Royal Hideaway Casablanca

We recommend the Royal Hideaway to business travellers seeking a true 5★ without paying Hyatt Regency prices, and to couples on a long layover (two, three nights) before Marrakech or Essaouira. The family rooms welcome children well, the pool is supervised. It is a hotel for thirty- and forty-somethings who favour modern comfort over riad authenticity.

Contemporary twelve-storey building inaugurated in 2018, architecture by the Spanish firm RCR Arquitectes. Smoked-glass and white-concrete façade, double-height lobby with works by Moroccan artists (Mahi Binebine, Hassan Hajjaj). Design interiors: terrazzo floors, cedar woodwork, brushed-brass lighting. Rooms from 38 to 120 m², all with continuous balcony and open views.

Restaurant Iseo serves Mediterranean fusion cuisine (Italian and Moroccan influences) in a glass-walled room facing the ocean. Generous buffet breakfast: Moroccan pastries, made-to-order egg station, freshly pressed juices. The rooftop bar offers tapas and signature cocktails until 23h, lounge atmosphere at weekends. 24-hour room service, concise but well-executed menu.

Le Royal Hideaway stands on avenue des Far, in the Anfa district, 500 metres from the Ain Diab corniche. Morocco Mall ten minutes by car, Hassan II Mosque fifteen. Residential and business neighbourhood, quiet in the evening, few restaurants within walking distance (taxi or Uber required). Mohammed V Airport 35 minutes, Casa-Voyageurs station twenty. The nearest public beach (Ain Diab) is 800 metres away, yet the hotel pool remains more agreeable.