What are the opening hours of Essencia Spa at Palais Faraj?

Essencia Spa at Palais Faraj is open seven days a week from midday to 9pm, with the last treatment of the day starting at 8pm.

How much is a hammam at Essencia Spa?

At Essencia Spa in Fez, hammam access alone is 250 MAD for 30 minutes. The 50 minute Discovery Hammam is 600 MAD, the Delight Hammam is 700 MAD, and the 60 minute Royal Oriental Hammam is 900 MAD.

Is Essencia Spa open to people not staying at Palais Faraj?

Yes. Essencia Spa at Palais Faraj states that its hammam is open to visitors whether or not they are hotel clients. Treatments are taken by appointment through the spa reception.

What products does Essencia Spa use?

Essencia Spa at Palais Faraj works with the BOTANIKA Marrakech range, made by the Moroccan dermo cosmetic laboratory IRCOS MAROC. The line uses black soap, rhassoul clay, argan oil, orange blossom water, eucalyptus, neroli and cocoa.

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Essencia Spa at Palais Faraj

A traditional hammam and spa above the Fez medina at Bab Ziat, open to non guests

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Essencia Spa at Palais Faraj — Fez

A traditional hammam and spa above the Fez medina at Bab Ziat, open to non guests

Essencia Spa is the hammam and treatment wing of Palais Faraj Suites & Spa, a converted palace at Bab Ziat on the edge of the Fez medina. The hammam is a Moroccan heat bath, warmed by a coil system to mid height, which is a different thing from a dry sauna or a Turkish steam room. The spa opens seven days a week from midday to 9pm and takes visitors who are not staying at the hotel.

Why book

Essencia Spa at Palais Faraj in Fez is the spa of a palace hotel at Bab Ziat, on the rim of the medina, and it is open whether or not you are staying there.
The hammam is heated the Moroccan way, by a coil system running up to mid height, not by dry sauna heat or by steam alone.
The treatment menu is unusually long for Fez: hammam rituals, massages, facials, manicures and pedicures, and two signature rituals of 1h40 and 3h.
Products come from BOTANIKA Marrakech, made by the Moroccan dermo cosmetic laboratory IRCOS MAROC.
A short hammam access at 250 MAD for 30 minutes makes it one of the cheaper ways into a hotel hammam in the city.

Treatments

Hammam access alone is 30 minutes, subject to availability.
Discovery Hammam runs 50 minutes: steam bath, exfoliation with eucalyptus black soap or scented sugar, then a ghassoul wrap with eucalyptus.
Royal Oriental Hammam runs 60 minutes and starts with an argan oil scalp treatment before the steam, scrub, argan and cocoa wrap and a chocolate face mask.
The Palace Ritual is 1h40: hammam, black soap scrub, ghassoul wrap and an argan oil body massage.
The Sublime Ritual runs 3 hours and adds a manicure and pedicure to the hammam, wrap and massage.

Price range

Hammam access is 250 MAD for 30 minutes.
Discovery Hammam and Serenity Hammam are 600 MAD for 50 minutes, Delight Hammam is 700 MAD.
Royal Oriental Hammam is 900 MAD for 60 minutes.
Massages run from 450 MAD for 25 minutes to 900 MAD for 50 minutes.
The Palace Ritual is 1,300 MAD for 1h40 and the Sublime Ritual is 1,900 MAD for 3 hours.

Opening hours

Essencia Spa is open seven days a week from midday to 9pm.
The last treatment of the day starts at 8pm.
Hammam access on its own depends on availability, so ask the spa reception.

Best time

The spa does not open until midday, so it works as an afternoon or evening stop, not a morning one.
The 250 MAD hammam access is the cheapest way in if you only want the heat and the scrub.
Palais Faraj also runs a free yoga session on Saturday afternoons.

How to combine

Palais Faraj is at Bab Ziat, on Avenue de l'Unesco, right on the edge of the Fez medina, so you can walk in and out of the old city.
The hotel's L'Amandier restaurant and roof top garden look over the medina, which pairs well with a late afternoon treatment.
Bab Boujloud, the Talaa Kebira and the Chouara tannery are all within the medina walls a short walk uphill.