The Best Hotels in Rabat

A clifftop hotel built inside a former royal palace, with the Atlantic running right up to the base of the bluff. The name translates to castle of the sea, which sets expectations appropriately. Arched courtyards, carved wood, Berber rugs, and many rooms with open-ocean views make the bones hard to argue with. The Forbes Four Star property also has a spa leaning on traditional hammam rituals and argan treatments, which feels right given the address.

Set inside a 440-acre forest on what was once a royal estate, this Ritz-Carlton is the kind of hotel where the ceiling alone, carved cedarwood and muqarnas rippling overhead, takes a moment to process. Zellij tilework lines the interiors, rooms look out over olive groves or a championship golf course, and the spa runs on hammam rituals and argan oil. It holds a Forbes Four Star rating.

Perched on a clifftop above the Atlantic, this Forbes Four Star hotel is Conrad's Morocco debut, and it arrives with a red carpet down the drive and a marble lobby where geometric tilework meets clean contemporary lines. Open-air walkways let the ocean breeze do most of the decorating. There's a spa, a pool terrace, and a seafood restaurant looking out to sea, which means the view is doing serious work whether you're in or out of the water.