La Maison Arabe Country Club

You are correct, the facilities in La Mamounia are indeed gorgeous. I would recommend a visit just to the hotel even without a day pass.

These calm places inside and around Marrakech is what I love about the city. For me they are the perfect place to relax and spend time.

I stayed at the Maison Arabe in 2018 and visited this place but only for the cooking class. The hotel has a smallish pool onsite, so we ended up using that one for a quick dip instead. Their cooking class was great -- a structured lesson in their dedicated kitchen studio classroom. They had screens at your cooking stations streaming the close up whatever the Dada's (teacher) workstation so everyone could follow along without having to crowd around her. Like the country club, the cooking classes are open to non-guests and there was a British group who were doing it for the second time.
We walked around a bit as they baked the bread in an outdoor tandoor and served us tea in the patio area. Even without visiting this pool, it was really relaxing to sip tea and eat our lunch amidst the fragrant smells of all the blooming orange blossoms.

Having stayed at La Mamounia on several occasions, I am aware that sightseers are actively discouraged; but this hotel must be included on any Marrakech itinerary and thus the guest pass or a meal at one of the restaurants ought be considered. The pool is set in the perfect oasis of fragrant, lush gardens and surrounded by sumptuous loungers and the most attentive pool attendants. The pool is usually populated with an interesting collection of guests and inevitably acquaintances are made over a cool drink .... which are accompanied by snacks in gorgeous silver dishes and dispensed with a flourish and a dazzling smile. Marrakech contains jarring juxtapositions and is all the more exciting for it .... often confronting and frustrating but well worth the effort to understand the essence of this place.

Wow. This looks wonderful. What a lovely place, and a delightfully written review.