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Marathon of Marrakech : Courir under the Soleil of the City Rouge
The Marrakech International Marathon is run every year in January (42 km marathon and 21 km half-marathon), on a flat, fast course, at 15-22°C. Riad Vendôme in the medina offers runner packages with energising breakfast, recovery hammam and argan oil massage. From £80/night.
Imagine your stride along the ochre ramparts of Marrakech, the snow-capped Atlas on the horizon, the winter sun warming your shoulders without ever burning. The Marrakech International Marathon is one of the world's most beautiful: a flat course, ideal January temperatures (15-22°C), and scenery that turns every kilometre into a postcard. And after the effort? Riad Vendôme awaits with a steaming hammam, argan oil massage and heated jacuzzi under the stars. That's recovery, Marrakech style.
A Marathon in a Dream Setting
Each year en janvier, thousands de coureurs of the monde entier meetsnt in Marrakech for one of the marathons the most accessibles and the most depaysants of the planete. The course is a tour of the city : you longez the ramparts ancient of the medina, traversez the gardens of the Agdal, remontez the avenue Mohammed VI bordee de palm trees, penough devant the Koutoubia and revenez towards Jemaa El-Fna under the acclamations. Le profit is plat and rapide — perfect for casser a record personnel. Et the weather de janvier, mild and sunny, offers the best conditions de course imaginables.
Your programme de coureur at Riad Vendôme
La veille. Arrival at the riad. Installation in your room, verification of the courses. Dinner de « pasta party » Moroccan in the patio — couscous for vegetables, dattes and fruits secs for faire the plein de glucides. Coucher early, the silence de Dar El Bacha you berce.
On the day. Awakening to the aube. Breakfast energetic prepared specially : freshly squeezed orange juice, bananes, miel of the Atlas Mountains, msemmen, cafe. Transfer towards the ligne de departure. Et it is parti — 42 km de bonheur in sunny Marrakech.
After the course. Return at the riad. It is now than the vraie magie opere. Le traditional hammam you envelope of warm steam — the scrub with black soap eliminates lactic acid and the toxines. Puis vient the massage sportif with argan oil : a heure de relaxation deep that restores your muscles en place. Et for finir, the jacuzzi to 36°C on the rooftop, with the Atlas Mountains snow-capped en toile de fond. You venez de courir a marathon and you feel renaitre.
Our packages Marathon
| Package | This that is included | Price |
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| Coureur | 3 days/2 nights — Breakfast coureur + hammam + 1:00 massage recovery | from 145 £ / person |
| Week-end Sport & Spa | 4 days/3 nights — Half board + Full spa + transfers | from 195 £ / person |
| Marathon + Desert | 7 days/6 nights — Marathon + 3j circuit desert Merzouga | from 480 £ / person |
After the marathon : the desert like rewards
You have couru 42 km ? You meritez a rewards epic. Deux days after the course, partez for a circuit in the desert of the Sahara. The dunes of Merzouga, a bivouac under the Voie Milky, the sunrise on the Erg Chebbi — it's the genre de souvenir that done briller the yeux when on the raconte. The combination marathon + desert is our package the most popular by the coureurs-travellers.
WhatsApp +212 600 608 608 — Janvier is very requested, book early.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When a venue the Marathon of Marrakech ?
The International Marathon of Marrakech se court each year en janvier (last Sunday of the mois). Marathon 42 km and semi-marathon 21 km.
The course is it rapide ?
Yes, the courses is plat and rapide, one of the most roulants of Africa. The temperatures de janvier (15-22°C) are ideal for the performance.
The riad propose-t-il a massage post-marathon ?
Yes : traditional hammam + 1:00 massage sportif with argan oil included in the package Coureur. Le heated jacuzzi is en access libre.
Can you combiner marathon and excursion desert ?
It is our package the most populaire : marathon the Sunday, repos the Monday, departure desert the Tuesday. Return at the riad the rounddi for a last hammam.
Le Riad Vendôme is classified by the Moroccan Ministry of Tourism.