By: Amina
Registered User
Top Reviewer
During my trip to Morocco, this was my second hammam experience.
I had previously had a wonderful and memorable experience at another spa in Marrakech, and hoping to relive that feeling, I booked this hammam on the last day of our trip to enjoy it together with my daughter.
The price was 600 dirhams for a hammam and massage set.
The woman at the reception was very kind and pleasant, but unfortunately, the hammam itself was a terrible experience.
The hammam table was extremely hot, to the point where it was painful to keep my skin in contact with it even for a few minutes. When I complained, I was told that “this is normal.” Only after insisting did they place a bath towel on the table, but even then it remained too hot. After returning home, I realized that I had suffered low-temperature burns, and my skin was bright red.
(The changing area was very dark, so it was impossible to properly check my skin condition at the time.)
In addition, the exfoliation with the hammam towel felt more like forceful scrubbing without proper technique rather than a professional treatment. My daughter ended up with multiple abrasions on her skin, and my own back was still stinging the next morning. The burn on my lower abdomen remained red, and my daughter also had marks resembling abrasions on her back and thighs.
The scalp massage was also done simply by scratching with fingernails.
This was far from a professional treatment.
The massage itself was average and nothing special. The oils and
I had previously had a wonderful and memorable experience at another spa in Marrakech, and hoping to relive that feeling, I booked this hammam on the last day of our trip to enjoy it together with my daughter.
The price was 600 dirhams for a hammam and massage set.
The woman at the reception was very kind and pleasant, but unfortunately, the hammam itself was a terrible experience.
The hammam table was extremely hot, to the point where it was painful to keep my skin in contact with it even for a few minutes. When I complained, I was told that “this is normal.” Only after insisting did they place a bath towel on the table, but even then it remained too hot. After returning home, I realized that I had suffered low-temperature burns, and my skin was bright red.
(The changing area was very dark, so it was impossible to properly check my skin condition at the time.)
In addition, the exfoliation with the hammam towel felt more like forceful scrubbing without proper technique rather than a professional treatment. My daughter ended up with multiple abrasions on her skin, and my own back was still stinging the next morning. The burn on my lower abdomen remained red, and my daughter also had marks resembling abrasions on her back and thighs.
The scalp massage was also done simply by scratching with fingernails.
This was far from a professional treatment.
The massage itself was average and nothing special. The oils and