Waldorf Astoria Rabat Salé

Character and identity

Occupying floors 29 to 46 of the Mohammed VI Tower, Morocco's tallest building, this newly opened (January 2026) property looks down on the twin medinas of Rabat and Salé, the Bouregreg river, and on clear days the Atlantic. The 55 rooms and suites rework Moroccan craft through a restrained, contemporary lens rather than leaning on riad-and-zellige cliché. Alain Ducasse's Al Dabaran, his only Moroccan address, anchors the dining; Peacock Alley plays the lounge role above the rooftops; and the spa pairs a Turkish hammam with steam, sauna and aromatherapy bodywork at a height most urban spas cannot match.

Who's it for

Bottom line

What sells this hotel is altitude and ambition: nowhere else in Morocco do you sleep, swim and dine this high above a UNESCO capital, and the Ducasse kitchen gives the food programme real weight. Spend up for an upper-floor suite where the medinas, river and Atlantic line up in a single window, and book early while opening-period rates and novelty are still in play.