Villa Amira Hotel

“ the vila and the stafff was very nice and helphfull, the room always clean, food was excelent and not expencive! I would definatley recomend this villa, and ll come back my self .

“ Top Tip: we walked a lot :
to Medina it took us 20min (taksi costed 30-50 dirham)
go to new town- plaza if you walk it would take 10-20min. Mohamed avenue 5 and 6th there you can find lots of shops, I bought 4 pairs of shoes, and it was much cheaper than in Medina!
also I would recomend to go to:
Chez Ali restaurant - once in a lifetime :)
also La Trattoria restaurant - very nice !!! http://www.bestrestaurantsmaroc.com/en/restaurant-maroc/trattoria-la.html

“ Walking into this hotel - actually more like a beautiful upmarket B+B - for the first time was a most pleasant and memorable experience, even for someone like myself who is well travelled.

My partner and I phoned the Villa from the airport as soon as we touched down in Marrakech and the lady who answered courteously and with the minimum of fuss ordered us a taxi. Tired and hungry we walked up the steps to the Villa where we were greeted by the wonderful Hassamia, who welcomed us into the domicile. The doors closed behind us and we were immediately charmed by the sense of serenity, the exquisite detail of the interior and indeed the smells of Hassamia's excellent cooking. Our host sat us down with some mint tea and proceeded to cook us a wonderful (and entirely bespoke!) dinner of cous-cous, lamb and vegetables.

This sense of informal hospitality defined our stay at the Villa Amira for the few days we went on to stay there. As well as Hassamia's extensive and friendly assistance and excellent cuisine, we enjoyed the simple, tasty breakfasts prepared by Kadija (who also helped to arrange our trip to the Atlas Mountains) and we enjoyed a lovely massage care of Hayat. The only downsides were that we were unable to experience the hammam treatment as there was some sort of problem with the steam room and at a push, the coldness of the plunge pool.

Other than these minor caveats we had a wonderfully pleasurable and relaxing time at the Villa and would highly recommend it - and already have - without hesitation to anyone seeking a good value but beautiful hotel with genuinely helpful staff.

“ Top Tip: Hassamia's best nugget of information was to check the set prices of the goods on sale at the Artisanal Complex before delving into the souks of the medina - just so as you have some idea of how much to bargain for!

Brushing up on your French is definitely advisable, however Hassamia has been taking English lessons and was very patient with us throughout.

“ Had a brilliant holiday the hotel was even better than we hoped beautifully appointed and very clean. The staff incredibly helpful and accommodating. Taxi ride to the medina but we felt that was a plus to escape to some peace. Will be back!

“ Top Tip: Arrange the taxi price before you get in!

“ The hotel was beautiful and nothing was too much trouble for the staff. Each room was individually decorated. The breakfast was delicious and we had it by the pool. We had to get taxis into town but that was fine.