Banyan Tree Tamouda Bay ★★★★★ | 12 Nights
Marina Smir Hotel & Spa ★★★★ | 9 Nights + Optional Extensions
For more than thirty-five years, Sarah Tours has been creating kosher holidays, catering and celebrations for families across France, Israel, Canada and beyond. For Passover 2027 we return to Morocco's Mediterranean coast with two distinct programs - one a five-star, all-villa experience, the other an outstanding-value four-star program - both on the beautiful northern coastline between Tangier and Tetouan.
Both programs operate under the supervision of the Beth Din of Casablanca, Glatt Kosher Lamehadrin and Halav Yisrael, strictly NO KITNIYOT throughout Passover.
PROGRAM ONE - BANYAN TREE TAMOUDA BAY *****
20 APRIL - 2 MAY 2027 | 12 NIGHTS | FULL BOARD
The Resort
There is nothing else quite like Banyan Tree Tamouda Bay. This is not a hotel with a block of rooms - it is an estate of 97 private villas, each with its own swimming pool and its own walled garden, set directly on the Mediterranean with a private beach of its own.
For families, this changes everything. Your pool is yours. Your terrace is yours. Nap times, late breakfasts and quiet afternoons happen on your schedule, not the resort's. One-bedroom villas accommodate up to two adults and two children; two-bedroom villas accommodate up to four adults and two children, keeping grandparents, parents and grandchildren together under one roof without anyone sharing a bathroom.
Resort facilities include the Banyan Tree Spa with hammam, hydrotherapy and a full treatment menu, sunrise yoga and fitness, tennis and padel courts, resort pools, the private beach, and boat and yacht days on the Mediterranean, with golf nearby.
Twelve Nights - Nothing To Add On
This is a complete twelve-night program. The pre-arrival nights before Passover and the Shabbat that follows the festival are both included in full board - there is no separate extension to book and no supplement to pay. You arrive on 20 April and depart on 2 May, and every night in between is part of the program.
Extraordinary Kosher Cuisine
The kitchens are koshered for Passover and run by the Sarah Tours culinary team under the supervision of the Beth Din of Casablanca.
Mornings open with the Sarah Breakfast Market - a generous spread drawing on Israeli, Moroccan, American, Mediterranean and French traditions, including a large selection of French cheeses. Lunches and dinners are full restaurant service, Glatt Kosher Lamehadrin, with menus that rotate through the holiday so no two days repeat. The Sarah Tea Room stays open between meals with tea, coffee, cakes, fresh fruit and juices.
All meals are served in the resort restaurants, for every guest on the program. Families who would like more privacy can reserve a private dining room with us, including for the Sedarim.
The Sedarim - Your Way
Two Seder nights, run the way your family keeps them. Join a guided Seder led in the Ashkenazi rite or the Sephardi rite, sit as a family at your own table and keep your own rhythm, or reserve a private room for a family Seder. Private Seder rooms are available on request.
Programming Throughout The Festival
Daily minyanim and shiurim run through the chag, alongside Jewish heritage programming. Live music and performances run throughout Chol Hamoed, and the festival closes with the Grand Mimouna - a full Moroccan-Jewish celebration with traditional food, live music and a folklore show.
A supervised Kids' Club is included for the duration of the program, with sports, creative workshops and Moroccan experiences. Private babysitting can be arranged on request at additional cost.
Discover Northern Morocco
Optional Chol Hamoed excursions take in the blue medina of Chefchaouen, the UNESCO-listed medina of Tetouan, the port city of Tangier, the Jewish heritage of Fes and Ouazzane, Rabat and Casablanca, and a crossing to Malaga in Spain. An optional Gibraltar day is available for guests holding eligible passports.
PROGRAM TWO - MARINA SMIR HOTEL & SPA ****
21 - 30 APRIL 2027 | 9 NIGHTS | FULL BOARD
The Same Passover, At A Price That Works
Most families choosing a Passover program are making one calculation: how much of the budget goes on the room, and how much on everything that actually makes the eight days work. Marina Smir is built for families who would rather put the money in the second column.
The kitchen is the same kitchen. The supervision is the same Beth Din of Casablanca, the same Glatt Kosher Lamehadrin standard, the same strictly no-kitniyot policy, and the same Sarah Tours culinary team that runs our five-star program. The minyanim, the shiurim, the Chol Hamoed excursions and the Grand Mimouna are all the same.
What differs is the property - comfortable four-star hotel rooms rather than private villas - and the price.
The Hotel
Marina Smir Hotel & Spa sits directly on the marina on Morocco's northern Mediterranean coast, with an indoor heated pool, a beach, a spa, and gardens running down to the sea. Accommodation runs from double and twin rooms through to family rooms and suites, so larger families and groups travelling together can be placed properly.
Its position makes it an outstanding base for the north: Chefchaouen, Tetouan and Tangier are all within easy reach.
Generous Kosher Dining
Full board under the supervision of the Beth Din of Casablanca, prepared by the Sarah Tours culinary team in kitchens koshered for Passover. Breakfast draws on Israeli, Moroccan, American, Mediterranean and French traditions with a large selection of French cheeses. Lunches and dinners are generous, varied, and rooted in Moroccan-Jewish tradition.
The Sarah Tea Room is open between meals with mint tea, pastries, fresh fruit, juices and refreshments for the children, and festive kiddushim run across the festival.
All meals are served in the hotel restaurants. Private Seder rooms are available on request.
The Sedarim And The Program
Two Seder nights, with the same three options: a guided Seder in the Ashkenazi or Sephardi rite, your own family table at your own rhythm, or a private Seder room reserved with our team.
Daily minyanim and shiurim run through the chag, with supervised family programming for children, live entertainment through Chol Hamoed, and the Grand Mimouna at the close of the festival.
Optional Extensions
A pre-arrival stay before the festival and a Shabbat extension afterwards are both available, priced separately.
Excursions
Optional Chol Hamoed excursions to Chefchaouen, Tetouan, Tangier, Asilah, Ouazzane, Rabat, Casablanca and Malaga, with an optional Gibraltar day for guests holding eligible passports.
WHY MOROCCO
Morocco has one of the oldest continuous Jewish histories in the world. The mellahs, synagogues and cemeteries of Fes, Tetouan, Casablanca and Ouazzane are still standing and still visitable, and Mimouna - the celebration that closes Passover - is Moroccan in origin. Spending the festival here places it in the landscape where much of it actually belongs.
The northern Mediterranean coast is also simply easier than the Atlantic in April: calmer water, milder air, and short transfers from Tangier.
Sarah Tours has run Passover programs for over thirty-five years - at the Mazagan Beach & Golf Resort for many consecutive years, and in Marrakech, Agadir, France and Tel Aviv.
NOT INCLUDED
Flights, airport transfers, travel insurance, excursions and optional activities, private babysitting, spa treatments, private Seder rooms, tourist taxes and gratuities.
AMENITIES
● Babysitting (additional cost)
● Beach
● Daily Minyan
● Entertainment
● Excursions
● Food Allergy & Dietary Requirements Accommodated
● Full Board
● Golf (nearby)
● Kids Club
● Non Kitniyot
● Pools
● Private Seder Option
● Private Villas with Private Pools (Banyan Tree)
● Shiurim / Lectures
● Spa & Hammam
● Tea Room
● Tennis & Padel (Banyan Tree)