Palm Plaza Marrakech Hotel & Spa

I really enjoyed my stay at the hotel. 4 amazing nights and a lovely afternoon by the pool side. Pool water was cold though.

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I stayed in this hotel with my husband who was working in Marrakech during the day. It is most definitely not a five star hotel. It is directly under the flight path from the airport, the bathroom smelt of sewage, and the outside furniture is dirty, see photo. I also had a bad experience with a taxi driver who the hotel found for me. I asked politely at reception for help with getting a taxi to take me to the the Jemaa square. I pointed out that I was on my own, and that it was my first visit. The concierge called a taxi from across the road from the hotel. I showed him and the taxi driver the Jemaa square on my map, which is where I wanted to go to. They both agreed as to where I was going, a price was agreed. And so the taxi driver stopped outside a shop and insisted that I went inside for 'berber tea'. I refused, he drove off, and I was lost. I was in an area of local people who did not speak English. I tried to speak French, but they didn't understand me. Wifi wouldn't work on my phone, and I couldn't find a street name to help with using my map. I felt frightened and panicky. After walking up and down for ten minutes I spotted a couple who I thought might be European. Luckily they were from London, and they helped me find my way to the square, I was a ten minute walk away. When I got back to the hotel the staff weren't interested in my bas experience, even though I pointed out that they found the taxi for me. I think the driver was known to them, is a regular, and they feed him first time visitors like myself. Do not stay here - there must be better hotels!