Exclusive-use villa with private chef and heated pool, above Taghazout Bay

EMPIVA ATLAS — TAGHAZOUT BAY
Above Taghazout Bay, held quietly between the Atlantic and the High Atlas, Empiva Atlas is a three-bedroom villa taken on exclusive use. No reception, no neighbouring suite, no shared spaces — the villa, the heated pool, and the gardens are yours alone for the duration of your stay. The villa sleeps six.

THE BEDROOMS
The Principal Bedroom has a king bed and an en-suite bathroom with a hot tub bath, walk-in shower, and twin basins. It opens onto a private terrace running the length of the room, with views west to the Atlantic.

The Second Bedroom has a double bed and its own balcony, overlooking the heated pool with the Atlantic beyond.

The Third Bedroom is arranged with two single beds and looks out to the Atlas foothills — well suited to children, or to two guests sharing.

THE BATHROOMS
The Principal En-Suite serves the principal bedroom: hot tub bath, walk-in shower, twin basins.
A shared bathroom with a walk-in shower and basin serves the second and third bedrooms.
A ground floor guest toilet with twin basins is available for day use.

LIVING SPACES
The heart of the villa is an open-plan living space that opens through full-length sliding glass doors to the pool and gardens. The lounge holds two seating arrangements, a fireplace, and a television. The dining table seats six. An inner courtyard, planted with banana and kumquat, brings green light into the centre of the house.

The kitchen is fully equipped - gas hob, oven, dishwasher, and everything needed - and is yours to use freely, though most guests find the Villa Host takes care of the cooking.

OUTDOOR
The heated pool runs year-round, kept warm even through the cooler months. A terrace runs the length of the villa, with sun loungers, a shaded seating area, and a charcoal barbecue. The gardens fall toward the sea, with a swing seat set in the shade and a path leading to a viewing point over the bay. The upper floor has its own glass-balustraded terrace, looking out over the pool and the landscape beyond.

Within the residence, two minutes from the door: a private tennis court, a children's play area, and shaded seating that looks across the golf course to the Atlantic.

THE VILLA HOST, AND MEALS
A Villa Host attends the property each day from 8am to 5pm. Moroccan breakfast is laid out as the light comes up — bread, olive oil, honey, eggs, fruit, yoghurt, mint tea, and coffee — and is included with your stay. Lunch and dinner can be prepared on request, priced separately, with a day's notice for particular menus or dietary requirements.

After 5pm the villa is yours alone. If dinner has been arranged, it is composed before the Villa Host leaves and laid out for self-service. The terrace, gardens, and pool remain open to you through the evening.

WHAT'S INCLUDED
Return airport transfers from Agadir–Al Massira Airport, arranged to meet your flight. Moroccan breakfast each morning. Daily housekeeping. Fibre internet throughout. Air conditioning and heating, independently controlled in every bedroom and living space. The villa is taken on exclusive use, with nothing added per guest - the rate is the same whether two stay or six.

THE SETTING
Empiva Atlas sits within a private residential community - gated, quietly guarded, discreet by design. The villa is triangulated between three landscapes: the Atlas foothills inland, the Atlantic to the west, and the Tassila golf course along the southern edge.

Five minutes beyond the gates: the Fairmont Taghazout Bay, with restaurants and a spa open to non-residents; the Tassila golf course; the sandy beach below the cliff, a short drive away; surf schools and the marina. Ten minutes north is Taghazout village, with its cafés, surf schools, and Sunday market. Thirty minutes south, Agadir city and the souk Al Had. Forty-five minutes inland, Paradise Valley - a palm-lined river canyon with rock pools. An hour and a half east, into the foothills, the walled red city of Taroudant.

THE EMPIVA ATLAS EXPERIENCES
Beyond the villa, Empiva curates a catalogue of private experiences across this region of Morocco - surfing, Paradise Valley at first light, the hammam, a day with a master silversmith, the souk, an evening of Moroccan music. Each is optional, planned in detail, and arranged at your pace through the villa team.

GOOD TO KNOW
Check-in is from 3pm; check-out by 10am. Quiet hours are observed from 9pm to 7am, in keeping with the residence. Smoking is welcome outdoors, on the terrace and in the gardens; the villa interior is non-smoking. The villa does not accommodate pets. There are four exterior security cameras - two at the front entrance and driveway, one at the pool, one at the side of the villa - with none inside the villa or facing any private space. The inner courtyard is home to two resident tortoises, who live there contentedly within its walls.

It is not about where you stay. It is about who you become while you are there.