Top Beachfront Stays in Agadir, Morocco

I would choose Palais des Roses for a family that wants a beach holiday with the meals settled in advance. It is a five-star all-inclusive resort with several pools, indoor and outdoor, a spa with a hammam and a fitness centre, and Agadir Beach is a short walk away. Rooms have air conditioning and private balconies. Guests rate it highly across 2,658 reviews. It is lively by design, so quiet seekers should look elsewhere.

Hola Surf Morocco is an apartment address an 8-minute walk from Taghazout Beach, north of Agadir, which suits families who want to cook their own meals. Each apartment has a fully equipped kitchen, a private bathroom and air conditioning, handy with children who eat at odd hours. The sun terrace gives space to rest after the beach, and evening entertainment and a concierge are on hand. Parking is off site. Guests rate it 8.9 out of 10 over 442 reviews.

The View Agadir is a five-star beachfront hotel with both indoor and outdoor pools, so children can swim whatever the weather. Six restaurants make meals easy even with picky eaters. Rooms are air-conditioned with a balcony and an en suite bathroom, and some look over the sea. Parents can take turns at the spa and hammam while the other stays by the pool or on the beach. Guests rate it 8.8 out of 10 over 1,884 reviews.

The Petit Prince Kids Club makes the Sofitel Thalassa work for families better than its spa name suggests: children get their own games and creative activities, the private beach saves the walk to a public stretch of sand, and one of the two outdoor pools is heated all year, which matters on the Atlantic coast where the sea stays cool. Parents can take turns at the Institut Thalassa. What it is not: a place to discover Moroccan architecture or old streets. Agadir was rebuilt after the 1960 earthquake, and this is a modern beach resort; for medina life, add a few nights in Essaouira or Marrakech.

Amadil Ocean Club is a four-star beachfront hotel in Agadir with direct access to a sandy beach, so children can go from the sand to one of the two pools in minutes. Rooms are air-conditioned with traditional Moroccan decor, a flat-screen TV and sea views. Two restaurants make meals simple, and parents can use the spa, its beauty treatments or the fitness centre, then finish at the piano bar. Guests rate it 8.7 out of 10 over 4,956 reviews.

This is a hotel built around families. Children are split into three clubs by age, 4 to 7, 8 to 12 and 13 to 17, alongside a playground, a shallow children's pool and an entertainment team that reviewers praise, and the all-inclusive formula means children eat when they are hungry without a bill to sign. The limits are real, though. Reviewers point out that the main pools can be deep for weak swimmers and children. For a beach week in Morocco with children and no meals to plan, I would book it; for a couple seeking calm, I would look elsewhere.

I would pick Riu Tikida Beach for couples and adult friends, not for families, because it is adults-only. The all-inclusive resort has direct access to Agadir Beach, a year-round outdoor pool, a spa and a fitness centre. Rooms are air-conditioned with private bathrooms and balconies, some with sea views, and WiFi and parking are free. Families should look at another Agadir resort. Guests rate it 8.1 across 1,029 reviews.