Riad des Golfs is every bit as beautiful as the pictures on the website -- the rooms are spacious and very tastefully done; the bathrooms (especially the bathtub) are lovely and the communal areas -- especially the pool and the Salon du The are stunning. The hotel is owned by a French couple, who built and designed the whole hotel very tastefully and beautifully. The staff are very very friendly and willing to help you in any way. Although French is their language of choice, we found it perfectly fine to communicate in English and they were very attentive. The hotel had a refined, hushed air to it, which some people might find too quiet, but there were kids who stayed there when we there as well, so it's relaxed as well (though I think there is a bit of a lack of activity for kids here, since there is only the pool).

However, be warned that this hotel is, as its name implies, by the Golf courses on the South dunes of Agadir and not near central Agadir at all. You will need to take a taxi to go into central Agadir and onto the beach, and because of its distance (it's abt a 10/15 min ride), the Petit Taxi (the little red cabs in Agadir) won't take you there so you will need to take a Grande Taxi (the old cream Mercedes) and this will cost approx 5 euros for a one-way trip -- so 10 euros just to get to and from the central Agadir/beach. Also despite the fact it's been around for 3 years, not many taxi drivers know it, and it is badly signposted from the road, so our first stab at taking a taxi to it (fresh off the coach from Marrakech) involved a transfer from a Petit to Grande taxi and the taxi driver getting out to ask people multiple times before finding the security guard at the golf course who knew where it was. If you can, ask the hotel to arrange a transfer, to avoid this hassle -- they have taxi drivers they know and use who know exactly where it is.

However, since the pool is lovely and there are plenty of sunbeds so close to our own lovely hotel rooms I have to say we were only tempted to go to the beach once in our 5 day stay there. (Agadir beach itself is like a lot of the med-beaches, so if you like having access to cafes/restaurants that serve sandwiches/burgers/pasta etc with watersports then you will find yourself at home. Palm Beach costs 2 euros and gives you communal toilets and showers -- if rather tatty sunbeds. Their food is quite good though).

The food at the hotel is also of an extremely high quality. Breakfast is continental and relatively simple -- toast with either pancakes/galettes or one morning, hand made doughnuts, with homemade jam, marmalade, juice, coffee/tea. However those who want can ask for omelettes/boiled eggs etc -- it is not an American or English breakfast though -- so no meat and not hugely substantial. We didn’t try lunch but it looked good and is charged at 16.5 euros. Dinner costs 33 euros each and was a lavish affair. They alternate between French and Moroccan cuisine each night. A typical meal will be 2 starter courses of fish, a meat main, a dessert and tea/coffee to finish off -- so filling but very delicious and fresh!

Being a small hotel however, there isn't any kind of room-service menu where you can order a snack if you don't want a full lunch or dinner. We did however have some fruit by the pool, which was lovely. All mineral water and coffee and tea is free which is nice touch. There is also no laid on entertainment as you would have in bigger hotels (which we liked, but others may not like so much). There is a small tv in the room, with some satellite channels, but no premium ones. So if you are looking for a more active evening you would need to pay the 10 euros for a return journey into central Agadir.

However, if like we did, you are looking for somewhere to relax that is quiet, peaceful, tastefully done, luxurious with good service and food, then I couldn't recommend this more.