luxury hotel resorts dot the beachfront offering a more upscale type holiday aimed at families looking at the all inclusive type destination.
Te area was destroyed by an earthquake in 1960 which saw 15,000 people lose their lives (a third of the population) and about 70 per cent of the town destroyed. Te town was evacuated and over the next few decades had to virtually rebuild itself with its port, maritime and tourist identity at the forefront. A new city centre was developed with wide avenues and modern hotel infrastructures.
Today Agadir is a major coastal resort with a third of all Moroccan bed nights and often a good base for tours to the Atlas Mountains. It was ranked as having the 37th best city beach by website
Flightnetwork.com. Its golden sands offer something for everyone from surfing to jet skis to camel rides.
Agadir recorded over one million tourists last year, an increase of over 13 per cent. Tere are almost 40,000 beds registered in Agadir.
Casino Malabata Tanger at the Movenpick Hotel overlooks the Bay of Tangier on the shores of the Mediterranean. It’s only a five to 10 minute drive from the city centre but is a beach side resort offering 240 rooms and suites, various restaurants, bars, gym, conference rooms and a large free form swimming pool. Movenpick Hotel & Resorts is a global firm with Swiss roots and since 1973 operates more than 84 hotels/20,000 rooms across 20 countries.
also boasts a casino plus golf course.
It is a luxurious five star hotel complex on 250 hectares of land bordering a 7km stretch of sandy beach on the Atlantic Ocean. It’s just an hour drive from Casablanca airport.
Te $370m resort was the first phase of the plan to develop the area as part of the Plan Azur project and took two years to construct. Kerzner currently operates 11 hotels via three brands (Mazagan, Atlantis Resorts and One&Only Resorts).
Tere are 500 rooms and suites including eight Ambassador suites and two Royal suites, 14
restaurants and bars, spa, fitness centre, golf course, football pitches and the biggest casino in north Africa.
It’s designed with an Arabic-Moorish style and the resort circles a Grand Riad (courtyard) with swimming pool. Te casino features over 463 slots and 44 gaming tables and is open 23 hours a day.
AGADIR
Agadir, a popular coastal resort on the Atlantic Ocean, was a result of Morocco’s focus on mass tourism developed 10 years ago in an attempt to mirror countries such as Tunisia. Its modern
Finally Shem’s Casino is located just 200m from the Agadir Beach. Te casino is one of the oldest in Agadir and has 16 table games and over 100 slots plus poker room. Tere is a restaurant Jean Cocteau and English bar.
NEWSWIRE / INTERACTIVE / MARKET DATA P189
Atlantic Palace Casino at the Agadir Golf Talasso and Casino Hotel has 328 rooms and suites and is nestled in 10,000sq.m of Moroccan garden in the centre of the seaside resort. Construction of the hotel began in the early 1990s and is a mixture of Arab and Moorish design and the hotel offers outdoor pools, golf course, spa and four restaurants and bars. Te casino is operated under an operating agreement with the hotel by Cirsa and it is open 23 hours a day offering 186 slots and 20 tables. It is also home to the famous restaurant Al Fanous.
Le Mirage Casino is a standalone casino located in the village of Club Valtur on the Agadir seafront. Tere are 96 slots and eight table games. It is also operated by Cirsa and a company source said: “Our company has great confidence in Morocco due to its political and economic stability – such as infrastructures’ investments- and also for its tourist potential.”
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