Riad Anya & Spa

We spent 5 days in December 2023. This was one second trip to Marrakech and while this was a smaller Riad compared to Riad Nashira and Spa, it was equally good experience overall. The location is a great positive, next to the palace so safe and sound, walking distance to the souks and the old city and easily accessible at any time. The staff at this Riad was clearly more helpful, friendly and welcoming compared to Riad Nashira where we stayed in 2017. Khaled, Mohammed, Abdul and the rest of the team were super helpful and made us feel like we’re staying at a friend’s house. The food was also very good and customised to our dietary requirements. The room size was slightly smaller to my liking but the friendliness of the staff makes up for it. I would highly recommend staying here if you’re looking for a good location at a reasonable price.

From the minute we arrived to the end of our stay, our time at Riad Anya could not have been more perfect!! I've been coming to Marrakech for years and Riad Anya is one of the best riads I've seen (and is in such a convenient and safe location!). The riad staff couldn't do more for us - from welcoming us with fresh mint tea and pastries, to treating us like family throughout our stay and always smiling! We had an INCREDIBLE dinner on the first night (which was some of the best food we had during our entire time in Marrakech!!) so would absolutely recommend having food at the Riad at least once! We also booked in for a hammam with a scrub and a massage at the riad which, again, was one of the best spa experiences I've had in Marrakech. The masseuses were so lovely and really made sure we were able to completely switch off and relax throughout the session - an absolute must do if staying here! We are all still dreaming of the delicious breakfasts on the rooftop - fresh bread, pastries, homemade yoghurts and juice, and of course more delicious mint tea! The rooftop also offers amazing views - we loved watching the hot air balloons taking off against the mountains in the distance just after sunrise! We will absolutely be back - shokran bzef to everyone who made our stay so special!

There are several reasons why Anya Riad and our couple was a great match. We have visited Marracech earlier and then we stayed in a very centrally located Riad (which is ranked as one of the 3 best Riads in the city), but then we booked our riad stay ourselves. This time we had booked through a travel agency a "13 days roundtrip in Marocco with private car and driver and their best overnight stays which promised us 4 stars+ stays (there were different overnight alternatives, and we chose their best overnights). So we would never had booked Riad Anya overselves because it is too far from the center of the Medina and one has to cross a couple of very busy roads on foot (and after we have spent about 35 years outside Europe, we know how dangerous it is to cross roads for pedestrians where one has to move around cars, motorbikes, cyclists etc.) because we are an elderly couple who do not move quickly. So that was a mismatch between Riad Anya and us from the start. But I agree with all the other reviews here that the staff is excellent and very hardworking! Also, the orangejuice at breakfast is great. We also loved the nicely decor and that there are many public areas to sit. But the stairs are difficult to climb, and even on the same floor there are so many places where there is only one step up or down which is quite dangerous if you don't look down all the time. Our room was extremely small and at one website I looked at, - it says for 1-2 persons. It had just one tiny chair which my husband said suited for a 5 year old child. Also, the walls are like "paperthin" so even for us who are having hearingproblems could easily follow the conversations in our neighbouring room. Every evening we were asked from a member of the staff if we wanted to have breakfast in the room, and we really did not understand why we got the question because our room was not suitable for breakfast in the room at all! So we had breakfast downstairs every morning. We were asked when we were going to have breakfast the evening before, and we told them the time. But it happened that there was no cutlery, napkins etc. on the table when we showed up at the set time. Also, the breakfast changed from day to day, and I missed to get yoghurt every morning, - and I would also loved to see an ordinary toast there for breakfast. There were enough to eat for breakfast every morning, but I found it was very strange to get creme brulé at breakfast one of the mornings there! Since we spent a lot of our time in the Riad and our room was so tiny without a sitting area, it was great that we could sit down in the library to read, - but the lounge was low so it was really hard to get up from it when we were leaving. Also, most of the children staying in the Riad, behaved very nicely, there was one evening there was one young boy who shouted and cried during the whole dinner so the whole Riad had to observe the LONG scene. We were surprised that the Riad does not accept cards so we had to pay our

We loved Riad Anya! Peaceful and beautiful yet a short walk to everything. We had dinner there on our second night and it was magical. Amazing tagine and dessert. Mohammed was very hospitable, and we wanted to say a special thanks to Khalid and Walid (sorry if spelt wrong) for being such fantastic hosts- including the fabulous music! Oh, and loved the roof terrace with cooling jacuzzi.

We stayed 3 nights. Beautifully decorated Riad with a spacious bathroom and relaxing terrace & spa to watch the glorious sunsets. Breakfasts were included but we also took the opportunity of ordering from the all-day snack menu and ate dinner there 1 night which was delicious. Staff are polite, knowledgeable and friendly and spoke English very well. Unfortunately, our quality of sleep at this Riad was poor as the rooms aren’t really soundproof so if groups are socialising until after midnight on the terrace, you will hear them clearly from your bed.

Our recent trip to Morocco began in Marrakech, and we spent our first three nights in the beautiful Riad Anya. We were welcomed with some refreshing mint tea and snacks, and decided to just stay there to relax for the rest of the day, after two flights, as our actual tour did not start until the next morning. I am so glad we experienced the hammam and massage. And then had an amazing tajine dinner with beef, apricots and prunes. All of the staff at Riad Anya are very friendly, kind and attentive. I remember Khalid, Waldy, Mohamed and Simon---sorry I've probably misspelled some of these names and I wish I could remember everyone else's names. But I want to thank you all very much for a memorable stay!