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The round hammam pool under the dome, shafts of sun falling through star-shaped openings onto white marble

Steam, soap and rose waterunder a dome of stars

A ninety-minute ritual, open every day from nine in the morning until nine at night.

Warm marble, black soap and a kese, rhassoul clay and rose water, then mint tea in the cool room above the pool.

The ritual · 90 minutes · AED 950

Light through stone

The dome was the first thing the masons raised and the last they finished. The sun crosses the steam in slow, moving shafts.

Plan of the dome · forty-eight openings, eight, sixteen and twenty-four
Steam drifting past a marble basin and a zellige star niche in the steam room, lit by a shaft of sun
The steam room at four in the afternoon
48
Openings, on three rings
12 m
Across the dome
9 m
Up to the oculus
Fez
Where the masons came from
By hand
Every star cut and glazed

The ritualin ninety minutes

Four rooms, one after the other. Your attendant stays with you from the first pour of water to the tea.

  1. Steam rising off a marble bench in the warm room, sunlight falling through the dome

    ( 0:00 )Warm room15 min

    Steam rises off the marble while the body slowly warms.

  2. A woven kese mitt, a cake of olive black soap in a brass dish, a hammered brass bowl with a ladle and a striped pestemal on the warm marble bench

    ( 0:15 )Black soap and kese20 min

    A full scrub with olive black soap and a raw-silk mitt.

  3. A bowl of rhassoul clay beside a brass flask of rose water and loose rose petals on marble

    ( 0:35 )Rhassoul and rose25 min

    Mineral clay from the Atlas, rinsed away with Taif rose water.

  4. Mint tea, dates and a folded linen robe on a daybed in the cool room above the pool

    ( 1:00 )Rest30 min

    Mint tea and dates in the cool room above the pool.

The Dar Zilal ritual90 minutes · AED 950

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Warm argan oil in a brass bowl beside folded linen on a massage table in the cool room

Oils, clay and rose

  • The Dar Zilal ritual

    Warm room, black soap and kese, rhassoul and rose, then tea in the cool room.

    AED 95090 min

  • The ritual for two

    The full ritual side by side in the private hammam off the main dome.

    AED 1,80090 min

  • Hammam and argan massage

    The ritual, followed by an hour of warm argan oil massage in the cool room.

    AED 1,450150 min

  • Argan oil massage

    Slow, full-body massage with cold-pressed argan oil from the Souss valley.

    AED 65060 min

  • Rose and rhassoul facial

    Steam, a fine clay mask and Taif rose water, finished with a face massage.

    AED 52050 min

  • Black soap and kese

    The scrub on its own, for guests short on time or coming back for more.

    AED 48045 min

  • Orange blossom foot ritual

    AED 32030 min

Prices in dirhams, inclusive of service and VAT. Robes, slippers, tea and a fresh kese to take home are included.

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Come as you are

09:0021:00

  • Every dayOpen
  • Thirty days aheadBook up to
  • Twenty minutes earlyArrive
  • 19:30Last ritual begins
  1. ( 1 )

    Bring nothing

    Robe, slippers, a two-piece and a fresh kese to take home are waiting for you. Leave jewellery in your room.

  2. ( 2 )

    Sixteen and over

    The ritual and massages are for guests aged sixteen and over; younger guests may join the foot ritual with a parent.

  3. ( 3 )

    Pregnancy and health

    Heat and steam do not suit everyone. If you are pregnant or have a health condition, ask the spa first and we will adapt the treatment.

Mint tea on the cool rest terrace above the hammam, the lagoon below under a clear late-afternoon sky

The steam is ready from nine

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Book from your room, at the desk off the orange court, or with us before you arrive.

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