The hotel is exceedingly charming. More charming than most high end hotels. The rooms vary dramatically in size. be sure to ask about the size of the room. Also, the key fobs are hilariously large. It really is silly.

The gardens and pool area are great, and the common areas are very pleasant. The restaurants are very nice, and my dinner at the Brassiere was nice but expensive. The service was great though.

Internet was weak and unstable. For some reason it worked better in the gardens. Plus, it was quite expensive for 24 hours. Just something to be aware of.

The big issue is that my room faced the construction next door and by 7 am, the workers were banging around and working. if you rise before then, then it really isn't a problem, but I do not.

The hotel has a good location and affords the traveler a great Moroccan style space in which to stay. The gardens for breakfast or relaxing in in the evening are very nice. My room overlooked the gardens so that made it especially nice. Hotel had a good wireless setup, but it required getting a renewal on a 24 hour basis, but it was easy by stopping by the desk. Staff was friendly and English communications was easy.

Stayed at this hotel for two nights, then moved.

My colleague and I compared notes and we both thought that the rooms were too small, nowhere to plug our devices (laptop, phones, etc.) and a dismal view.

When I actually saw each other's rooms we laughed -- she thought hers was small but mine was about 75% as big. The bed filled up all the space, and the passage between the foot of the bed and the small CRT TV was maybe 35 cm. The closet, along the side of the bed, had a door that couldn't open fully because it hit a lampshade. And, on each of the available surfaces, which were not many, there were pretty little tchotchkes, such as little ceramic dishes, potpourri, etc. The bathroom had a lot of floor space, though, if that's what you like.

I will say the bed was comfortable, the linens clean and lovely, the service very good (I speak French which helped enormously), and the public areas fabulous. There is a lovely pool (more decorative than for lap swimming) with bars and restaurants surrounding it.

In sum, for a night or two on a tour, it could be fine, but it did not work for a business trip.

I've always wanted to come to Morocco and when I finally did, decided to do a tour of a few weeks around the country, in July 2010. In Rabat, we stayed in La Tour Hassan. I must say the hotel is like a postcard from a movie, very pretty and very "Moroccan", the architecture is great, the garden and the pool - lovely, the restaurants, stunning. I have to say it was one of the prettiest hotels I stayed in for the duration of my trip around Morocco. The room was great - though we had to swap, as the first one didn't have satisfactory air conditioning, besides that, I would recommend this to anyone wanting to have a good quality stay with a pool and gym and good breakfast.