The Royal Mansour Collection's Mediterranean opening — 55 villas and suites on the Tamuda Bay coast between Tetouan and Tangier, with a 32,000-square-metre medi-spa, a private beach, and butler service to every accommodation.
"The second Royal Mansour after Marrakech — same standards, Mediterranean instead of medina. A medi-spa nearly the size of the White House, a private beach on the Strait, butler service to every villa, and one of King Mohammed VI's personal hotel projects."
Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay opened in summer 2023 as the second property of the Royal Mansour Collection — the small ultra-luxury group privately associated with King Mohammed VI of Morocco that began with the Royal Mansour Marrakech in 2010. The Tamuda Bay site sits on the Mediterranean coast between Tetouan and Tangier — the stretch of north Moroccan coast that the Moroccan royal family has used as its principal summer residence for three generations and that is now the focus of significant state-led luxury development. The architect is Stuart Church (who also designed the Marrakech property); the interior design is by the Paris studios Pierre-Yves Rochon and Studio Patrick Jouin; the landscape design is by Sicilian-born Jouvence Mediterranea. The result is the most considered Mediterranean grand-hotel opening anywhere in North Africa this decade.
The 55 accommodations break down as 32 Deluxe or Premier Suites of 80 to 190 square metres (mostly ground- or first-floor suites in the main building), Privilege Suites in the upper categories, and a small number of standalone Villas of 250 to 500 square metres set in private walled gardens with their own pools. Every accommodation comes with a butler, a private terrace or patio, and a remote-controlled Bose audio system. The Deluxe Suite is the entry-level category — there are no standard rooms — and the rates begin at MAD 7,000 (approximately GBP 560) for two on a bed-and-breakfast basis. The villas run from MAD 30,000 to MAD 80,000 per night by season and category.
There are five restaurants. The signature room is Mediterranean Provençal under chef Yannick Alléno (3 Michelin stars at Pavyllon and Le 1947 in Courchevel); Sesamo is the contemporary Asian; La Plage is the beach-club lunch venue; the Lobby is the all-day room; the patisserie is operated as a separate Pierre Hermé concession. The medi-spa is the centrepiece — 32,000 square metres (the comparison to the White House at 5,100 square metres is genuinely instructive) with fifteen treatment rooms, a 25-metre indoor pool, multiple hammams, a cryotherapy chamber, a private hair and aesthetics suite, and a serious nutrition and longevity programme run with the Buchinger Wilhelmi school. There is also a 1-kilometre private beach, an 18-hole golf course adjacent (Royal Tetouan), a tennis academy, and a children's club.
For travellers building a Morocco itinerary that pairs with Fez, the property sits a six-hour drive across the Rif mountains (or a 45-minute flight via Tangier) and is the natural Mediterranean counterpoint to the imperial cities. The Royal Mansour Marrakech remains the better-known half of the collection, but Tamuda Bay is now the more interesting opening — the only true beachfront grand hotel in northern Morocco, opened with the resources of a sovereign client and a five-year pre-launch construction timeline.
For the Morocco honeymoon that wants beach as well as Medina, Tamuda Bay is the address. A two-bedroom villa with its own pool and walled garden; the Yannick Alléno tasting menu; the medi-spa couples ritual (the full longevity panel is reductive but the hammam-and-aesthetics half-day is the most considered in North Africa); private dinner on the beach. The natural pairing is three nights here after four in Fez or Marrakech.
The 32,000-square-metre medi-spa is the most ambitious wellness facility in Africa or the Mediterranean. The seven- and ten-night programmes (Buchinger fasting, longevity diagnostics, cryotherapy, lymphatic, nutrition planning) are credible medical-grade interventions. The full programme is the equal of SHA Wellness or Lanserhof and the only such facility in North Africa. For a serious wellness reset rather than a spa weekend, Tamuda Bay is now the regional answer.
The two- and three-bedroom villas, the 1-kilometre private beach, the kids' club, the tennis academy, and the golf course make the property the most considered luxury family base on the Mediterranean coast of Africa. For families who would normally book Forte Village in Sardinia or Verdura in Sicily and want to try Morocco without sacrificing standards, this is the obvious answer.
Tamuda Bay, M'diq
93200 Tetouan, Morocco
Tangier-Ibn Battouta Airport 50 minutes; Tetouan 12 minutes; Ceuta border 25 minutes
55 villas and suites (no standard rooms)
Deluxe Suite from MAD 7,000/night
Premier Suite from MAD 12,000/night
One-Bedroom Villa from MAD 30,000/night
Royal Villa from MAD 80,000/night
Check-in: 3:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Opened June 2023; Leading Hotels of the World since opening
32,000 sqm medi-spa & longevity centre
Yannick Alléno signature restaurant
Five restaurants incl. Pierre Hermé patisserie
1-kilometre private beach
Royal Tetouan golf course adjacent
Tennis academy, kids' club
Butler service every accommodation
From MAD 7,000/night. Villas book four months ahead for July–August (the Moroccan royal summer season); the medi-spa programmes require booking at least six weeks ahead for the full longevity panel.
Book This Hotel →The Relais & Châteaux palace-riad in the heart of Fes Medina — the imperial-city counterpart to Tamuda Bay's coastal modernity.
A restored 19th-century Tazi family palace inside the Fes Medina — the obvious pairing for the Tamuda Bay coast.
The Royal Mansour Marrakech is the sister property of Tamuda Bay — the imperial-city half of the collection.