The classiest five-star hotel in Tangier proper, this beautifully maintained 1930s period piece offers three excellent restaurants, two equally good bars, a fitness centre, spa and even a babysitting service. It’s shaped like an enormous hollow square, with a tremendous Spanish-Moorish courtyard, and has history oozing from its walls. Nonguests can use the pool for Dh200 or if they buy lunch.
Sashay past the doorman and glide down the stairs to the beautiful Andalusian courtyard where there are dozens of photographs of celebrity visitors around the walls. Most of the photos date from the 1950s and ’60s. A suave Rock Hudson, Aristotle and Jackie Onassis, Winston Churchill, and glitzy Rita Hayworth are just some familiar faces that we spotted.