A 55-room lodge contained in the Mohammed VI Tower marks the model’s Moroccan debut, and it does so in true Waldorf Astoria model with a celestial design language, an Alain Ducasse restaurant and one in all North Africa’s largest personal artwork collections.
We’re significantly delighted to share this information, as on one in all our latest journeys to Rabat, we noticed the constructing work in progress, and it was fairly a sight to behold, taking residence within the higher flooring of the Mohammed VI Tower, the nation’s tallest constructing. The prime location for the primary Waldorf Astoria lodge in Morocco is the place the dual cities of Rabat and Salé meet on the banks of the Bouregreg River, so the lodge boasts panoramic views which run from the river out to the Atlantic. The 55 rooms are pitched someplace between a personal residence and a sky-bound observatory, and vary from deluxe rooms via to three-bedroom suites. Every is completed in sun-warmed marbles and complicated motifs supposed to learn as a narrative of place, and a celestial design narrative is woven via the general public areas, with a quiet emphasis on Moroccan craft. A devoted Private Concierge is assigned to each visitor, a Waldorf Astoria signature.
A cultural retreat within the sky
The 55 rooms are pitched someplace between a personal residence and a sky-bound observatory and vary from deluxe rooms via to three-bedroom suites. Every is completed in sun-warmed marbles and complicated motifs supposed to learn as a narrative of place and a celestial design narrative is woven via the general public areas and a quiet emphasis on Moroccan craft. A devoted Private Concierge is assigned to each visitor, a Waldorf Astoria signature.
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The lodge additionally homes one in all North Africa’s most vital personal artwork collections with almost 7,000 works displayed all through the property, with Moroccan makers proven alongside worldwide artists.
5 eating places and a Ducasse signature
There are 5 eating ideas anchored by two vacation spot areas, Peacock Alley, the model’s ever current social-hub, regardless of the placement, has been reinterpreted right here beneath a planetarium-inspired clock that traces the photo voltaic system alongside Moroccan time and is an distinctive setting to take pleasure in afternoon tea, espresso and hand-crafted cocktails. Aldabaran, named for one of many brightest stars within the evening sky, is the signature restaurant by Alain Ducasse: a luminous, restrained eating room the place the menu leans on purity and seasonality. Menu highlights (on the time of writing) embody line-caught sea bass with artichokes and radicchio, Wagyu beef tenderloin with polenta and pepper jus, roasted lamb saddle with vegetable caponata, and a Tropézienne tart scented with orange blossom.
Spa, occasions and a capital location
Past the eating supply, the lodge is residence to a spa and nearly 1,300 sq. metres of occasion area for weddings and personal features. UNESCO World Heritage websites, the Kasbah of the Udayas and Hassan Tower, together with the historic medinas of Rabat and Salé, are all inside simple attain, as are newer cultural landmarks such because the Grand Theatre of Rabat, additional enhancing the enchantment of this already beautiful lodge.
Rabat-Salé Worldwide Airport is just minutes away, and high-speed rail hyperlinks connect with Casablanca and Tangier in beneath two hours.
Morocco’s accelerating luxurious second
The opening is a notable marker in a fast-moving market. “Morocco represents one of many world’s most quickly evolving locations, welcoming greater than 18 million vacationers in 2025, with Rabat taking part in a rising position within the nationwide ambition to achieve 20 million by 2030,” says Man Hutchinson, Hilton’s president for the Center East and Africa. Dino Michael, senior vice chairman and class head for Hilton Luxurious Manufacturers, frames the property as a dialogue between heritage and modernity: “Morocco has lengthy impressed dreamers, creators, and travellers with its rhythm and sweetness, and this lodge opening captures that spirit via a distinctly Waldorf Astoria lens.”
Waldorf Astoria Rabat Salé is now open and taking reservations.
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