Al Maaden Golf Resort

Sculpture, still water and the Atlas.

Al Maaden mixes golf with an art park. The Alliances property group opened it in 2010 as the centrepiece of its Marrakech resort, and Kyle Phillips, the architect of Kingsbarns, designed it. Long rectangular pools, a nod to the city’s Ménara gardens, run beside several holes, and twelve monumental sculptures made for the site stand on and around the course. It is a modern championship layout on rolling ground facing the Atlas, a short drive from the centre. Visitors book online, and the summer low-season rate is one of the better-value big rounds in the city.

Al Maaden Golf Resort green fees and tee times.

Tee times can be booked online through the “Book a tee time” link on the official site (almaaden.playgolf.ma); the golf page also links a green-fee booking engine on golf.logitec.ma. You can also email golfalmaaden@alliances.co.ma or phone +212 524 40 40 01. The rate card splits the year in two: high season runs from 5 September 2026 to 30 June 2027, and low season from 1 July to 4 September 2027. Caddies are available on request. The official pages do not publish a handicap limit; take your certificate in case it is requested. The driving range is open to green-fee players, with a bucket of balls at MAD 30.

The round, in perspective.

The course covers 72 hectares and measures 6,569 metres (7,184 yards). The club gives it as a par 73, which is unusual for a modern layout. Phillips set out to blend the feel of a Moroccan oasis with a Scottish touch: open, contoured fairways set against formal water features. The rectangular basins are the course’s signature. They echo the reflecting pool at the Ménara gardens, and from the clubhouse terrace one stretches straight out towards the fairways. The twelve sculptures form a sculpture park, and the Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL) is next door. The ground rises and falls more than on the older city courses, and the High Atlas fills the southern horizon. In June 2025 it hosted the second leg of the Asian Development Tour’s Morocco Rising Stars, a 72-hole event.

Know before you go.

Booking

Online via the official site, or by email or phone

Seasons

High 5 Sept–30 June; low 1 July–4 Sept

Buggies

MAD 450 for 18 holes

Trolleys

Electric MAD 200, manual MAD 70 for 18 holes

Make the trip work.

Practice facilities are strong: a 300-metre driving range, a grass practice tee, a putting green, an approach green and practice bunkers. The academy runs beginner lessons if a group includes a non-golfer. The restaurant, La Table d’Al Maaden, looks over the course, and the sculpture park is worth walking even for non-golfers. Electric trolleys (MAD 200) are a good middle ground between walking and a buggy.

From Marrakech Menara Airport (RAK) the course is about 9 km to the east in a straight line, on Route du Golf Royal in the Sidi Youssef Ben Ali district on the city’s south-eastern edge. Royal Golf Marrakech is on the same road. A taxi or hotel transfer is the practical option; there is no useful public transport to the clubhouse.

Where it is.

Nearby: 1. Amelkis Golf Club (3 km) · 2. Royal Golf Marrakech (3 km) · 3. Assoufid Golf Club (14 km) · Compare all Marrakech tee times

Somewhere to settle in.

The Al Maaden Villa Hotel & Spa sits on the estate in Sidi Youssef Ben Ali, with villa-style rooms that each have a private garden and pool. For more atmosphere, stay in a riad in the Medina and drive out; the Hivernage district suits groups who want larger hotels and easy parking.

Make a trip of it.

Royal Golf Marrakech, a few minutes along the same road, offers 1927 history and shaded parkland golf. Amelkis, on the Ouarzazate road, adds a 27-hole round with red-earth bunkers. The Al Maaden team also runs Akenza, a new course inspired by Arizona’s arid landscapes, with dry riverbeds and views of the Atlas. Off the course, MACAAL next door shows contemporary African art, and the Majorelle Garden is in the new town.

Find your season.

Al Maaden’s own calendar shows when to come: high season runs from early September to the end of June, and the summer low-season rate reflects the heat of July and August. Spring and autumn give the best playing conditions. Winter is dry and bright, with snow often on the Atlas.