Hammam rituals
Steam, black beldi soap, the kessa glove and rhassoul clay on warm marble. An old ritual, and still the best reset we know.
Hammam
A hammam is not a massage. It is a cleansing ritual: you warm up in steam, your therapist works black olive soap into the skin, then scrubs it away with a kessa glove so thoroughly you will see the result.
Rhassoul clay from the Atlas mountains follows for the body and hair, then buckets of warm water and a rest wrapped in cotton. Most guests describe the feeling afterwards as weightless.
The menu
You begin in the steam to warm up. On the heated marble table, black beldi soap is worked into the skin and scrubbed off with a kessa glove, then rhassoul clay is applied to the body and hair. Buckets of warm water rinse everything away, and you rest wrapped in a cotton peshtemal.
Disposable underwear and slippers provided.
Everything in the traditional hammam, plus a honey and orange-blossom body mask while you rest in the steam. It finishes with a 30-minute argan oil massage in a private suite. This is the ritual we recommend before a wedding or a big week.
A gentler hammam for sensitive skin: Taif rose soap, a fine pink salt scrub instead of the kessa glove, a rose and honey body mask and a rose-water hair rinse. You leave softly scented rather than scrubbed.
The private hammam suite is reserved for the two of you. You share the steam, the scrub and the clay, each with your own therapist, then finish with mint tea and dates on the screened terrace overlooking the marina.
Book at least 48 hours ahead.
What to expect
Ten minutes on the warm marble to open the pores and soften the skin.
Beldi soap made from olives is worked into the skin and left to absorb.
A firm full-body scrub with the kessa glove, followed by a warm rinse.
Rhassoul clay, a final rinse, then mint tea wrapped in a cotton peshtemal.
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Reservations
Send a request with the treatment and time you would like. Our team confirms by WhatsApp or phone, usually within two hours.
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