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| AGADIR BEACH CLUB HOTEL (Watch a video) Add your Hotel Review |  |  Address: PO Box 310, Agadir 80000, Morocco
Good product, from location to facilities its a hotel that can be recommended.Perfectly located in the front of the beach and also really close to the main street of Agadir with bars, restaurants and all the traveller can expect in a sun destination like Agadir.The rooms are medium size as well as the bathroom. Nice decorated and all of them with a balcony, facing the sea or the pool. | | Some of our readers photos of AGADIR BEACH CLUB HOTEL / Agadir
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| | Comments: | Agadir Beach Club Hotel Agadir 25-30 March 2009
The Agadir Beach Club is a 4 star rated hotel located on Chemin de Oued Souss which is a continuation of Bvd du 20 Aout in a popular part of Agadir for restaurants and hotels alike. It is a low level building having four floors with 436 rooms in total spread over a large area, amongst the room options are standard rooms, junior suites, deluxe suites, apartments, duplex apartments, SuitePrince and Suite Ambassador.
On my arrival I was given a room with double bed, as booked, but there were two immediate problems in that the room had no balcony and more crucially it overlooked the road at the front of the hotel where heavy works were in progress. It would not be possible to have the window open due to noise and dust.
I negotiated an upgrade to a sea view room which turned out to be a junior suite with the added benefit of the Kasbah being visible, an impressive sight which is illuminated from 8pm onwards and the top of which can be reached by taxi for 80Dh to give panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean and of Agadir. I suspect this upgrade was a deliberate plan by staff to get additional money from guests by firstly offering them an awful room, as was the case on my arrival.
On entering the room from the corridor, the bathroom was immediately accessible and had hair dryer, bath with overhead hand set, plenty of towels which are changed daily, a bidet and the usual tiny bottles of shower gel and shampoo. There was a separate room with WC. The lounge area comprised soft furnishings, TV (only CNN in English), telephone, fridge (empty), glass topped table and chairs and there was a separate small open room just off the lounge with additional bed such that the entire suite could sleep four, there was also additional wardrobe space here.
The bedroom was fairly simple with mirror, small table and chair, bedside cabinets, a double bed, large wardrobe space also housing a safe which could be hired for a daily rate of 20Dh, and a telephone. The balcony was accessible through patio doors in both the bedroom and lounge. As with all hotels I have stayed at in Agadir, there was a chronic shortage of power sockets for my kettle, ‘phone charger etc.
Rooms have three possible views available, depending on what one pays, a pool view, garden view or the more deluxe (and expensive) sea view although the other unaccounted view is that of the sea, promenade and Kasbah as seen from some of the junior suites located at the side of the hotel.
As ever, rooms are not insulated well against noise from adjacent rooms (above, below or next to) and have tiled floors for added nuisance value.
The ABC is ideally situated with immediate access to the beach via a ramped walkway and a short crossing of the newly constructed promenade. The hotel has what is termed a “private beach” which is part of the existing beach but is roped off, within this area are sun loungers and parasols. There is no physical barrier to stop intruders coming into that area and making away with personal possessions, which at all times should be safely locked in your suitcase or room safe.
The pool area on the hotel grounds is rather cramped and surrounded with plants and shrubbery. Loungers were not in great supply although staff try to please and if there is a shortage then a few Dirhams handed to pool man may sort this problem.
Navigating this hotel was the biggest challenge given that it is designed in some kind of circular formation and for which the hotel leaflet is of no use. The lobby area being on the first floor, the restaurant being on the ground floor and giving access to the pool area and beach via a narrow passageway. There was a door to a roof terrace for views of the surrounding area although this was closed each time I checked.
The hotel was fairly busy at breakfast, on offer was Moroccan soup (harira), cereals, tea, coffee, fruit juice, fresh fruit, figs, dates, pancakes, sausage, various egg options, various types of bread, cake, imitation ham which even the local cats would not eat and a host of other delights.
I chose not to eat in the hotel in the evenings as I have a strong dislike for buffet food, usually cold, bland and expensive for what is given, although there is entertainment of a Moroccan theme on one night of the week at least. As I am familiar with the area I would go to my favourite restaurants around town in the tourist area on Boulevard Du 20 Aout is Catanzaro, on Ave Mohammed V is El Paradiso (attached to Hotel Argana) and on the beach front is Elysee Beach which is good for entertainment but only go once and Le Ven Dome. Further down towards the Kasbah on Ave Tawada is Herguita La Maison Brochettes but this is only good for lunch as too much traffic spoils ones appetite in the evening and it has no indoor seating and Jardino but this is not as good as it used to be. Yacout is a very good place on Ave 28 Fevre and inexpensive for set menu. The pastila here used to be exceptionally good but has now shrunk as it is included on the set menu
At the port is Laayoune which is the first restaurant you will see on arrival and is in my opinion the best and only restaurant I would eat at when there.
In the Talborjt district is Ibtissam which gives the best value, Etoile d'Agadir and Mille et une Nuits which had a poor offering compared to the previous two and the chicken tagine was undercooked. All are located next to each other and not easy to give directions to but it is close to the main mosque then down Ave Allal el Abdellah, probably better to get a taxi.
On menus in Moroccan restaurants are such offerings as lamb tajine, chicken tajine, beef tajine, camel tajine or fish tajine. the tajine being the vessel in which the dish is served.
One place many people rave about is Mimi La Brochette but I found this to be overrated and over priced.
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