Plans for the first villa riads to be built at Mediterrania-Saidia, the €1.6 billion golf and marina five-star resort taking shape along six kilometres of the 14 kilometre golden sandy beach at Saidia – a stunning beach location on northern Morocco’s Mediterranean coast – have been unveiled by Saffron Villas Ltd.
The Newbury-based Morocco property specialist is marketing a mix of townhouse villas and riads alongside the resort’s 18-hole golf course from which the scheme – The Fairways – takes its name.
The 700 hectare (1,730 acre) Mediterrania-Saidia resort is located in an agricultural area 40 minutes by road from Morocco’s international airport at Oujda. Ryanair plans direct flights from the UK to Oujda and the airport is expected to be a new destination for other budget airlines flying direct from the UK in less than three hours.
In addition to three 18-hole golf courses, the resort will have a brand new marina with moorings for 750 vessels. Occupying an area of 29 hectares (71.6 acres), the marina will make Saidia – located due south of the Almeria region of Spain – a new destination for European sailing enthusiasts. It will have customs and immigration posts as well as boat repair and refuelling facilities.
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