Paradis Plage Hotel

For us, the yoga made this holiday. Karsten is a superb teacher and seems to be able to communicate effectively in many languages although the classes are in English. We didn't rise early enough for breakfast yoga and the sunset yoga was around wine o' clock so it was the 11am class we attended. It really doesn't get any better than doing yoga whilst gazing out over the ocean and I'm afraid it makes my regular class in the gym seem poor by comparison. The 11am class seemed to have a mixture of abilities but you just do what you can and Karsten reads this very well. We had planned to try surfing but never got round to it although Thursday was Karsten's day off so it would have been ideal. We were half-board and breakfast was good with a wide variety of different things. In the evening they had a choice between the restaurant or buffet and overall I think the restaurant was better value. On half-board you are given an allowance in the restaurant and that allowance gets you a decent starter and main. The buffet was good but on one windy night all the heaters under the food had been blown out and the food was lukewarm. My advice would be to see what is on offer in the buffet before deciding where to eat and, if it is windy, choose the restaurant. We tended to go out of the hotel for lunch but once had lunch in the hotel in the bar by the pool which was very nice and I couldn't understand why it was so empty. We booked quite late and the only room available was a one bedroom apartment which had its own kitchen and it was great but probably a bit wasted with just two of us in there. The advantage of it was that it was around 30 metres from the beach. We took advantage one day of the free shuttle into Agadir which is a nice touch but probably doesn't leave you enough time to see very much as we were dropped about a 30 minute walk from the souk. I would suggest taking the morning shuttle in and then paying for a taxi (or bus) back to the hotel as you can then see far more. We met some lovely people whilst we were there and the hotel has a relaxed vibe which seemed very different to the atmosphere in many European beach hotels. Service in the hotel was very good and the guys at reception were always very helpful.

The rooms are really nice and spacious, the setting is glorious. The beach is really lovely too. Front desk are excellent, as are housekeeping. However the restaurants are overpriced and both service and food need vast improvements. The restaurants aren’t bad, just not what you expect considering the standard of hotel. The spa can be hit and miss, heard lots of complaints but my personal experiences were good. The yoga is not cheap but is fabulous, the most wonderful setting ever. The hotel really needs to work on the waiter service and food. You get about 12 frantic waiters running around looking frazzled doing absolutely no service, it’s bizarre! Just as a side note to fellow Brits, brush up on your French, as it is needed here.😄