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Girls' Weekend in Marrakech: Friends, Spa & Adventures
Girls' Weekend in Marrakech at Riad Vendôme: private riad for 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 20 friends. Hammam + massage + 36°C rooftop jacuzzi, cooking class, souk shopping, evening in the patio. Package 3 days/2 nights from €114/person all-inclusive. Dar El Bacha district, 7 min from Jemaa El-Fna.
In brief: Girls' weekend in Marrakech
- Girls' weekend in Marrakech at Riad Vendôme: private riad for 8 to 20 friends. All-inclusive packages from €114/person. 3.5 hours from London.
- Package 3 days/2 nights from €114/person all-inclusive; private riad for 8 to 20 friends.
- Includes hammam + massage + 36°C rooftop jacuzzi, cooking class, souk shopping; Dar El Bacha district, 7 min from Jemaa El-Fna.
- Direct booking / WhatsApp: +212 600 608 608
✨ Girls Weekend Package - Riad Vendôme Marrakech
Book Your Girls Weekend +212 600 608 608
Everything included, no hidden costs, no coordination headaches.
- Entire riad exclusively hired - just your group, no strangers
- Private airport transfers (return) in a minivan
- Moroccan breakfast daily (orange juice, fruit, pastries, amlou)
- Private hammam for the whole group (black soap + kessa scrub)
- Rooftop jacuzzi 36°C + private pool
- Optional activities: cooking class with Chef Naima, souk walk, quad biking, medina tour
- Gala rooftop dinner (tagine, couscous, pastilla), optional add-on
- Free fibre Wi-Fi 100 Mbps - for content creation and the group WhatsApp
💰 from €114 / person: 3 days/2 nights, based on 10 guests
A girls' weekend in Marrakech is THE ultimate plan: guaranteed sunshine, hammam & massage, souk shopping, cooking class, nights out at the best rooftops. Riad Vendôme is available for exclusive hire for groups of 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 20 guests. Planning a hen party (also known as a hen do)? Éric organises everything from A to Z.
The 4-night girls trip package, from 315 € per person
If you have other wishes, we build them into the programme. Four nights at the riad for a group of four or six, from 315 € per person, with seven things included: the four nights with breakfasts and taxes, the return airport transfer, an evening in the Agafay desert with quad biking and dinner, a private excursion to the Ourika valley, a Moroccan dinner at the riad, a spa package per person (hammam, scrub, massage), and a cooking class with Chef Naima. Exact rate according to your dates, the length of the stay and the number of guests: written quote within minutes on WhatsApp.
The taxes are included in that figure, which is worth saying because it is rarely shown elsewhere. The price is the same on a base of four and on a base of six.
Four nights is the format that lets you do all of it without rushing: a medina day, a spa day, an evening in the desert, a cooking class, and still time by the pool. In two nights you have to choose. The medina and the souks you visit on your own, with no guide: Jemaa El Fna is a 7-minute walk from the door.
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What is included in the 4-night girls trip package at Riad Vendôme?
Seven things, from 315 € per person on a base of four or six: four nights at the riad with breakfasts and taxes included, the return airport transfer, an evening in the Agafay desert with quad biking and dinner, a private excursion to the Ourika valley, a Moroccan dinner at the riad, a spa package per person with hammam, scrub and massage, and a cooking class with Chef Naima.
Why is the girls trip package four nights rather than two?
Because four nights is what it takes to do everything without rushing: a day in the medina, a spa day, an evening in the desert, a cooking class, and still time by the pool. In two nights you have to choose between them. Shorter stays are perfectly possible and we quote them to measure.
Are taxes included in the 315 € per person?
Yes. The 315 € covers the four nights, the breakfasts and the tourist taxes, plus the five other elements of the package. The same price applies whether you are four or six.
Girls Weekend Programme in Marrakech
Day 1: arrival, welcome tea, settling in. Rooftop jacuzzi at 36°C and time by the pool. Moroccan dinner prepared by Chef Naima, evening on the terrace with panoramic views. The hammam and massage come on Day 2: straight after the flight, a scrub leaves most guests too drowsy for the evening.
Day 2: shopping in the souks (leather, jewellery, spices). Lunch on the terrace. Afternoon cooking class or photoshoot in the medina. Evening: a night out at Marrakech's trendy rooftops (Barometer, Comptoir Darna).
Day 3: brunch at the riad, jacuzzi, gentle departure.
Girls Weekend in Marrakech - Hour by Hour
A two-night girls weekend, timed the way we run it. Everything is adjustable, this is the frame, you decide what goes in it. The hammam sits on day two on purpose: straight off the plane, a scrub is too much.
Friday - arrival
| 17:00 | Arrival, mint tea, rooms. The riad is 7 minutes’ walk from Jemaa el-Fna. |
| 18:30 | Rooftop jacuzzi at 36°C while the sun goes down. |
| 20:30 | Dinner in the patio, cooked at the riad. |
| 22:30 | Rooftop, music, licensed bar. |
Saturday - the full day
| 09:30 | Breakfast in the patio, served until 11:00. |
| 10:30 | Private hammam and massage in rotation. |
| 13:00 | Lunch by the pool. |
| 15:30 | Souks and the medina on foot, or a cooking class with Chef Naima. |
| 20:00 | Dinner on the rooftop. |
Sunday - departure
| 10:00 | Breakfast, last swim. |
| 13:00 | Late checkout on request, then transfer to Marrakech-Menara, 20 minutes away. |
Tell us your dates, the number of guests and what you want to keep or drop: Éric adjusts the timings with you on WhatsApp +212 600 608 608, written quote within minutes.
Girls-Only Activities in Marrakech
Hammam & spa: the riad's traditional hammam is private, no mixing with other guests. Scrub, black soap, argan oil massage.
Shopping souks: leather goods, babouches, Berber jewellery, rugs, lanterns. Éric gives you his best addresses and tips for bargaining.
Oriental dance class: we can organise a private class at the riad, hilarious and memorable.
Shooting photo: a professional photographer in the backstreets of the medina, the gardens or the riad.
Organise a Hen Party in Marrakech
If your girls' weekend is a hen party, Riad Vendôme is the ideal choice. All-inclusive hen party package: accommodation + hammam + cooking class + evening. See hen party rates.
Where to Go Out at Night in Marrakech
The best addresses for a girls-only night out: Barometer (rooftop cocktails), Comptoir Darna (dinner-show), Theatre (club), Le Salama (terrace). Complete guide to going out.
Budget for a Girls Weekend Marrakech
For a group of 8 friends, 2 nights: approximately €87-150 per person all-inclusive (accommodation + breakfasts + hammam). Add €27-80 for the flight. It is cheaper than a weekend in Ibiza, with far more charm. Book directly.
Coming as a mixed group of friends rather than girls only? See our friends weekend in Marrakech with private riad hire.
Organising a hen weekend for the whole group? See our receptive & DMC service in Marrakech: private riad, grouped quote, spa, transfers and one coordinator.
🥂 Toast Champagne, a glass of Champagne (€15 / person) - Fancy a toast together? Add a glass of Champagne per person for €15, to pair with any package. The festive touch to mark your hen party, stag do or girls' weekend.
A Weekend With No Occasion Attached
A hen weekend has a centre of gravity: someone it is for, a date fixed by a wedding, and a quiet obligation on everyone else to make it good for that person. A weekend away with friends and nothing to celebrate works differently. Our hen party ideas and private riad hen party pages are for trips built around a wedding. This page is not that. It is for friends who simply decided to go somewhere together.
That makes it easier in the obvious ways. No running order to protect, no surprise to keep quiet, nobody watching whether the person at the centre is enjoying herself. Everyone arrives as themselves.
It is also, quietly, harder. A hen weekend has a built-in tie-breaker: when the group cannot agree, you do what suits the bride. Take that away and every decision is open: what time to eat, whether to go out, whether the afternoon has a plan in it at all. Groups who have only ever travelled for someone else's occasion are often surprised by how much needs deciding. The answer is not more planning, but agreeing before you book what the weekend is for.
The distinction matters when you enquire. Tell Éric it is a hen weekend and he will assume a person at the centre and a programme built around her. Say it is friends travelling with nothing to mark, and he will leave more of the weekend deliberately empty. Both work. They are not the same stay.
Decide What the Weekend Is For Before You Book
Most group weekends that go slightly wrong do so for the same reason: nobody had the conversation about what they were going for. Everyone assumed their own version and found the mismatch on the second morning, when one person wanted a lie-in and another had already researched the souks. Broadly, a weekend away is for one of a few things, and they pull against each other:
- Rest. A break from work, home and noise. Sleep, water, sun, early nights. Any fixed activity is a cost, not a benefit.
- Catching up. The point is each other; the place is a backdrop. What you want is unbroken hours of talking, mostly around a table.
- Doing things. The group has energy and wants a city, a hammam, a class, a market, an excursion. Coming home tired is a good outcome.
- Escaping. Something at home is heavy, a job, a separation, a stretch of caring for someone. The trip is a change of air more than a holiday.
A group can hold a couple of these comfortably; much beyond that strains. Rest and catching up sit together beautifully. Rest and doing things need a clear split of the day. What does not work is leaving it unsaid and hoping the heat resolves it. Ask before anyone pays a deposit: what do you want to come home having done. It is also the most useful thing to put in your first message to us, ahead of dates and numbers.
Friends at Different Life Stages
A group who met at school, at university or in a first job rarely stays synchronised. By the time a weekend away comes together, it usually holds someone with a small baby at home, someone between jobs and watching every euro, and someone who has not been away without their family in years. All still friends. Not all having the same week.
Energy. The friend with a newborn is not tired the way you are tired. She may sleep through the first afternoon and be delighted about it, while the friend who travels often wants the market and the late dinner. Neither is being difficult. A weekend that lets people opt in and out without explanation absorbs that; one booked for everyone does not.
Budget. Money is the hardest thing to say out loud in a friendship group, and the person with least of it usually stays quiet and pays. A stay where the accommodation, breakfasts and hammam are already covered helps, because the daily extras are what separate people. Treat every optional activity as genuinely optional.
Expectations. Someone who has not had a weekend to herself in years may arrive with a great deal riding on it. That is worth knowing, and reason enough to leave the first evening loose and let people land before the group asks anything of them.
The practical version: book the accommodation and transfers together as a group, keep the rest à la carte. Nobody then has to decline an activity in front of everyone because of what it costs. See half board at the riad to settle the meals in advance.
The Reunion Trip
One kind of weekend deserves its own thinking: friends who no longer live in the same country, meeting in a third place because it is easier than any of them travelling to the others. Marrakech does that job well: a short flight from much of Europe, light paperwork for most passports, and it belongs to nobody in the group, no host, no one on home ground.
Reunions have a rhythm people underestimate. The first evening is slightly formal even between old friends: everyone catching up in headlines: the job, the move, the children. The real conversation arrives on the second day, over a slow breakfast or on a terrace after everyone has stopped trying. A packed itinerary kills that. Spend the second day moving between booked activities and the group never gets past headlines, then flies home having had a lovely time without having actually spoken.
Which is why an unstructured weekend suits a reunion better than a full one. If you are arriving from different cities, say so when you enquire: rooms and airport transfers can be arranged around a staggered arrival, and the group does not have to fly in together to eat together on the first night. Our page on getting to the riad covers the practical side.
Time to Actually Talk
Ask a group what they remember from a weekend away and the answer is almost never the activity. It is a meal that went on far longer than anyone intended. That is not a happy accident, and it can be designed for.
A long meal needs a few conditions, and most restaurants break at least one. A table where everyone can hear everyone, which rules out anywhere loud. No closing time and no next booking on your table. And nowhere else to be afterwards: the moment a group has to leave, the conversation packs itself up early.
Eating where you are staying solves all of them at once. Dinner in the patio or on the rooftop, cooked in the house, has no service to turn and no last orders. People drift from table to terrace and back; someone goes to bed, others stay up. This is the argument for taking the whole riad that has nothing to do with luxury: it buys an evening with no end time attached. If you want the talking to happen around something rather than at it, a cooking class with Chef Naima beats most organised outings, because people talk differently side by side than face to face.
Doing Nothing, and Doing It Well
Groups feel guilty about empty afternoons. There is a sense that having travelled somewhere you owe the place some effort, and that a day in a courtyard with a book is wasted. It is worth arguing with, because the unstructured afternoon is often the best part of the weekend and the only part nobody would have booked. The friend who has not had an uninterrupted hour in months will remember it long after she has forgotten the market.
Doing nothing well takes a little design. It needs somewhere pleasant to do it, which is the case for a house with a patio and a pool rather than a hotel room. It needs the group to say out loud that the afternoon is free, so nobody spends it waiting to be told the plan. And it helps if the day has one fixed point, a hammam slot in the morning, dinner in the evening, because an afternoon reads as restful when it sits between two things and aimless when it does not.
The Planner and the Non-Planner
Almost every group has both. One friend has a document, a shared calendar and a view on the flights. Another has not opened the group chat since the spring and will turn up delighted with whatever was decided. They irritate each other. Both are necessary.
The planner is doing real work, usually alone. What she wants is not gratitude at the end but decisions during: a straight answer on dates, a deposit paid without repeated reminders. What burns her out is the silence, and the group discovering opinions only after everything is booked. The non-planner is not lazy. She is often the one who is easy in the moment, who talks to strangers, who finds the good place none of you had heard of. Her contribution just does not arrive in advance. The mistake is asking her to plan; the fix is giving her something to own on the day.
The settlement is to shrink what has to be planned at all. When the rooms, meals and transfers are arranged with one person on the ground, the planner's job stops being a spreadsheet of separate providers and becomes a single conversation. That is the honest case for a hosted stay rather than a booked one: it lifts most of the organising off whoever would otherwise have carried it.
A split that works: the planner owns dates, flights and the deposit. Somebody else owns the group chat and chasing replies. Somebody else owns settling the money afterwards. And the afternoon plans belong to whoever fancies making one that day.
Coming Back
Some groups do a weekend away once and never repeat it. Others turn it into a fixture. The difference is rarely the destination. Groups repeat a trip that was easy to say yes to: affordable enough that nobody had to think hard, simple enough that agreeing did not take months, restful enough that going home did not need a holiday of its own. And nobody came back resentful: not the planner who did everything, not the friend who quietly overspent, not the one who never got the chance to talk.
Familiarity helps more than novelty here. The second visit is better than the first because nothing needs working out: you know the walk from the door, which corner of the rooftop is best late in the day, and the person meeting you at the airport. The group stops arriving and starts returning. If that is what you are after, say so: send your dates and what you want the weekend to be to +212 600 608 608, or read how booking direct works.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you hire the riad privately for a group of friends?
Yes, the Riad Vendôme is privatisable for groups of 10, 12, 14, 15, 20, 25 guests. 12 rooms in the main riad. Contact Éric at +212 600 608 608.
What budget for a weekend girls only?
Approximately €100-131/person for 2 nights (accommodation + light lunches + hammam) as a group of 8+. Low-cost flight €30-70 return.
What activities are available for a group of friends?
Hammam & massage, shopping souks, cooking class, oriental dance, photoshoot, rooftop nights out. Éric organises the full programme.
Can you organise a hen party at Riad Vendôme?
Absolutely! Pack hen party all included available. See our page dedicated hen party Marrakech or contact Éric at +212 600 608 608.
How long is the flight to Marrakech from the US and Canada?
There are no non-stop flights from the United States; from New York allow about 8 to 9 hours via Casablanca on Royal Air Maroc, which hubs there. From Canada, Royal Air Maroc runs a seasonal non-stop from Montreal to Casablanca, then a short connection to Marrakech. The riad is about 20 minutes from Marrakech-Menara airport, and US, Canadian and EU citizens do not need a visa for stays under 90 days.
How do I book, and how quickly do you reply?
You book directly with the riad, not through a platform. Send your dates and group size on WhatsApp at +212 600 608 608 and you receive a written quote within minutes. There is no automated booking engine: every stay is confirmed by a person, and the payment terms are set out in the quote you receive.
Can the whole riad be privatised, and for how many guests?
Yes, Riad Vendôme can be hired exclusively. The main riad has 12 rooms and goes up to 20 rooms with a partner riad 100 metres away, for exclusive hire of up to 50 guests. During an exclusive hire there are no other guests: the pool, hammam, jacuzzi and rooftop are reserved for your group alone.
What is the timing of a girls weekend in Marrakech?
Friday: arrival at 17:00, rooftop jacuzzi at 36 degrees at 18:30, dinner in the patio at 20:30, rooftop and licensed bar from 22:30. Saturday: breakfast at 09:30, private hammam and massage from 10:30, lunch by the pool at 13:00, souks or a cooking class at 15:30, dinner on the rooftop at 20:00. Sunday: breakfast at 10:00, late checkout on request, transfer to the airport 20 minutes away.
Do I have one single contact for the rooms, the activities and the transfers?
Yes. One person, Éric, owner of the riad since 2011, organises the whole group stay: rooms, hammam and massage slots, meals by Chef Naima, the airport transfers and the activities. You write to a single WhatsApp number, +212 600 608 608, and you get one written quote within minutes instead of five separate providers to chase. Transfers and outside activities are coordinated with an approved licensed transport partner. For a group, this is the difference between one conversation and a dozen email threads.
We are friends going away together with no wedding involved. Is that still your thing?
Yes, and it is a different stay from a hen weekend. There is no person at the centre and no programme to build around her, so we leave more of the weekend deliberately open and put the fixed points where they help: a hammam slot, a dinner. Say in your first message that nothing is being celebrated, and the stay is planned that way from the start.
Our group has very different energy levels. Can people opt out of things?
They can, and it works better when that is agreed in advance rather than negotiated on the day. Activities are booked as optional extras rather than for the whole group, so someone can sleep through an afternoon, skip the souks or stay by the pool without anyone having paid for her absence. Only the accommodation and the transfers are naturally shared by everybody.
We live in different countries and will arrive at different times. Does that work?
It does, and it is common for reunion trips. Tell Éric the flight times when you enquire and the airport transfers are arranged around a staggered arrival rather than one pick-up. Rooms are ready as people land, late arrivals are let in whatever the hour, and the group can still sit down to eat together on the first evening.
How much of the weekend should we plan before we arrive?
Less than most groups think. Fix the 3 or 4 things that need booking, the hammam and massage slots, dinners at the riad, any excursion, and leave the afternoons alone. Groups who fill every hour tend to come home having seen a lot and talked very little. If you want a shape to work from, the hour-by-hour weekend above is a frame, not a schedule.
Can we eat at the riad every evening instead of going out?
Yes, and for a group whose main aim is catching up it is usually the better choice. Dinner in the patio or on the rooftop is cooked in the house, so there is no closing time, no table to give back and nowhere to travel on to afterwards. People drift between the table and the terrace, and the evening ends when the group decides it does.
One friend is organising everything. How do we make it less work for her?
Reduce the number of people she has to deal with. Rooms, meals, hammam slots, transfers and activities are arranged through Éric, so the planning becomes one written conversation instead of separate providers to chase. The rest is down to the group: answer on dates quickly, pay the deposit without reminders, and raise opinions before things are booked rather than after.
Do groups come back and repeat the same weekend?
Many do, and the second visit is usually the better one because nothing needs working out. You already know the walk from the door, which corner of the rooftop is best late in the day, and who is meeting you at the airport. Tell us you have stayed before and we hold to what worked last time: the same rooms where we can, and the timings you liked.
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Where to Go Out at Night in Marrakech?
The best addresses for a girls-only night out: Barometer (rooftop cocktails), Comptoir Darna (dinner-show), Theatre (club), Le Salama (terrace). Complete guide to going out .
Can I book this stay for 2027?
Yes. Rooms and packages are open for 2026 and for 2027, on the 2026-2027 rates, which serve as the basis for quotes on both years. The published prices are "from" prices: the exact rate depends on your dates, the season and the number of guests. For a 2027 date, ask now and the answer comes within minutes.
Gallery: Girls Weekend & Hen Party Moments at Riad Vendôme
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