Autumn honeymoon trip

Written: 21 january 2011
Travel time: 14 — 21 october 2010
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 6.0
We went on a honeymoon trip to Morocco (Agadir) in mid-October 2010.
Atlantic Palace 5*/Atlantic Palace 5*
I liked the hotel very much with its decoration, simply unrealistic ceilings and walls in the lobby and the huge territory of the hotel itself. Getting inside the hotel, pictures of 1001 nights and childhood tales about the East immediately pop up.
Everything blooms, smells, in the morning you wake up outside the window, birds sing. Fabulous
The service is quite decent, they changed the linen every day when we were not in the room (tipped the maid 5 dirhams daily). On the first day of arrival brought water and fruit.
The famous Moroccan green tea was poured at the reception before check-in… the taste is amazing!!
They only took breakfast. But the breakfasts were good. There is a variety of menus. Buffet. The French croissants were especially impressive. I live in Moscow, but I have never tried such delicious croissants anywhere.

Bad impression from the Russian-speaking administrator of the hotel - Natalia. Her image didn’t match with the image of the administrator at all, sorry.
When we arrived, she said that you can’t swim in the ocean, that there was a storm, the whole sandy beach was covered, the sun loungers were washed away and what’s going on there, don’t go there, otherwise you never know... But we are like true Russians, who, in principle, don’t care for everything except an interesting cultural program, the next day we went to the ocean - to see. And there....a beautiful clean ocean, warm, soft sand....mmm . . in short, not a dream, not a spirit about any storm....
It is clear that the administrator may have benefited from us sitting at the hotel by the pool and spending money inside the hotel, but such outright lies and imposition became very disgusting.
It is also not a very good impression that the travel agency did not inform that there is a discount + gift program in the hotel for honeymooners (according to Natalia this, an improved room, + spa program and something else). They said this at the hotel itself, asking for a certificate from the travel agency... But in the end, after all the clarifications, explanations, calls to the travel agency and other things, they didn’t give us anything. They brought fruit only to the room, but it was still nice). We didn’t investigate further, because it’s still a honeymoon trip, and it should be good and calm, and there’s no need to overshadow it with all sorts of showdowns with the staff, especially since our room, although standard, was very cozy 
SPA in the hotel is terribly expensive. On the advice of the guests of our hotel, we went to a private institution for spa treatments, massages, etc. The impressions are wonderful.
Excursion - were only in Marrakesh. Beautiful "red" city, as it is called. I really liked Medina. But, to be honest, I think that there is nothing special to see in Morocco... I made this conclusion after studying all the excursion programs in the country, before the trip. In my opinion, Morocco is a country for a beach holiday.

All staff and people in the city speak either French or Arabic. Mostly French. Almost everyone's English is broken, but you can understand each other.
A beautiful country with an interesting culture and color. Delicious argan oil that you can bring home as a gift. Beautiful, bright scarves and shawls. Awesome ocean, great beach!!! )) Delicious local cuisine, I especially remember “tajine kefta”. Friendly locals who even helped get a taxi.
Something like this... if you are in doubt to go, or not to go to Morocco, then my advice is to go. Perhaps you will be disappointed by the hotel, the staff, the organization of something, but the country itself, the ocean, the air and the people, I am sure will not make you think badly about this country.
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