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MoaHouse leader · in the house all week
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A riad a short walk from the medina, ten runners and the Marrakech Marathon. You arrive on Thursday, you run on Sunday morning, you leave on Monday. In between the week is built around the race: the easy runs, the chef, the physio, the transfers. What is left to you is the part that counts.
The Marathon (+half)
Thirty seventh edition, Sunday 31 January 2027. The start is at 07:45 on Avenue de la Menara, and the course runs flat between the city and the palm grove.
The Marathon International de Marrakech runs its thirty seventh edition on Sunday 31 January 2027. The marathon starts at 07:45 on Avenue de la Menara, behind the Sofitel, and finishes in the same place. The course is flat and fast, with a few false flats inside the palm grove, and the cut off is five hours thirty. Aid stations every five kilometres with water and orange slices, sponges from the seventh.
Bibs are collected at Koutoubia Square on 29 and 30 January, from 09:30 to 19:30, and a passport is required. Entries close on 24 January. In January Marrakech wakes up around eight degrees and reaches eighteen in the afternoon, so you start in the cool and finish in the warm.
Distance
42.195 km
Road marathon
Terrain
Road
Tarmac, city and palm grove
Elevation
Flat
A few false flats in the palm grove
Altitude
466 m
Marrakech sits above sea level
Temperature
8 → 17 °C
Cool at the gun, warm at the finish
Humidity
Low
60%
Wind
Light
9 km/h
Entry
By 24 January
Entries through Sport UP
Date, times, start, cut off, aid stations and bib collection from the organiser, Marathon International de Marrakech. City altitude and January averages (low 6 °C, high 19 °C) from climate records. Checked in September 2026.
Is this retreat for me?
Relax
Group life
Atlas
Hammam
Free time
Medina
Full Program
You land at Menara and a quarter of an hour later you are at the door of the riad, in a quiet corner ten minutes on foot from Jemaa el-Fna. You open it and the city switches off: what is left is the courtyard, going up two floors to the light. The afternoon is for settling in, and whoever wants to goes up to the roof, where the heated pool is and the terraces run all the way to the Atlas. In the evening we all eat together, ten people running the same race on Sunday.
Included
- airport transfer
- night in the riad
- dinner in the riad
Not included
- flights
In the morning we run easy in the palm grove, forty five minutes in two pace groups, between the palms and the red earth. A long breakfast when we get back and half an hour of mobility in the courtyard with Katia. Early in the afternoon we walk to Koutoubia Square to collect the bibs, passport in your pocket. Then the medina at dusk, with someone who knows which turns to take, and dinner at the house.
Included
- guided run
- mobility
- bib collection
- walk through the medina
- all meals
Not included
- flights
Twenty minutes with four strides and the legs are done for the day. The rest of it stays inside the house: the courtyard, the roof terrace, the physio going from room to room. We go through the course together and the hour each of us needs to wake up. We eat early and go to bed early, because tomorrow we run.
Included
- activation session
- physio
- all meals
Not included
- flights
Breakfast in the dark, at the hour each of us needs. Van to Avenue de la Menara, a warm up together, and at 07:45 we go: forty two flat kilometres between the city and the palm grove, orange slices at the aid stations and the sun climbing slowly. We are out on the course and at the finish. In the afternoon a hammam, the real kind, and in the evening we eat on the roof.
Included
- transfer to the start and back
- support on the course
- hammam
- all meals
Not included
- marathon bib
Breakfast on the roof with no alarm. Whoever flies in the afternoon goes up towards the Atlas for half a day, which an hour from the city changes everything: mountains with snow on top and Berber villages. Everyone else takes the vans to the airport, on your flight time.
Included
- breakfast
- half a day in the Atlas for late flights
- airport transfer
Not included
- flights
What's included in the retreat
4 nights, 5 days accommodation
All meals prepared by chef & nutritionist
Water, tea, coffee, fruit served throughout the day
Recovery protocols
Daily meditation classes
Welcome kit (Sprinta bag, race-week essentials, local gifts)
Post retreat online integration
Pre and post retreat support from our team
Wifi connection
Activities with coaches, pro athletes & mentors
Post-race party
What's not included
Flights costs
Additional treatments
Additional activities not included
What Makes This Retreat Special
The house is a riad: six rooms around a courtyard that goes up two floors to the light, a green living room off it, and a roof with a terrace, a sun deck and a heated pool, which in January is a stranger idea than it sounds and a very good one. It sits in a quiet corner ten minutes on foot from Jemaa el-Fna and three from Hivernage, so bib collection at Koutoubia Square is a walk and the start at the Menara is a short drive. The afternoons stay empty on purpose, because that is the part of the week that does the work.
Eight rooms, each with its own bathroom, air conditioning and heating for the January nights, which in Marrakech drop close to six degrees. Two king beds and six doubles, thick walls and shutters, and no traffic under the windows: the night before a marathon is not the night to sleep badly.
A private bathroom in every room
One kitchen for the chef
Indoor and rooftop dining
Heating and air conditioning in every room
Daily housekeeping
Heated pool on the roof
Roof terrace and sun deck
Ten minutes on foot from Jemaa el-Fna
Shkembor Beshaj cooks in the house, and builds the menus with Alessandra Ippolito, a sports nutritionist who works with endurance athletes. Breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, with water, coffee, tea and fruit through the day. On Sunday the race breakfast is served at the hour your wave asks for.
Meals Provided
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Snacks
Diets Catered
Egg-free
Gluten Free
Vegan
Vegetarian
Waking up in the riad
The day starts slowly, before breakfast and the taper work.
Around one table
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are shared on the riad terrace.
Fuel for race day
Complete dishes designed by the nutritionist and prepared by the chef.
Ten runners, one race, one house. You do not book a spot, you are selected for one: every house is composed on pace, goals and age, in a band between 26 and 38. For a week the marathon is the ordinary thing everyone at the table is talking about.
Moa is in the riad all week: the easy run on Friday, the activation on Saturday, the course gone through together and the warm up on race morning. A marathon runner, with the Olympic dream ahead of her. She handles the last week with you, without adding anything to the work you have already done.
House Leaders
Our dedicated house leaders live in the villa throughout the week, coordinating meals, logistics, recovery, and the daily rhythm so you can focus only on your race.
House leader
Moa
She stays in the riad all week: she meets you on arrival, holds the days together and answers you before you even apply. A marathon runner chasing the Olympic dream.
Certified Nutritionist
Alessandra Ippolito
Sports nutritionist specializing in endurance performance. Optimizing race-week fueling and recovery.
Trail Runner & Yoga Guide
Katia Plazzotta
Trail runner and climber. Brings yoga and mobility to the house.
Private Chef
Shkembor Beshaj
Formerly Langosteria, Milan. Founder of TestaCodaClub.
How payment works
Nothing is due while an application is read. Money moves only once a room is yours.
01
Application
€0
Read by a person. No card, no commitment.
02
Introduction call
€0
Twenty minutes on the phone, to see whether the house fits.
03
Room assigned
€300
Deposit, within 7 days of the answer.
04
Balance
€900
By 31 December 2026, four weeks before arrival.
Your race bib
Entry to the Marrakech Marathon sits outside the retreat price. We can buy yours at cost, or you take it yourself: entries close on 24 January, and the bib is collected in person with a passport.
Entry fee
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Find your flight
You land at Marrakech Menara. From the airport to the riad is a quarter of an hour of private transfer, included in the price. The flight is yours to book.
Depart
Marrakech (RAK)
Arrival
Marrakech (RAK)
€1,200
Country
Marrakech, Morocco 🇲🇦
Dates
Jan 28 - Feb 1, 2027 (5 days, 4 nights)
Group
10 guests
Age
26 · 38
Language
English and Italian
Applying costs nothing.€300 when a room is assigned, €900 by 31 December 2026.
