Caribbean Village Club Agadir, Morocco

#hellohalloween We (myself, partner & our 3 kids with additional needs) spent a winter weekend at Caribbean Village Club Agadir in December 2024 and were pleasantly surprised by how lively and welcoming it felt, even in the off-season. It felt like being at a European resort - but without the kind of staff who approach you to tell you about the events to come for the rest of the day or give you directions. We felt quite like we were on the outside of a group of people who were all having a great time. The atmosphere can be really bouncy and happy, especially in the evenings when music is played around the pool. The rooms were simple but as clean as a cleaner could make them... and the beds are comfortable. The overall staye of the room wasn't great - picture water flooding out of the shower because it doesn't drain properly. Agadir is sandy and the resort is no exception- so sand drags in on your feet but you can't get clean from it because the shower floods and your feet bathe in filthy water. This then spashes out onto the floor and floor mat, which also become filthy. We had a ground floor room - thanks to staff who noticed we had 3 kids and a double pushchair so they moved us from the one they originally assigned us. We had glass doors that opened to a cute little garden... but we made the mistake of walking across it after swimming and getting sharpy or thorny branches stuck into our feet. We worked out they seemed to be cut from the trees but just left on the grass after. The staff were friendly and helpful throughout our stay, especially at reception and in the restaurant. Food was a good mix of Moroccan and international dishes – lots of fresh bread, salads, fruit etc, and always something even the kids would eat. The pool area was the biggest disappointment. We picked the hotel because it boasted a heated pool - we couldn't find any kind of resort map to indicate where this was but figured eventually that it must be the one pool that they had a jackhammer at at the time and therefore it was out of use. We heard rumours of a kids pool - again, no directions anywhere so we just walked around until we fohnd it. OMG - filthy. I feel like that word loses emphasis because I have used it already... but the entire area was disgusting. The pool and water were grimey but the biggest shock was the state of the pool loungers. They were soaked with water and mud and were squealching it out and leaving dirty muddy marks on anything they touched. I couldn't stand staying there because it made my skin crawl so we went back to the bigger, main pool. Here, the water was understandably a bit chilly in December. The tiles in the pool were also dirty but it seemed to be mud or sand and I could make sense of that in my head. But the pool floats they had were covered in filth - it honestly made me feel so sick. A coating of it was all over the floats. We did enjoy how close the hotel was to the beach – just a short walk away for sea air and sunset views. This is a big of a maze if you decide to walk through the resort and out the back. You will walk through what seems to be a different hotels reception to get out. It’s not a luxury resort, I feel like calling it a resort at all is a stretch and gives the wrong impression of what this place actually is. It is a very budgetaccommodation with a resort-style layout. It lacks the overall service and cleanliness of a resort and isn't upfront in communicating when things are closed or even where things are. You have to figure a lot out for yourself, and honestly to me that is the opposite of a resort holiday because it becomes hard work instead of relaxing. #morocco #Agadir