Boutique Hôtel Palais Masandoia

A welcome stop on the way to the Sahara! We were greeted personally in the large entrance hall where we were offered a traditional hand washing before being led to a smaller waiting area and served tea and cookies. The hallways, rooms and beautiful pool were quiet and enjoyable without the massive numbers that disembark from the buses. Here you get a more personalized approach. The dining room and bar area served delicious drinks with dinner and again a very generous and delicious breakfast was served before we had to leave. The hotel was clean, the grounds manicured and in spite of a few minor imperfections such as loose tiles, everything was wonderful! If you're looking for a quieter, more personalized and relaxed stay after a long trek to Erfoud, then please do consider Palais Masandoia.

I was pleasantly surprised with the hotel. We stayed overnight prior to our desert trip. Dinner was great as well as a big breakfast spread. The place has a nice bar area and indoor pool. The staff was friendly and went out of their way to make our stay comfortable.

We arrived after a long day on the road. We were greeted with hand washing, tea, and a complete tour of the facility. The hotel has a lovely outdoor pool but if the weather is inclement, they also have an indoor pool. There is a cosy tea reading room as well as an enticing bar. The hotel had phoned our driver during the morning to see what we would like for dinner and while it was not on the menu, they made us a special lamb tangia. We enjoyed a Hammam and a massage while we were there and they were excellent. The staff we very friendly and accommodating and went out of their way to make sure we were well taken care of. We highly recommend this property.

Lovely luxury hotel in the desert. Super nice and accommodating staff. Food was great; southern Morocco tends to have more grilled meat as well as Tangine, so that was a welcome addition. Our trip to the desert was postponed for a few hours. They offered our group 2 rooms, we enjoyed the pool. They were very relaxed about the whole thing. Go!

Biggest disappointment in lodging 0m this 7th day in Morocco. The Place was a showcase in it’s day and has fabulous bones/potential and the bar is exquisite. Covid and lack pf updating has obviously take it’s toll on this place. We are in the Santos Suite which is humongous. And if updated with electrical plugs. Better bathroom lighting, lamp lighting a tv that get reception and some decoration/ clean pillows and rugs, it would be spectacular. The aircondioners cannot get the rooms cool and the one in the bedroom is directly over the luggage stand which really was unfortunate because when we came back from dinner we discovered that dripped a bunch of condensation water into our suitcase. There is a huge patio that has a bench and umbrellaed table and could be world class fabulous with the addition of plants, pillows and perhaps a fountain or trellis. Dinner has to be scheduled the day before or early that day and the only choice is chicken, beef, lamb or veggie tangine, which is odd for a top rated place and I am sure they need your order so they can just go buy the ingredients. Then there are no liquids included with dinner, still water, and coffee are add-ons that you are presented a bill with when you take your last bite. The waiter also will let us know that he will not be your server in morning so we’d be needing to tip him before leaving dinner. Dinner was ample and included coffee, tea and orange juice. Waiter didn’t have a great grasp of English, Spanish or French, so in stead of eggs over easy my husband got plain omelet and instead of poached eggs I got hard boiled eggs, but it was all good because he was sweet. There is an exquisite inside pool and there is and outdoor pool too. Water is cool. There was only one others room occupied during our stay. And the lights are kept off and manually turned on for you as you walk around the onece as possibly filter palace like structure.

This small desert palace has everything you could possibly want: large luxurious rooms with spacious beautiful bathrooms, Moroccan style, indoor and outdoor pools - both with plenty of lounging, bar & guest lounge, hammam, indoor and outdoor dining and excellent attentive staff. We can't recommend it highly enough!