A hammam and spa in a Fez medina palace, open to non residents
120 minute package
Drop In & Unwind 130 EUR
Duo package 300 EUR
Les Bains Amani is the hammam and spa of Palais Amani, a restored palace at 12 Derb El Miter in the Oued Zhoune quarter of the Fez medina. It has a hammam with a separate exfoliation room, showers, a relaxation area and massage rooms that look onto the riad's citrus garden. Both residents and non residents are taken, by appointment.
Why book
Les Bains Amani at Palais Amani in Fez is the spa of a restored medina palace, with a hammam, a separate exfoliation room, showers and a relaxation area rather than a single treatment room.
It is open to non residents as well as hotel guests, so you do not have to be staying at Palais Amani to book a hammam.
Massages are given in rooms that look onto the palace's citrus garden, and in spring and autumn under a tented pergola on the roof terrace.
The house rituals use Moroccan materials: rose water, bran scrub, white ghassoul clay and black soap.
Treatments
The Traditional Hammam is the purification ritual with exfoliation, run in the hot room with an assistant.
The Royal Hammam starts with a hand and foot bath, a rose water and bran scrub, an optional white ghassoul clay hair mask, then black soap and a body scrub, a body mask and wrap, and a rinse.
Amani Unwind pairs a traditional hammam and body scrub with a relaxing massage.
Mille Et Une Nuits is a 120 minute package: royal hammam and scrub, body oil, a 15 minute back massage with essential oils, a facial massage and a hand massage.
Drop In & Unwind runs two hours and adds a light tapas selection from the kitchen.
Price range
Mille Et Une Nuits is 150 euros per person for 120 minutes.
Drop In & Unwind is 130 euros per person for two hours and includes a tapas selection.
Pampering Paradise For Two is 300 euros for two people and includes a royal hammam duo, an hour of massage, two glasses of wine and tapas.
A 10 percent service charge is not included in the listed prices.
Opening hours
Booking is essential, for residents and non residents alike.
During Ramadan the last treatment finishes at 6.15pm so the team can break their fast, and the spa reopens from 8.15pm to 10pm.
Best time
Spring and autumn are the months when the rooftop pergola is used for massages, which the garden rooms cannot match on a clear day.
A hammam suits the end of a day walking the medina better than the start of one.
Book ahead rather than dropping in, since the spa runs on appointments.
How to combine
Palais Amani is at 12 Derb El Miter in Oued Zhoune, on the northern edge of the Fez medina near Bab Guissa.
The palace also runs the Fez Cooking School and the Eden restaurant, so a class or a dinner can sit either side of the hammam.
The Zalagh hillside above the medina is a short drive away and the palace organises walks there.
Les Bains Amani is the spa of Palais Amani at 12 Derb El Miter, Oued Zhoune, on the northern side of the Fez medina near Bab Guissa.
Yes. Les Bains Amani at Palais Amani is open to both residents and non residents, and booking is essential because treatments run on appointments.
The Royal Hammam at Les Bains Amani begins with a hand and foot bath and a scrub using natural rose water and bran, followed by an optional white ghassoul clay hair mask. In the hot room comes a black soap application and a vigorous body scrub, then a body mask and wrap, a shampoo and a rinse.
At Les Bains Amani the Mille Et Une Nuits package is 150 euros per person for 120 minutes, Drop In & Unwind is 130 euros per person for two hours with tapas, and Pampering Paradise For Two is 300 euros for two people. A 10 percent service charge is not included.
Massages at Les Bains Amani are given in massage rooms overlooking the citrus garden of Palais Amani, and during spring and autumn under a tented pergola on the roof terrace.