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Royal Mansour hotels
Master artisans turn zellige, carved cedar and tadelakt into rooms built around Moroccan craft.
Royal Mansour makes Moroccan craft part of every room, with zellige mosaics, carved cedar, tadelakt walls, and the work of master artisans shaping the stay. Commissioned by King Mohammed VI, the collection began with a medina of private riads in Marrakech and later extended to a restored Casablanca landmark and the Mediterranean coast at Tamuda Bay.
3 Royal Mansour hotels in 1 country on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.
- Owned by the Moroccan royal family
- Worldwide: 3 properties, all in Morocco — Royal Mansour Marrakech (2010), Royal Mansour Casablanca (April 2024), Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay (July 2024); managed as a unified collection under General Manager Jean-Claude Messant, who oversees all three hotels
- On the atlas: 1 Apex Luxury, 2 Grand Luxury
History
King Mohammed VI commissioned Royal Mansour Marrakech to give Moroccan craft a substantial hospitality setting. The private riads opened in 2010, with master artisans shaping the tiled walls, carved ceilings, and detailed interiors. Casablanca and Tamuda Bay later gave the collection new architectural and coastal expressions while retaining that attention to craft and dining.
Timeline
- 1999 — King Mohammed VI accedes to the throne of Morocco and conceives the Royal Mansour project, a sovereign mandate to translate Morocco's artisanal genius into a hotel without precedent
- 2006–2008 — Construction of Royal Mansour Marrakech by Bouygues Bâtiment International; master planning, programming and architecture by OBMI (OBM International), whose design incorporates a complete underground tunnel system so that all operational movement takes place invisibly beneath the gardens (Bouygues Construction; OBMI)
- 2008–2010 — ~1,200–1,500 Moroccan maâlems, tile-setters, stucco carvers, cedar-wood inlayers, zellij mosaicists, weavers and metalworkers, spend three-plus years handcrafting every surface of the 53 riads and the shared medina spaces.
- June 2010 — Royal Mansour Marrakech officially opens, 53 private riads across ~6 hectares within the ancient medina; Yannick Alléno (then a three-Michelin-star chef) joins as executive culinary consultant, inaugurating La Grande Table Marocaine (The Arbuturian; Royal Mansour blog)
- 2010–2022 — Yannick Alléno directs the culinary vision across 12 years; La Grande Table Marocaine earns the World's Luxury Restaurant Award in 2016 and 2017; the hotel's kitchen team conducts annual research expeditions across Morocco to document courtly and regional cuisine traditions
- 2021 — Spa Royal Mansour Marrakech wins the World Luxury Spa Award for Best Spa in the World, the only Moroccan property ever to achieve this distinction.
- 2022 — Yannick Alléno departs after 12 years; the culinary programme enters a transition period.
- May 2023 — Hélène Darroze, six-Michelin-star chef and named world's best female chef, arrives as culinary director; her menus for La Grande Table Marocaine and the renamed La Grande Brasserie debut; she opens Africa's first Darroze restaurant and introduces a new cooking school at the property
- April 15, 2024 — Royal Mansour Casablanca opens, the rebirth of the 1953 El Mansour palace (Morocco's first five-star hotel) after eight years of reconstruction; 149 rooms, suites and apartments; renovation designed by Patrick Genard & Asociados of Barcelona
- July 2024 — Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay inaugurated on Morocco's Mediterranean coast near Tétouan; 55 suites and villas across a 10-hectare private estate with 700-metre beach; designed by Muza Lab
- October 2025 — MICHELIN Guide MENA awards Two MICHELIN Keys to all three properties simultaneously, Royal Mansour Marrakech, Royal Mansour Casablanca and Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay all recognised in a single cycle
- October 2025 — Royal Mansour Marrakech ranked No. 13 globally in the World's 50 Best Hotels 2025; awarded Best Hotel in Africa and the WhistlePig Highest Climber Award
- 2026 — MENA's 50 Best Restaurants 2026 awards La Grande Table Marocaine (Marrakech) the Art of Hospitality Award; the restaurant ranks No. 19 on the MENA list.
The houses to know
- Royal Mansour Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco — The crown jewel of Moroccan hospitality and the gold standard by which all palace hotels on the continent are measured.
- Royal Mansour Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco — The 1953 Art Deco palace reopened after an eight-year reconstruction in Casablanca.
- Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay, Tamuda Bay, Morocco — Morocco's Mediterranean riviera distilled into a 10-hectare estate with three-Michelin-star dining on every terrace.
Opening next
- No fourth Royal Mansour property has been officially announced as of mid-2026. The official Royal Mansour Collection website lists only the three existing Moroccan maisons. The brand's stated philosophy is one of deliberate, place-rooted expansion rather than rapid scaling — no credible trade publication (Sleeper, Hotel Designs, TOPHOTELPROJECTS) carries a confirmed pipeline project. Future properties, if announced, will be rooted in a specific Moroccan or broader North African heritage narrative consistent with the collection's principles.
Every Royal Mansour hotel on the atlas
Morocco
- Royal Mansour Marrakech — Marrakech · Apex Luxury
- Royal Mansour Casablanca — Casablanca · Grand Luxury
- Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay — Tamuda Bay · Grand Luxury
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