The red rock walls of the Todra gorge rising over the riverside road, a few walkers below

Couple questions: Honeymoon planning

Is a long weekend in Marrakech enough for a honeymoon?

It can be, if you keep the plan small. Our three-day romantic Marrakech weekend gives one focus a day: a palace riad, a private medina and gardens guide with a couples' hammam, then Jardin Majorelle and a long lunch. It works well as a mini-moon, an anniversary, or an add-on to a longer trip. It will not reach the desert.

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Answered by the Morocco Honeymoons team. Checked October 2026.

The short answer

The earthen ksar of Ait Benhaddou climbing its hill in afternoon light, palms in front and the granary on the crest — Ait Benhaddou, on the road south to the Sahara

In more detail

Day one is arrival at a palace riad inside the medina, with time to settle in. Day two brings a private guide through the medina and gardens, then a couples' hammam in the afternoon. Day three is Jardin Majorelle and a final long lunch before the flight home.

We add the romantic touches on request, such as a rose-petal turndown, a candlelit rooftop dinner or a couples' spa afternoon. Staying inside the medina gives the most atmosphere, and everything is private and chauffeured.

A riad patio at night, lit low around its fountain, trees and carved arches — Riad Livia, Marrakech medinaPhoto: Dutch Morocco Investments SARL, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)

What a weekend cannot do is the Sahara. The drive from Marrakech to Merzouga is about 8 hours 30 minutes each way. If a short trip needs a taste of the desert, the Agafay is about 40 minutes from the city and fits an evening: a desert sunset, a camp and a candlelit dinner, then back to the riad.