 out of 10. In short: A medina within a medina, made for quiet extravagance. Whether that suits you depends on what you want from a stay, which is why the description on this page is written plainly rather than as marketing copy.
What awards has Royal Mansour Marrakech won?
Royal Mansour Marrakech in Marrakech, Morocco holds 2 MICHELIN Keys; a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating for 2026; a place on The World's 50 Best Hotels (No. 23 in 2023, No. 38 in 2024, No. 13 in 2025); a La Liste rating of 98.5. Those come from the four independent systems finehotels.world tracks: the MICHELIN Guide hotel selection and its Keys, Forbes Travel Guide star ratings, The World's 50 Best Hotels, and La Liste. None of them can be bought, and neither can placement on this site.
How is the prestige score for Royal Mansour Marrakech calculated?
The score is a point total built only from award facts, then shown on a scale of 5.00 to 10.00. MICHELIN Keys carry the most weight, a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating adds a flat six points, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are weighted equally, and a La Liste rating moves the total slightly. It has 53 rooms. The full formula is published on the methodology page, so the figure shown for Royal Mansour Marrakech can be reproduced from the awards listed on this page.
How can the awards for Royal Mansour Marrakech be checked?
Each award is published by the body that grants it, and this page links to the public listing that evidences the MICHELIN Keys award where one is held. MICHELIN, Forbes Travel Guide, The World's 50 Best Hotels and La Liste each remain the authority on their own award. finehotels.world is independent of all four, records what they publish, and does not review hotels itself.