Fairmont Spa at Tazi Palace is the wellness floor of Fairmont Tazi Palace Tangier, a hotel built into a palace conceived in 1926 for the royal advisor Ahmad Tazi. The spa runs to 2,500 square metres in the Boubana quarter, with treatment rooms, a vitality pool and a large main pool set among eucalyptus. It is the biggest hotel spa in Tangier and the one to pick if you want a full afternoon rather than a single treatment.
Why book
Fairmont Spa at Tazi Palace in Tangier is a 2,500 square metre spa inside the Fairmont Tazi Palace, a hotel built around a palace conceived in 1926 for the royal advisor Ahmad Tazi.
It is the largest hotel spa in the city, so treatment rooms, the vitality pool and the relaxation lounges rarely feel crowded.
The spa sits in the Boubana quarter, surrounded by eucalyptus woodland on the hills west of the medina.
Interiors carry the palace detail through, with carved wood screens, zellige panels and light filtered through moucharabieh.
Treatments
Massages and body treatments in private treatment rooms with their own shower
Vitality pool inside the spa
Main outdoor swimming pool with terrace loungers
Fully equipped gym and fitness centre
Relaxation lounges facing the garden
Best time
Spring and autumn, when the outdoor pool and the eucalyptus garden are at their best
Midweek, when the hotel is quieter than at the weekend
Late morning, so you can take the pool and the terrace before a treatment
How to combine
Cap Spartel and the Caves of Hercules are about 20 minutes west by car
Come down into the Kasbah of Tangier and the medina afterwards for dinner
The hotel grounds and eucalyptus woodland are worth a walk before or after the spa
Fairmont Spa at Tazi Palace is inside Fairmont Tazi Palace Tangier at Palais Tazi, Ksar Al Mandoub, Jamaa Mokrae, in the Boubana quarter on the wooded hills west of the Tangier medina.
The Fairmont Spa at Tazi Palace covers 2,500 square metres, which makes it the largest hotel spa in Tangier. It holds private treatment rooms, a vitality pool, relaxation lounges and a fitness centre.
Tazi Palace in Tangier was conceived in 1926 as a residence for Ahmad Tazi, an advisor to the Moroccan royal court. It was later restored and reopened as Fairmont Tazi Palace Tangier, with the Fairmont Spa built into the property.
Fairmont Spa at Tazi Palace is a short taxi ride from central Tangier. Head west out of the medina towards the Boubana quarter and the Ksar Al Mandoub area, roughly 10 minutes by car from the Grand Socco.
Yes. Fairmont Spa at Tazi Palace has a vitality pool inside the spa itself, and the hotel also has a large main swimming pool with a terrace of loungers looking over the gardens.