There’s something about Marrakech that demands to be seen from above. Maybe it’s the endless drums and murmurs from the souks, the twisting alleys lined with carpets and arguments. Down below is life at full volume; up on the rooftops, the city exhales. It’s here, above the terracotta chaos, that the true hedonist finds their solace. These rooftops aren’t just pretty—they’re necessary. They’re the quiet eye in the city’s glorious storm.

Here are the rooftops where the light softens, the cocktails sharpen, and Marrakech reveals her most elegant self.

El Fenn Rooftop

El Fenn is less a rooftop and more a manifesto for bohemian glamour. Crumbling charm on velvet daybeds, intricate tiles under bare feet, and a view that lingers across the city’s ochre sprawl. The drinks are slyly brilliant (a hibiscus margarita that’ll have you planning your next great novel), and the service moves at the same languid, luxurious pace as the Moroccan sun.

Website: el-fenn.com/rooftop-bar

Instagram: @elfennmarrakech

L’mida

L’mida feels like Marrakech’s chic younger cousin, just back from a semester abroad. It’s youthful but knowing, with a menu that reimagines Moroccan flavours without ever losing their soul. Sit among rattan lamps and flashes of green tile, eating chicken tacos brightened with candied lemon, as the rooftops around you crumble elegantly into the dusk.

Website: lmida-marrakech.com

Instagram: @lmida_marrakech

Shtatto

A newcomer that already feels timeless. Shtatto offers something rare in the Medina: urban polish without losing the thrum of the old city. It’s a rooftop strung with fairy lights and furnished with the kind of casual, careless good taste that can only come from obsessive attention. The plates are made for lingering, the cocktails are designed to seduce, and the view — oh, the view — is pure romance.

Website: https://shtatto.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shtattomarrakech/

Kabana

Kabana is Marrakech’s rooftop after-party, a place where serious cocktails meet unserious dancing. It’s exuberant, a little bit decadent, and absolutely alive. Think leafy palms, neon signs, DJs spinning hypnotic grooves, and tables groaning under ceviche and sharp little skewers of lamb. Start at sunset. End at sunrise.

Website: kabanamarrakech.com

Instagram: @kabana_marrakech

Café Arabe

Café Arabe is what you imagine when you first dream about Marrakech: slow fans, deep sofas, and a terrace that seems to float above the madness. Open since the 1990s (a lifetime in Marrakech years), it serves unhurried Italian-Moroccan comfort food and a good, proper glass of wine. At dusk, the call to prayer rises from every corner of the Medina, and Café Arabe becomes something almost sacred — a place to stop, sip, and surrender.

Website: cafearabe.com

Instagram: @cafearabe_marrakech

PSC – Pétanque Social Club

Strictly speaking, PSC isn’t inside the Medina—but to omit it would be a crime against pleasure. Hidden away in Gueliz, this is an Art Deco fantasia of cocktails, pétanque, and people-watching at its finest. It’s a Marrakech you don’t often see: retro, playful, and lightly perfumed with scandal. Come for the pétanque. Stay for the second bottle of rosé.

Website: pscmarrakech.com

Instagram: @pscmarrakech

Riad Tizwa Marrakech – A Rooftop Sanctuary

At Riad Tizwa, we offer a quieter kind of luxury—one that encourages a slower rhythm, a deeper breath. Our rooftop terrace is a place where the morning sun bathes the city in gold, where you can sip freshly brewed tea or coffee, or indulge in freshly squeezed orange juice as you watch the city wake up beneath you. As the day fades, the terrace transforms into a perfect spot for sunset romantic dinner under a sky that turns to hues of pink and purple.

Whether it’s an intimate meal with a view, or a peaceful moment of reflection as the sun sinks behind the Atlas Mountains, Riad Tizwa’s terrace is the ideal place to unwind. Here, amidst the whispering winds and distant calls to prayer, you’ll find yourself at the heart of Marrakech, with a perfect view of its endless beauty.

Marrakech is not a city you ‘do.’
It is a city you surrender to — preferably from the vantage of a rooftop, with the sun on your face, a cocktail in your hand, and the heady hum of life unspooling all around you. These terraces are not just the best seats in the house: they are the soul of it.