Palais Amador

It was a wonderful and enchanting new experience and we immersed in another world. Every wish was fulfilled and the services (room; restaurant ;) were excellent the peace and time to meditate was extraordinary. We enjoyed a lot and we will come back as soon as possible 🥰

For the skimmers. Great owners and staff Very clean Fantastic gardens Great pool Comfy and abundant sun loungers Amazing food Beautiful rooms Peaceful TV lounge for the ‘big match’ Great hairdryer (powerful & long lead) *a wife edit 30 min ride to Marrakech …did I mention, great owners and staff! It might not be for you if…. You like a ‘buzz’ about a place. Need lots going on. You prefer to be able to walk around a village/resort (without involving transport) Need organised daily activities (competitions/quizzes/bingo) Like a bar/pool bar scene OK so we all have different expectations from a holiday and I can certainly see why this wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of mint tea. But for us, particularly following events of the last two years it’s been absolutely perfect. This break has suffered 3 cancellations due to Covid, throughout which the owners (Azeddine, Maria and Zac) have been very supportive and understanding. One of the cancellations was of our own doing as we feared that Morocco may go on the UK red list whilst we were due to be there(it didn’t). Regular email contact with Zac assured us that nothing was a problem and whenever we felt comfortable to come our reservation would still stand. It’s just a 30 minute journey from the airport (transfer organised by Zac). A warm welcome with freshly squeezed orange juice (from the gardens). We were in room 7 (Fantasia Suite). Huge bed, seating area, shower room and 2 balcony/terraces. One with sun loungers and one with a couple of chairs and table. With things as they are, specifically the Covid restrictions, the Riad is sadly way under capacity as yet. In the week we stayed (1st week in May) the busiest it got was 3 rooms occupied. Many days we had the whole place to ourselves, with the fantastic pool and the equally fantastic Hamza tending to our every need. There were times when we felt a little guilty that all of this was just for us, but Zac and Maria couldn’t have put us more at ease. Zac speaks excellent English and Maria has enough, with the help of hand signals and facial expressions to help us understand. Azeddine also only has limited English but the international language of football aided our chats with him :). He showed us his roll of honour photos with famous football figures from when he managed at a top hotel in Marrakech. His favourite being the one with Zidane. The wife’s favourite being Robert Pires 🙄 I should add that they all spoke many languages fluently (Spanish, French, Arabic), much to our shame. Breakfast is either served on the terrace outside the new dining room building, or within in it. It’s your choice. Same goes for evening meal. One night I was even offered for it to be served in the TV lounge so I could watch the match 😀. Whilst breakfast is based around the same core elements (tea, coffee, bread, spreads, pancakes and yogurts), each day had something a little different about it. A fruit salad, fruit juice etc… Days by the pool. A dedicated sun lounge

Where do I even begin? Palais Amador is simply the most incredible and wonderful experience my partner and I have had in traveling for the last 10 years together. The staff ( especially Zac and Maria) are the most gracious, charming and incredible hosts I could ever have imagined. Initially we booked for a 4 day stay because it was Ramadan and I was a bit fatigued after traveling nearly four months. We ended staying for over 3 weeks. To call it an oasis in a fairly crazy world is an understatement, it’s more akin to that moment of finding Shangri-LA as an “ahh-ha “ moment. Set in a grove of olive trees, with a perfectly manicured estate, we spent our days eating fabulous home made Moroccan food, watching red dragonflies , turtles and swimming in a nearly perfectly idyllic swimming pool. I had hesitated to write this review simply out of selfishness, since when I go back I want to make certain it’s not fully booked. One note: although day trips in and around Marrakech are certainly easily available, it is a solid 30 min drive. Amador is a calm in the storm more so then walking out your door into the controlled chaos that is Marrakech.