Staying in Riad in the Old City

Tourists have found Marrakech, especially on the weekends-even in the month of August. So I'm staying in a traditional, restored Moroccan house (riad)in the old city. I was welcomed with mint tea in small, delicately decorated tea glasses and Moroccan pastries.The house is beautiful-courtyard with garden in center complete with a red bird cage. The rooms have typical Moroccan furnishings. Mine is on the ground floor; breakfast and meals are served on the roof. I'm headed over the mountains to the desert at Zagora tomorrow and will sleep overnight in a berber tent.