Quick Facts
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Number of Rooms
304 -
Amenities
Three restaurants / pool / fitness center / spa / poolside bar / cocktail lounge / “Kid’s Club” -
Number of courses
2 -
Course designers
Graham Marsh and Vijay Singh
Resort Overview
If all you know of Morocco is what you’ve seen in recent flicks — Ethan Hunt’s vehicular assault on the markets of Marrakesh in Mission: Impossible 5 or Indy Jones’s careening tuk-tuk chase through the streets of Tangier in Dial of Destiny — you’ve been missing out on dreamy North African bliss. Cozied up to the Atlantic Ocean and set, jewel-like, on a remote, 60-acre parcel of forest, the Hilton Tangier Al Houara wants to put you into a trance and keep you there. It does that with its airy, open architecture (think vaulted ceilings and archways), spacious rooms, serene green spaces and Xanadu-worthy, palm-lined pool. As of September 2022, it also does it with golf: two tracks, an 18-holer and an illuminated 9-hole short course, courtesy of Vijay Singh and design partner Graham Marsh. Tipping out at 7550 yards and spread across 270 acres, the main course is primarily inland, open and flat enough to afford views of the ocean — when you’re not otherwise occupied by Singh and Marsh’s water hazards. It was once said that only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. Did he tee it up at Al Houara?
Highlights
The practice range has 50 hitting bays, because who likes to wait when they’re on vacation?
Tangier’s teeming city center is distant enough to keep things peaceful at the resort but close enough — a 30-minute drive — to explore the exotic, history-rich cultural Mecca.
An activities-packed “Kid’s Club” makes it more likely that mom and dad’s 18-hole walk will be unspoiled.
3 things to know
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Best time to go
How do average high temperatures of 80 degrees sound to you? That’s the Moroccan welcome you’ll receive in the spring and fall. -
Best non-golf amenity
How often do you literally get to rock the Kasbah? The renowned royal citadel is a 45-minute hop via hotel shuttle. -
Insider Tip
Singh and Marsh blanketed their course in paspalum grass — aka the sticky stuff, especially around the greens. So don’t bother packing your bump-and-run game.