Riad Catalina

4.0 star property
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Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; Moroccan cuisine, garden views
Outdoor pool
Hallway
1 bedroom, premium bedding, blackout curtains, soundproofing
Shower, free toiletries, hair dryer, towels

Reviews

8.4 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Parking available
    Parking available
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Laundry
    Laundry

Explore the area

Map
21 Derb Abdellah Ben Hssaine Bab Laksour, Marrakech, 40000
  • Dar el Bacha Palace
    1 min walk
  • Le Jardin Secret
    4 min walk
  • Souk of the Medina
    6 min walk
  • Marrakech (RAK-Menara)
    14 min drive

Room options

Standard Suite

  • 25 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Superior Room

  • 23 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

Standard Room

  • 18 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Marrakech

With a stay at Riad Catalina, you'll be centrally located in Marrakech, within a 5-minute drive of Jemaa el-Fnaa and Menara Mall. .This family-friendly riad is 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from Majorelle Garden and 1.9 mi (3 km) from Avenue Mohamed VI.

What's nearby

  • Le Jardin Secret - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Jemaa el-Fnaa - 7 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Marrakech Museum - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Majorelle Garden - 4 min drive - 2.9 km
  • Bahia Palace - 4 min drive - 2.4 km

Getting around

  • Marrakech Central Station - 9 min drive
  • Menara Airport (RAK) - 14 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Argana - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪L'adresse - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪The Rooftop Terrace - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Kabana - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Safran By Koya - ‬5 min walk

About this property

Riad Catalina

Family-friendly Marrakech riad in Medina with free breakfast
Riad Catalina offers 20 air-conditioned accommodations with hair dryers and complimentary toiletries. Beds feature premium bedding. Satellite television is provided.

Bathrooms include showers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily. Amenities available on request include irons/ironing boards.

An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 20 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as a turndown service and blackout drapes/curtains.
Pamper yourself with onsite massages or enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool. Additional amenities at this riad include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and babysitting (surcharge). The shuttle (surcharge) will take you to the nearby beach or shopping center.
Enjoy Moroccan cuisine at Marocain, a restaurant where you can take in the garden view, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Unwind at the end of the day with a drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar. A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily from 7 AM to 11 AM.
Featured amenities include limo/town car service, express check-in, and dry cleaning/laundry services. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 7 AM and 11 AM.
Marocain - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in Moroccan cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. A children's menu is available. Reservations are required.
24-hour room service is available.

Languages

Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Self parking on site (MAD 20 per day)
  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Airport shuttle on request
  • Local area shuttle (surcharge)
  • Beach shuttle (surcharge)
  • Casino shuttle (surcharge)
  • Limo/town car service
  • Shopping centre shuttle (surcharge)
  • Theme park shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 7 AM–11 AM
  • 1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 poolside bar and 1 bar
  • 24-hour room service

Restaurants on site

  • Marocain

Things to do

  • Children's pool
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • Front-desk safe
  • Library

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour/ticket assistance
  • Turndown service
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • A meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Massages

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Premium bedding
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Satellite channels
  • TV

More

  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Phone
  • Soundproofing
  • Turndown service

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Late check-in subject to availability
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after midnight please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for MAD 1500.0 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per adult: MAD 450
  • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: MAD 600
  • A tax is imposed by the city: MAD 30.00 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 12 years of age.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: MAD 20 per vehicle
  • Self parking fee: MAD 20 per day
  • Rollaway bed fee: MAD 1500.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Catalina Marrakech
Riad Catalina
Riad Catalina Marrakech
Riad Catalina Hotel Marrakech
Riad Catalina Riad
Riad Catalina Marrakech
Riad Catalina Riad Marrakech

Riad Catalina Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 76 out of 189 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 79 out of 189 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 21 out of 189 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 189 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 189 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Van

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
we had a rocky start, room not available so we were offered a room in another location not nearly as nice, so we rated a 4 rather than 5 which it otherwise would get hands down. Wonderful inner courtyard, staff very helpful and friendly, highly recommended
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hostess Nadia is just fantastic! Super helpful and friendly. The food was amazing too!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The building, the garden and all the staff were wonderful. Would highly recommend.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Lionel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We booked a
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Riad itself was beautiful, very sheltered and beautiful bird sound in the courtyard was amazing. The bedroom and en suite were lovely and looked over the courtyard. Rooftop pool was exactly as expected being on the roof of a Riad. The staff were very helpful and friendly. The only downside and disappointment with this property was the fact that it is advertised as having spa facilities on site and even does as far as stating massage and manicure. This was a major factor in us booking the Riad, wanting to have a hammam spa at the end of our holiday so we felt the property had been falsely represented and that was frustrating.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Disliked: Staff & service
A nice old Riad in the Centre of the Medina. Unfortunately significant maintenance needs doing at the property, with the cental fountaub looking worse for wear, the balcony fountain not working at all and some much needed painting required. When booking the Riad, dont be allured by the nice view of the pool and central gardens. There is a small second Riad which you may be staying in around 100 meters away with no pool and much much smaller central garden. You won't know where your room is until arrival unfortunately. Reception will organise an airport transfer for you at the price of 25 Euro's. Never accept this, they dont send an executive taxi and a normal ride from the Airport to the Medina has a set price of 150 Dirham (15 Euro's) meaning the hotel is pocketing a almost 50% of the fee each time. Mint tea is 30 Dirham in the Riad but 10 to 15 in popular cafes outside with no better service. Breakfast is acceptable but there is no variation on a day to day basis. The showers are less than ideal and something akin to a 1 or 2 star hotel (rather than 4) with an old showerhead in a plastic clip which isnt designed for the head and cannot support it. Nadia at reception is wonderful and couldnt be more helpful. Unfortunately a male porter was very unhelpful and refused to take a card payment of more than 50 euro's as it was not enough leading us to have to withdraw cash and pay the transaction fees for such.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Traditional Moroccan environment with polite, friendly, efficient staff. It's location close to the main square was perfect. The rooftop pool area was a bonus, ideal for relaxing in the sun, towards the end of each days exploring.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Located at edge of Madina so easy to get in and out. Freindly helpful staff at all times of day. Great sun roof and all at a good room rate.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect location for this RIAD to be your quiet oasis in the craziness of the Medina of Marrakech. Room was great even got updated on the last night for free. Staff was excellent and very helpful, would definitely stay again. Thanks to Nadia and the staff
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Historic riad near the main square
An elegant and simple place at the center of the medina. A wonderful room up a lovely winding stairs at this 200 year old Riad, and the friendly staff was always available for our three night stay. Within walking distance to the main square in Marrakech.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disappointing
Room very small Dark, shower not easy to use, uncomfortable. Dining room very cold, lighting problems. Food good to start with but went down in quality and quantity as week went on. However, staff tried to be helpful, friendlyetc. It is the building not the people. They moved our room to another building after two uncomfortable nights. This was better but shower still not fully function able.
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good for the money
Pretty and quiet riad very close to the Medina. The staff is very kind and helpful. The rooms were fine. The air-conditioning and wifi could have been stronger. The food is ok, but is expensive. I suggest just having it on one night for the experience, because the courtyard and service are really lovely parts of the dinner. Breakfast is good and free, and if you need to leave earlier than breakfast hours, the staff will accommodate you without any charge. The pool is on a nice rooftop terrace. It is about one foot deep, so it is only for cooling off. The riad is in a good location in a quiet, safe alley that is about 5 minutes walking to the square.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Jutta

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 14 nights in May 2017

10/10 Excellent

Madison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great central hotel with really helpful staff!
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here - the food from the restaurant was great and the rooftop pool was so lovely! Would definitely come back again!

10/10 Excellent

Rene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Splendid Riad Catalina
It was my first Riad stay and my expectations were fulfilled at full. The pool is a real nice attachment.

10/10 Excellent

jake

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic and personal
Really nice roof top plunge pool. Lovely helpful staff

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic Staff
The most accommodating hotel I have ever been to. Whatever we needed they were happy to get for us.

8/10 Good

carmen, Dorset

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel but food and drink cost too much
Hotel was nice very morrocan. Staff were very helpful and friendly. The only thing is the prices of food and drink. It was very expensive

10/10 Excellent

ANDREW, Hertfordshire, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Hidden Gem - Beautiful, peaceful and relaxing.
Beautiful Riad witch a very colourful and relaxing courtyard, lovely little rooftop pool and sun terrace. The staff were all extremely helpful and friendly, which really made the stay a wonderful experience. The breakfast was very tasty and perfectly adequate. If I return to Marrakech, I would stay here.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic location,close to all the sights.
I don't know where to start! From the moment we arrived & it was quite late,Nadia & her staff couldn't do enough for us. We were away to celebrate my wife's, ahem 50th birthday,what a wonderful surprise to be upgraded to the Royal suite along with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. When we go back, it will be without doubt,to the Riad Catalina.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
lovely
great service, beautiful surroundings. This hotel was in a great place and very friendly

10/10 Excellent

Gin, R

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
3 days for self recovery
It was one of the best hotels I've ever stayed, probably just because it represents the old city culture, it suddenly brings the charming experience just the way it is! Small but cosy rooms, nice pool on the terrace top, peaceful courtyard with birds and couple of tortoises just made me feel totaly relaxed. Staff couldn't do enough to add to the comfort of my stay, my airport pickup and drop off was welcoming and friendly, they booked me a camel ride and arranged the booking to my chosen spa. All staff were communicating well enough and were extremely kind. On my check-out day they even served me the personal breakfast out of breakfast hours (6:30)! Can't ask for more! The only thing can can put off the fussy guests is the poor wifi in some certain places in the hotel, I guess , because the one in my room was only available in the bathroom.. Oh well, it didn't upset me because I didnt come there for Internet ! Brilliant stay, thank you Riad Catalina x

8/10 Good

Helen, East Sussex

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel is in a good position - within walking dista
A lovely quiet Riad with friendly helpful staff. The Tiled courtyard is pretty with trees and shrubs, a fountain,fantail doves, small birds and three tortoises! Wonderful to come back to the solace of this after the bustle and noise of out side and have a delicious cup of mint tea. The food was good and suited our taste.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely small hotel. Room small but charming.
The staff were so friendly and helpful without being intrusive. I will definitely choose this hotel when I return to morocco.

8/10 Good

sharon, hertfordshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Central location. Haven from the busy souks.
An enjoyable 3 night stay. Hotel staff were helpful and very assuming, leaving you to enjoy the peaceful surroundings. A great location for the souks and busy square. Breakfast is lovely as the courtyard is beautiful, typically morrocon. The roof terrace is lovely to relax and order drinks, although you won't get too wet as the pool isn't very deep! Small rooms, but enough space for a short stay.