Issue No. 28 · December 2024
The Riad
A personal stay at Royal Mansour Marrakech, and the market outside it. Filed from the 2024 visit: the riad, then Jemaa el-Fnaa and the spices.
- 01The Stay · Essay · 4 December 2024Royal Mansour Marrakech: The Stay That Still Sets the BarMy stay: 2024. A riad unlike anywhere I had stayed, a spa I still think about, and a welcome that felt personal from the airport to the last morning.
- 02The Journey · Field note · 5 December 2024The market in Marrakech does not repeatJemaa el-Fnaa at the end of the day, then the souk: olives, nuts, and more to buy than you can carry. From my 2024 visit.