Rabat: golf between the Atlantic and Moroccan history
On Morocco’s Atlantic coast, Rabat is an elegant, history-steeped destination, with gardens, tree-lined boulevards and a delightful Medina to explore. The city offers a selection of hotels, boutique properties and riads, along with restaurants and cultural activities that make it easy to alternate golf with discovering the capital.
The highlight of a stay here is the Rabat Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, one of Morocco’s most emblematic golf complexes. The club comprises two 18-hole courses—the Rosso and the Blu—a 9-hole Verde course and a golf academy. The Rosso course permits a maximum handicap of 18.
Royal Golf Dar Es Salam is located approximately 15 minutes by car from most hotels and riads in central Rabat. Caddies are mandatory and the club is closed on Mondays. It is also possible to arrange rounds at the Montgomerie Rabat Golf Club or at Bahia Beach Golf Club in the area.
Off the course, Rabat invites visits to the Kasbah of the Oudayas, the archaeological site of Chellah, the Hassan Tower, the Mausoleum of Mohammed V and the Medina. Guided tours, gastronomic experiences and Moroccan cookery classes are also available.
Rabat is ideal either for a stay dedicated entirely to golf or as a stop on a combined itinerary with Mazagan, Marrakech or Fès.