Worried about Marrakech

[GoldieLocks09]

I’m usually not as impulsive as this (promise) but we’ve had a really tough few months and was just desperate for something to look forward to and with my DS4 starting school in September was limited as to when we could go away, this summer isn’t an option unfortunately, so looked into hot places in October to go in half term.

Found a lovely hotel on the outskirts of Marrakech, AI which I find better with kids even though myself and DH would rather explore, but this is us for the foreseeable and that’s totally fine. Flights were good, whole package was decent, great reviews on trip advisor etc. I rang DH and told him I was going to book it and he said go for it so I did. Buttttt I hadn’t hugely looked into Marrakech as a place and now I’m slightly worried.. excited after booking I started looking into threads for things to do with children (DS4 & DS9months) and experiences in Marrakesh and they’re really not great?

The resort is huge and has everything we need so don’t need to go out and about and the weather is meant to be good that time of year, but does anyone have good experiences they can share? Please!

Marrakech is an amazing vibrant city. If you're planning on staying mainly in the resort, I don't think it will be a problem at all. But I wouldn't be super keen on trudging through the actual city with tiny children. It's a stressful place. I never got grabbed, but people were constantly trying to trick us.

Stick to the resort, venture out just a bit, and you'll be ok.

I see this is an old thread, did you go op?

I've been to Marrskech in recent months and found it extremely interesting, although I don't think I'd want to go into the center with small children, only because it is very busy with people and traffic, so I wouldn't be able to relax.plus as others have said not much to interest children. I didn't feel under threat from the people, on the whole they were very friendly, and although the sales pressure was quite full on a no thanks always sufficed.
The big hotels were just like being in Spain so definitely would be no issues there with small children, other than being careful about drinking only bottled water, which the hotels tend to provide.
Saw quite a few small children enjoying camel rides in the Agafay desert (sharing a camel with a parent) and the dinner camps.