Akabar
The hotel is centrally located in the residential area of l'Hivernage, just a 2-minute walk from Avenue Mohammed V with its many restaurants, bars, nightlife options and shops and shopping centres housing countless international brands. The famous Jemaa el Fnaa Square is a 10-minute walk from the hotel, as are the souks, Menara Gardens and the Majorelle Garden. The train station on Avenue Hassan II is approximately 1 km from the hotel, Bab Doukkala bus station is around 1.5 km away and guests will find links to the public transport network just 500 metres from the hotel. The beach in Essaouira is around 3 hours' drive, and the Oukaimeden ski area is approximately an hour and a half by car. Marrakech-Menara airport is just 3 km from the hotel.
This air-conditioned city hotel offers guests a relaxing place to stay for a holiday or business trip, with 51 guest rooms and a wide choice of room types available, including doubles, singles, triples and suites. Guests are welcomed in a lobby with 24-hour reception and check-out services, a hotel safe, currency exchange facilities, a newspaper stand and lift access to the upper floors. Further facilities include a TV lounge, cafe, bar and restaurant. Guests may also take advantage of the Internet access, room service, a laundry service and a car park (fees apply).
The guest rooms are equipped with an en suite bathroom with a shower and bathtub, a double or king-size bed and a private balcony or terrace. Other in-room amenities include a safe, satellite TV, a telephone and individually regulated air conditioning and heating.
There is an indoor swimming pool with a separate children's swimming area and guests may also relax by the poolside snack bar. Sun loungers and parasols are provided free of charge at the hotel and for an additional fee on the beach.
The hotel chef offers a variety of Moroccan and international dishes. Fast food options and a wide range of drinks are also available.
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Tripadvisor Reviews
a casual trip
the fabled land of the reputed traveller ibn batuta had loads in store for a small pedestrian like me.i felt thyself as a pawn hearing about the legends of batuta.the stay at the hotel was heavenly.the staff was very cooperative
Terrible Experience
Hotel room was extremely dirty, I have noticed load of female hair, on bed and pillows, the bathroom was with load of hair too. Housekeeping did not clean the room properly and professionally. Terrible experience and minus 5 rating the hygiene for the room. The night, I could not sleep at all till early morning because of noise from some cars racing next to hotel during whole the night, Im very disappointed and confused because hotel reception did not take action to report this matter to police but car racing was with very load noise and I still can not understand is it hotel and touristic area or F1 racing. I won't recommend this hotel at all due to several problems, might hotel looks great online but in reality is very very very bad. I will never ever come back to it
A disappointing Hotel
Our stay at the Akabar was very disappointing, and in our opinion the hotel needs a complete overhaul. For instance, we found the following in need of attention. The reception is not updated we were told on arrival we had no reservation, this was because the main administration was not in sync with the desk. There was no hot water in the bathroom for our weeks stay, even though the engineers came and inspected and told us to the contrary. The extractor fan was not working. Shower head was falling off the wall. Toilet roll holder was broken. The W/C syphon stuck from time to time. Bed side light was not working. There was only one english speaking program on the TV and that was CNN news, and even that went off eventually. Phone did not work for the duration of the stay. The Restaurant breakfast had nothing warm except coffee or tea all food was cold. The steak ordered in the evening was not fit for shoe leather and had to be sent back. After the first two days of settling in we decided to eat out just up the road, it was far superior and of equal pricing.
The Akabar Hotel should be re-rated, in fact down rated to something less than the THREE star it holds, it was a real disappointment.
Affordable food and nice spot for freelancing in the heart of Marrakech
I have seen tons of bad reviews. They must have improved a lot recently because I did not have any essential issues. Nevertheless, I will try to give the pros and cons of this hotel
-: The communication could be better and more clear, we weren't sure when to check out; Some of the equipment in the rooms could be replaced
+: The staff is very polite and hospitable. There is a very, very affordable restaurant with pleasant meals. There are two inside gardens, one with a pool, both perfect for freelancing travelers like myself. The location is in a nice part of Marrakech, with many clubs and cafes, and also perhaps a 12 min walk to Kathouba and 15 to Jeema el Fna. There is also a Carrefour nearby which comes pretty handy
Hotel akabar is amazing
Went to hotel akabar with my son jayden.we loved the hotel.it was clean.rooms was amazing.beds were very comfortable.pool was great.cleaners were in every day changing bed.always had a smile.receiption stuff helped us with everything we asked.just a really lovely hotel and definitely going back.donna and Jayden xx