Africa

Riads, desert camps and mountain retreats

6 hotels1 country

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Our first steps beyond Europe, and the closest: three hours by plane from Spain, with sun through the winter. Here the choice of base matters even more than the hotel — a riad behind a door in the medina, a palace in its gardens, a camp on a stone desert, or a kasbah in the mountains.

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Destinations in Africa

Marrakech

Morocco

6 hotels

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Winter sunSeasons

Winter sun without the long flight: Lanzarote, Marrakech and the southern coasts

Where the sun still works between December and February, what each place is actually good for, and the hotels we rate in each — from a volcanic island at 21 °C to a riad in the medina.

22 September 2026 · 8 min read

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