Golf Holidays in Morocco: the complete guide for 2026

The modern Moroccan golf scene began with royal patronage. King Hassan II took up the game in the mid-1960s and believed it could draw tourism to a kingdom he described as

“rich in culture, heritage and hospitality, but relatively poor in terms of natural resources.”Global Golf Post

The result was Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Rabat, designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. with associate Cabell Robinson and opened in 1971 across a 440-hectare cork-oak forest. Its championship Red Course is a par 73 of roughly 6,980 metres, and it remains the heritage flagship of the Moroccan game.

That royal legacy still runs through the calendar. The Hassan II Golf Trophy has been staged since 1971, the winner taking home a gold dagger inlaid with jewels, and it reached its 50th edition in 2026 at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam. The king also founded the women’s Lalla Meryem Cup in 1993, now part of the Ladies European Tour.

For visitors the appeal is partly the value. Green fees in Morocco typically run about €35 to €100 per round, materially below comparable Spanish and Portuguese clubs, which often sit at €100 to €180 at mid-to-high-tier courses. You get internationally designed layouts at a lower cost, in a destination that drew roughly 110,000 golf tourists a year with its strategy aimed squarely at the British and French markets. Air links have improved too: Morocco welcomed about 19.8 million visitors in 2025, with UK arrivals up around 25% and weekly UK flights nearly doubling.

Marrakech is the busiest base, with a dense cluster of courses inside a short drive of the medina. Most opened in the past two decades, with big-name designers and the snow-capped Atlas Mountains as a backdrop. Here are the GPH-featured layouts at a glance.

For a longer read on individual layouts, see our guide to the best golf courses in Morocco.

The three main golf regions feel quite different, and the choice mostly comes down to summer heat and how close you want the sea. Inland Marrakech is the hottest; the Agadir and Casablanca coasts stay milder all year thanks to Atlantic breezes.

Up on the Agadir coast, Tazegzout Golf is the standout: a par-72 clifftop course of about 6,730 metres designed by Kyle Phillips and opened in 2014, set roughly 80 metres above the Atlantic among argan forest, with a much-photographed par-3 17th played over a cliff drop. Nearby Golf du Soleil, by Cabell B. Robinson, runs across hilly terrain with four large lakes. On the Casablanca coast, Mazagan Golf Course is a par-72 Gary Player links-style layout running for around 3km alongside the ocean between sand dunes, with the sea breeze always in play.

Spring (March to May) and autumn (September to November) are the sweet spots, with daytime temperatures between roughly 20°C and 28°C and reliably sunny skies. Marrakech’s average daily highs climb from about 19°C in January and 20.8°C in February through 23.7°C in March, 25.8°C in April and 29.5°C in May, then ease back to 32.4°C in September and 28.4°C in October.

High summer is the part to plan around. July and August are the months experienced golfers avoid inland: Marrakech peaks at around 37.7°C in July and 37.4°C in August and regularly exceeds 40°C, which makes midday golf on inland courses hard work. The honest caveat is that a July booking in Marrakech can be uncomfortable from late morning onwards, so an early tee time matters. The coast is the answer in summer. Agadir’s highs only reach about 26.5°C in August, and Casablanca peaks at 26.6°C, so the seaside courses stay comfortable even at the height of the season.

Rain is rarely a factor in the playing seasons. Marrakech is virtually rainless in high summer, with July averaging just 1.2 mm and August 3.4 mm, and the wettest months (February, March, April and November) sit at around 40 mm each on an annual total of about 280 mm. Morocco also works as a winter-sun bolt-hole:

“With a pleasant average temperature of 20 degrees and little rain throughout the winter months, Morocco forms the ideal destination for a winter golf break.”Golfbreaks

Our deeper read on the best time to play golf in Morocco breaks it down month by month.

Golf Planet Holidays trips are arranged ground-only, so we build the hotel, golf and transfers around you, and flights are an optional ATOL-protected add-on rather than something baked in. That keeps you free to fly from your preferred airport on the dates that suit. Direct flights from London Gatwick to Marrakech take around 3 hours 40 minutes, Manchester to Marrakech about 3 hours 45 minutes, and Agadir roughly 3 hours 45 to 3 hours 50 minutes from either. Marrakech Menara Airport sits only about 4km from the city centre, a private transfer of around 10 to 20 minutes depending on traffic.

In Marrakech, hotels such as Kenzi Menara Palace, Iberostar Waves Club Palmeraie, Mövenpick Hotel Mansour Eddahbi, Hotel & Ryads Barriere Le Naoura and Pickalbatros Hotel du Golf Palmeraie put you close to the course cluster. Fairmont Royal Palm pairs five-star comfort with its own on-site Royal Palm Golf Course. On the Agadir coast, Tikida Golf Palace and Hyatt Place Taghazout Bay give you beach-and-golf in milder summer air. For a true on-site beach-golf resort, Mazagan Beach & Golf Resort on the Casablanca coast plays straight onto the Gary Player links and is our most affordable lead-in, from £380pp (≈ €435) (≈ $495) (≈ CA$705) (≈ AU$715) (≈ NZ$875) (≈ CHF 405) ground-only as of 2026. You’ll find live pricing for each on the Morocco destination hub.

Morocco works for most golfing trip types. The tight cluster of Marrakech courses suits a society or a buddies group wanting plenty of golf with minimal travel between rounds, which is why we run dedicated guides for golf society trips to Morocco, group golf holidays and a buddies golf getaway. Solo travellers are well served too, with our solo golf holidays guide covering single-friendly resorts.

It’s a strong choice for couples and mixed trips. The medina, souks and spa hotels give non-golfers plenty to do while you play, and there’s more on that in our golf holidays for couples in Morocco guide. If you’re weighing Morocco against a more familiar option, our Morocco or western Algarve comparison sets the two side by side on weather, value and course quality.