Iberostar Founty Beach

I’m just doing a quick review at our halfway point and will do a more indepth review when we get home.

Pretty pleased with our choice of hotel. I’ve been to Morocco and Agadir many times during a past career working at sea. I’d never stayed more than a day before.

The hotel and the staff are superb. As is easy to do i’d read a fair number of reviews and was a little wary having done so.

Don’t believe everything you read!!

The food has been INCREDIBLE! The drinks are great and all of the staff from the reception, the bar and restaurant, and the Entertainment are all some of the best i’ve experienced. I say this with around 15 years experience in the hospitality industry.

Some tips to help your travel easier better. Most UK networks allow roaming and will charge a premium for it - get an esim (tui offered 1gb esim to us for free). i used that and got another 3gb esim which should be enough for the rest of our 10 day stay.

I say this because the wifi can be patchy in places - but more so if you leave the hotel you’ll need data!

2nd thing, download an app called indrive - you can do way better than the taxis outside the hotel. It works a lot like uber!

Lastly get the iberostar app you will need it, it has all of the information to help your stay!

As I said i’ll do a full write up at the end of our trip!!

Thank you so far!

Excellent above and beyond. Beautiful

IBEROSTAR WAVES FOUNTY BEACH – stay 5-19 July 2026 Arrival – Taking own luggage from drop off point to reception area, is not a good start for a hotel claiming to be 4 star. Filled in forms, had passport checked. Offered welcome drink of tea. Given wrist band. Changed £’s for MAD. Paid local & tourist tax of 246.40 MAD. Paid 420 MAD for safe (not the thing you should have to do in this day and age), given code to reset safe. Given room access card. Shown to room with luggage.

Reception – Having stayed at 100+ hotels, this is the longest time & poorest check-in I have ever experienced. One person at desk, for about 20 people to check-in. Plenty of staff standing around, all they could say is “join the queue” Check out is at 12:00. Late check 15:00 for 400 MAD or for 18:00 600 MAD. There are toilets opposite reception.

Currency exchange - Open 24 hours at reception. £1 cash for 12 MAD. There is an ATM in the reception hall.

Rooms – The standard room is plain with the standard features. Each room has shower room, with toilet & bidet, soap/shampoo dispensers, hair dryer, shaving plug & mirror, towels. Unstocked fridge. Good air conditioning. Balcony with two chairs and table. Small clothes drying rack. Being on the top floor the balcony has concrete beams above, which make it difficult to sun bath under. Paintwork peeling off balcony walls. Sofa, 2 chairs & table. Electric sockets are 2 round pins, there are also USB points. TV has lots of channels, but few English speaking channels. No kettle or tea & coffee facilities. You can hire a kettle. Large clothes storage space. Good black out curtains. Room serviced daily changing towels left on floor, bedding changed upon request.

Mercure main buffet restaurant – Used for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Good large selection of food. Go early to miss busy times. Breakfast from 07:00 till 10:00, Lunch 12:30 till 15:00, Dinner 18:30 till 22:00 with two sittings 18:30 – 20:15 & 20:40 – 22:00. Drinks are mainly help yourself. Down side some drink dispensers on occasions not replenished. Option, outside eating area. Some food items you expect to be hot are served warm/cold. Restaurant can be noisy, add to that people are using mobile phones. (I would ban the use of mobile phones in eating areas)

Pool bar – Handy for drinks if by the pool and to take to beach. Snacks & ice cream from about 09:00. Limited selection of food for lunch. Beware when eating outside as it attracts sea gulls.

Water - Available 24hrs from dispensers on landing near rooms. Bring your own container or buy one from reception.

All-inclusive bar – Good selection of drinks, with non-inclusive drinks at additional cost. Limited seating area inside, with additional seating outside on balcony.

Pool – There are two pools. The pools are well maintained. There are showers and a changing cupboard nearby. There are sunbeds around the pools, most with either a shaded canopy overhead or parasols. Most sunbeds are taken up by 10:00. Some sunbeds are “reserved” before 07:00. The area is crowded with sunbeds (not like the hotel photos) & not easy to move around.

Grounds – There are extensive grounds, which are very well maintained. I saw 2 cats in the grounds.

Towels – Collect first towel, using card, from kiosk near pool. Kiosk open between 10:00 & 18:30. Exchange towels as required. When leaving, exchange towel for towel card and hand in on checking out.

Beach – Large, long & wide (when tide is out) sandy beach. A roped off private area is for guests, with about 35 parasols & 150 sunbeds. Access to the beach is via a security gate and across the wide promenade. You can take drinks into the area. Beware there are several friendly loose dogs in the area, that like to lay in the shade under a sunbed. There is a volley ball court, on a slope, nearby. The beach is regularly patrolled by pairs of police on horseback and police on quad bikes. There are vendors trying to sell goods on the beach. The beach has a gentle slope, that means to go for a swim you have to go far out, as the water is shallow. On a windy day the beach sand is blown around & can be uncomfortable. Large parties of children daily use the beach nearby, and it can be a bit noisy. The promenade is patrolled be police motor bikes & vans. Beware that the promenade is used by cyclists & e-scooters. Some scooter riders race along dangerously at around 30 mph/50kmph.

Facilities - Range of shops, spa, hairdressers, gym, children’s club, archery area so small that you could throw an arrow at the target, tennis courts, games room. Well maintained toilets at various locations. Laundry facilities.

Entertainment – Daily & evening entertainment on stage by pool. Very loud at times, ending around 23:00.

Wi-Fi - Good reception throughout premises.

Weather – Reached 33C one day, 28-30C other days. No rain. On the first 4 days it was misty until 09:00 – 10:00. Then blue skies. On the last full day it was mainly misty all day. Remember UV levels were 9 or 10, so be aware in misty or cloudy weather.

Language – English generally understood by most staff.

Location – About 45 minutes’ drive from Agadir airport by coach. Shops, banks & pharmacies a 500m -1km walk away from hotel.

Drawbacks – Handle you own luggage. Having to pay for safe. No tea/coffee facilities in room. Unstocked fridge. Loud entertainment. Poor check in service.