Palais Amador

EXCEPTIONNEL EXTRAORDINAIRE MERCI MERCI MERCI. une famille d hôtes formidable, des employés modèles, un endroit magique. Un sans faute qualité, prix, amabilité, disponibilité. Rien n est impossible, toujours la pour nous et nue cuisine +++++. Félicitations vous êtes tout simplement géniaux. On va très vite y revenir. Vous avez fait de nos vacances un rêve. Vous méritez tout le bien qu on lit de vous dans les appréciations. Ne changez rien. Nous avions loué une voiture et c est un plus (30 minutes de Marrakech) C est un havre de paix qui se suffit à lui même (jardin piscine ...) Tout est dans le détail, pas un seul endroit n a pas été pensé et décoré. J ai envie de ne pas trop faire connaître l endroit et garder jalousement cet endroit mais je n ai pas le droit tellement Azeddine Maria et zacharia meritent de travailler. Comment vous remercier de tout ce que vous avez fait pour nous ? En revenant très vite vous revoir pour au moins 15 jours MERCI

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

It was a pleasure staying at Palace Amador! Maria and her family provided us with the highest quality experience during our first trip to morocco. Waking up to freshly squeezed orange juice every morning while chatting with maria made our stay very relaxing. I would highly recommend this place for those looking for a quiet, relaxing stay in morrocco. The rooms are unique, rooms extremely clean and the service was personalized to make us feel welcomed. Thank you Maria and family!:) we hope to see you soon . Muchos saludos de parte de nicoll y daniel !

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.

Palais Amador is just fantastic! We were a couple, a toddler, and grandmother traveling from the United States to Morocco for vacation. Our first stop was Palais Amador, where we hoped to recover from our travels and adjust to the time difference. Our stay far exceeded expectations. The couple and son that own and run the hotel, Maria, Azizim and Zac, treated us like family from the moment we arrived. No request was too small or too large, and they consistently went out of their way to make us comfortable. Azizim has prior experience as a manager of a luxury hotel in Marrakesh, and it shows: he knows what guests value, and he makes every effort to meet their needs. The hotel grounds are really beautiful- a relaxing and tranquil oasis filled with citrus trees, olive trees and chirping birds (plus two dozen small turtles that roam the grounds). The food is spectacular- some of the best we had in Morocco. Almost everything is homemade and much of the produce is grown on their land. The rooms and beds were very comfortable. I highly recommend a room with a balcony as the views (especially of the snow-capped Atlas mountains) are beautiful. Their hospitality did not end at the end of our visit- Zac continued to help our family arrange transportation during the rest of our trip, even when we were no longer staying with them. Palais Amador is a 45-minute car ride from the center of Marrakesh. While taxis to Marrakesh (or other sites) can easily be arranged, we chose to stay on the hotel grounds during our 4-day visit, which allowed us to fully relax and gear up for the next phase of our trip. (We moved to a riad in the Medina of Marrakesh.) If our travels ever bring us back to Morocco, we will certainly stay at Palais Amador again. Thank you for such a wonderful visit!

A great location if you're looking for a relaxing place to stay, the place is so nice and quiet, with a very beautiful garden. the room was confortable and clean, and the food is delicious. The owners were very friendly, especially Maria who was so lovely and took care of us. We felt most welcome