Shams rooftop restaurant and bar sits atop the Le Monde des Arts de la Parure museum in Marrakech, an enormous collection of African and oriental jewellery, clothing, and ethnographic items in a truly breathtaking modern building by Franco-Lebanese architects Michel Charrière and Joseph Achkar. The menu takes inspiration from both Mediterranean and Levantine cuisine, from traditional baba ghannouj and fattoush to goat's stuffed pittas with Greek salad and lashings of olive oil. With elevator access straight to the top, Shams is the place for long, lazy lunches in a leafy escape above the city, book-ended with a Moroccan iced coffee, of course. 

El Badi Palace is more ruin than royal these days - a shadow of its 16th-century gold-encrusted grandeur - but somehow magical nonetheless; Dior even chose it as the dramatic backdrop for its Resort 2020 show. Wander through the underground chambers and vast courtyard, and admire the storks who have made its walls their home.