I arrived at La Tour Hassan after flying into Casablanca and driving the 1 1/2 hours north to Rabat. Though I tried to get detailed driving directions prior to my arrival, it was still difficult to find the hotel. The hotel should have a website (I wasn't able to find it) and they should provide a good map when requested. They faxed me something prior to arrival that was useless. There are no roadsigns in Rabat (or in Morocco for that matter). Once there, all was great. The concierge took care of my car. The check in was great. The room overlooked the Andalusian gardens, the restaurants were great -- especially the Moroccan "La Maison Arabe". The staff was friendly and the hotel was located in walking distance to the medina, the Tour Hassan, and the Chellah too! The nearest landmark is the well-known Catholic church St. Pierre's Cathedral a block or two away if you need to find the hotel!

I've been coming to Rabat on business for 20 years. These days I tend to split my hotel time between the Villa Mandarine, for its exquisite "eye candy" -- textiles, color, decor -- and its fabulous modern cuisine, and the Tour Hassan. TH rooms are old world comfortable, warm (it's cold in Rabat this winter!), and all are now connected via WiFi (free). The service is quite friendly. And the hotel is located downtown within walking distance of tourist sights and best of all, the medina. But the real reason to stay here is that the Tour Hassan's Moroccan restaurant is simply fantastic. For those of you looking for tagines and briouats and couscous to die for, it's hard to find great Moroccan food outside of private homes in Rabat. The Tour Hassan dinner experience in a beautifully decorated dining room, accompanied by live Andalousian lute music, is exquisite.

I basically lived at this hotel for 2 months while filming in Rabat, Morocco (surrounding areas). The hotel staff is extremely friendly and accomodating. Most of the men and women working reception speak mutliple languages so that is quite helpful for European and American travelers, and they are very friendly. The location is quite close (walking distance) to sites like the old medina and the Hassan Tower. The garden/atrium is amazing and a wonderful place to relax with a drink or tea at the end of the day and to socialize with friends. The only drawback is that for those of us with a more "western" mentality, it will come as a bit of a shock to find that they are very strict about you having "guests" of the opposite sex in your room. They simply will not allow it unless you are married. This is similar to all hotels in Rabat, Morocco, so that note shouldn't be viewed as a knock on this hotel in particular. The wireless internet connection is "iffy" at times, but not too problematic. Overall, I highly recommend this hotel to anyone staying in Rabat.

A discothèque making noise thru the rooms on the north wing, between midnight and four o’clock in the morning, is not admissible even on an old 5 stars hotel. The rooms had already seen better days. The Moroccan restaurant has nice food but the service needs to be improved.

The one night I spent in this luxury hotel was indeed most pleasant, with its pateo restaurant, for meals, and drinks, and its most friendly and professional staff. erfect service. Only complaint was that in the lobby "little girls room" there was no toilet paper - for some reason it was overlooked !

I didn't like that I couldn't stay there longer. I''l be back soon!!!!

Really great lobby, good breakfast, and comfortable beds!!

La Tour Hassan had a friendly and helpful staff. The rooms were comfortable. It did have problems with hot water on my arrival, but was fixed 2 days later. The lobby, courtyard, and restaurants were lovely in traditional Moroccan design.It was centrally located. I would stay there again.

my husband and i stayed at this hotel in december '03 and were disappointed to only be able to stay one night! they were the best accomadations of our trip through morocco and the staff was truly first-class in their help and knowledge. meals in the hotel were finely prepared with attention to detail and we raved about our stay in the hotel to all who would listen! the rooms were furnished quite nicely and exteremly tidy and clean. i highly recommend this hotel!"

We came in late. No one to help us with our luggage. One lady at the reception who did not speak English and barely spoke French. We had to carry the luggage to our room ourselves. There was no swimming pool, no spa, no sauna, no hammam, no fitness center, no jacuzzi, nothing, nothing, nothing at all!!! There were absolutely no facilities at all!! There should be 2 restaurants, a coffee shop and an Irish Pub. The people in the Pub were nice, but the restaurants and coffeshop were simply not there or at least not available. This hotel is one big joke! Instead of saying sorry for not offering facilities we thought we could expect they had the nerve charging 8 euro for half an hour use of the internet! This should be a 5 star rated hotel? This isn't worth 1 star! What a dissapointment!

Good location, very clean, staff helpful. Value for money.