Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech
Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech is a golf resort 12 km from the medina with 135 rooms, suites and villas and views of the Atlas.
Resort · Up to 300 guests
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Morocco destination wedding
- Venues
- 8
- Country
- Morocco
- Season
- Oct–May
Chapter I · Introduction
Getting married in Morocco.
Morocco is a destination-wedding region with 8 curated venues seating up to 500 guests. Known for: Palace hotels, Atlas kasbahs. The best months to marry are Oct–May.
Morocco's venues are all in and around Marrakech: palace hotels in the medina and on the city's edge, resorts and a private villa outside town, a tented camp in the Agafay Desert, and kasbah hotels in the Ourika Valley and the High Atlas foothills.
Below: 8 curated Morocco wedding venues, the best months to marry and how the ceremony works. Venue facts come from each venue's own published information.
- Wedding venues
- 8
- Best months
- Oct–May
- Known for
- Palace hotels, Atlas kasbahs
- Largest capacity
- Up to 500 guests
- Country
- Morocco
Featured in Morocco
Editor's selection.
The Oberoi Marrakech
The Oberoi Marrakech is a palace resort on 28 acres, 25 minutes from the airport, built around a 120-metre canal and a courtyard modelled on the Medersa Ben Youssef.
Resort · Up to 300 guests
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Chapter II
Morocco wedding venues.
Every Morocco venue we list, with its capacity, rooms and season.
Villa
Villa Taj Marrakech
Villa Taj Marrakech is a private villa on a one-hectare estate about 25 minutes from the centre of Marrakech, facing the Agafay desert.
- Up to 100 guests
- 21 rooms
Boutique hotel
Kasbah Tamadot
Kasbah Tamadot is Sir Richard Branson's retreat in the foothills of the High Atlas, about an hour from Marrakech, with 37 rooms, riads and Berber tents.
- Up to 84 guests
- 37 rooms
Hotel
Selman Marrakech
Selman Marrakech is an Arab-Moorish palace hotel designed by Jacques Garcia at the foot of the Atlas Mountains, with Arabian horse stables, an 80-metre pool and Andalusian gardens.
Hotel
La Mamounia
La Mamounia is a palace hotel inside the walls of the Marrakech medina, open since 1923. The whole hotel can be hired for a wedding, with gardens, a black-and-white patio, a 450 m² Grand Salon and a wedding suite.
- 135 rooms
Boutique hotel
Kasbah Bab Ourika
Kasbah Bab Ourika is a rammed-earth boutique hotel of 45 rooms on a hilltop in the Ourika Valley, about 45 minutes from Marrakech airport, hosting weddings and private parties with Atlas Mountain views and its own…
- Up to 150 guests
- 45 rooms
Chapter III
Why marry here.
Climate
Average highs of 19–29°C in the best months, with little rain.
Light
In May the sun sets around 20:21, and the softest light for photographs falls in the hour before.
Access
Each venue page lists its nearest airport where the venue publishes it.
The food
Tagines, citrus and spice, mint tea and long, generous tables.
The land
Known for palace hotels, Atlas kasbahs. 8 venues listed here, the largest seating up to 500 guests.
Chapter IV · The ceremony
How to marry in Morocco.
Legal ceremony
Moroccan marriages are concluded before adouls, religious notaries, and require a declaration of faith, translated and legalised papers and a medical certificate; embassies do not perform weddings. The rules are built around religion and Moroccan nationality, so for most foreign couples the practical route is to marry legally at home. Rules change, so confirm the current requirements with the local registry and your own embassy before you book.
Symbolic ceremony
Weddings for international couples in Marrakech are usually symbolic, with the legal formalities done in the couple's home country first. A celebrant based in Marrakech or a planner leads the ceremony.
The weekend
Of the 8 venues listed here, all 8 publish rooms for guests on site.
Local custom
Before the wedding, women guests gather to decorate the bride's hands with henna, a custom Moroccans mark at life-cycle events.
Chapter V
When to marry.
The most comfortable months for a wedding in Morocco are January, February, March, April, May, October, November and December, with average highs of 19–29°C. June, July, August and September are hotter, with highs up to 38°C, so they are left out of the best months. In May the sun sets around 20:21. Figures are long-term averages for Marrakesh.
Best months Other months
Best months
Oct–May
Sunset
~20:21 (May)
Avg high
29°C (May)
Rain days
2 (May)
Common questions
Marrying in Morocco, answered.
How much does a wedding in Morocco cost?
Too few Morocco venues publish a price to give a reliable range. The Wed Journey lists 8 Morocco venues; send an enquiry and we pass it on to the venue for a quote.
When is the best time to get married in Morocco?
The best months to marry in Morocco are Oct–May, going by average temperatures and rain. Each venue page gives the venue's own wedding season where it publishes one.
Can foreigners legally get married in Morocco?
Moroccan marriages are concluded before adouls, religious notaries, and require a declaration of faith, translated and legalised papers and a medical certificate; embassies do not perform weddings. The rules are built around religion and Moroccan nationality, so for most foreign couples the practical route is to marry legally at home. Rules change, so confirm the current requirements with the local registry and your own embassy before you book.
How many guests can you have at a wedding in Morocco?
The largest Morocco venue listed here seats up to 500 guests. Each venue page gives its own seated and standing capacity where the venue publishes it.
How many wedding venues are there in Morocco?
The Wed Journey features 8 curated wedding venues in Morocco. Each venue page lists its capacity, rooms and season where the venue publishes them.
From the Journal
Reading for your Morocco wedding
The Most Beautiful Wedding Venues in Marrakech
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The Destination Wedding Countdown: A Planning Timeline
A destination wedding timeline in the right order: what to book first, when to tell guests, when to settle the legal route, and what to leave to the final weeks.
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