Where to buy in Morocco

Rebuilt modern after 1960, so the stock is apartments and gated resorts rather than medina houses. Winter sun and the surf beaches at Taghazout keep it busy from October to April.

Cliff coves and turquoise water on the Rif coast, backed by a national park. A small market with seasonal flights from the Netherlands and Belgium, priced well under the Mediterranean resorts.

Golf, beach clubs and gated villa compounds: the Mediterranean's smart address. It is a summer town, brilliant in August and quiet by November.

The business capital, where demand comes from professionals on long leases rather than holidaymakers. Anfa and Aïn Diab hold the sea-view apartments; the centre hides serious art deco.

A walled Atlantic port with a UNESCO medina, trade winds and summers that stay cool. Riad restoration without the heat or the crowds of Marrakech, three hours down the road.

The largest car-free medina in the world, with riads at a fraction of Marrakech prices. The trade-off is the building work, and the craftsmen who still know how to do it.

A fishing harbour turned marina town, polished and compact along the Fnideq corniche. Apartments here trade on walking distance to the water rather than plot size.

Riads in the medina, Palmeraie villas and art-deco flats in Guéliz: here the neighbourhood decides everything. Year-round visitors make it Morocco's most dependable short-let market.

Tetouan's beach town, built around a long boulevard and a wide sandy bay. Mostly family apartments, bought by Moroccans and diaspora families for the summer.

Set on the Marchica lagoon, with a waterfront being rebuilt block by block. Strong ties to Dutch and Belgian buyers, and Melilla on the doorstep.

The Oriental's capital and a diaspora heartland, inland and priced accordingly. Its airport and the hour's drive to the beaches at Saïdia do the rest.

Embassies, ministries and tree-lined avenues add up to a steady, unspectacular market. Souissi and Hay Riad are where diplomatic tenants look; the character sits in the Oudayas kasbah.

Fourteen kilometres of sand and a marina built from scratch, close to the Algerian border. Rental income is concentrated into one short, intense summer.

Two coastlines meet here, in a city rebuilt around the Tanger Med port and a new marina. Buyers come for the sea views at Malabata and a working city that does not empty out in winter.

Andalusian white architecture at the foot of the Rif, with a UNESCO medina few tourists reach. The Mediterranean beaches at Martil and Cabo Negro are ten minutes away.