Five Elements Africa

Private hammams, saunas and cold plunges in Morocco

Hammams built the way hammams are built, and cold water that still holds in a Marrakech July. We draw each room to your riad, villa or hotel; the cabin, benches, steam plant and marble are made and dry-assembled in our Istanbul factory, shipped through Tanger Med or Casablanca and installed by our own crew, while the zellige and tadelakt are laid by Moroccan maâlems.

Morocco — Marrakech
Since 1987building saunas, hammams and steam rooms in our own factory — 2026 is the 40th year
1,450completed projects in more than 35 countries, 220 of them hotel spas
6–24 htypical clearance at Tanger Med on the fast-track scheme (AJ Logistics)
24 monthswarranty on every room we install, with maintenance contracts on request
Why it works here

What makes a Moroccan hammam project simpler than it looks

The engineering arrives finished; the craft stays Moroccan

Cabin panels, benches, steam fittings and marble are made in our Istanbul factory and dry-assembled there before crating, so nothing is being worked out for the first time in your courtyard. The parts that make the room Moroccan — hand-cut zellige, tadelakt burnished with a river stone, a cedar screen — are drawn by us and laid by specialists who do it every week. How the two halves meet is set out on our traditional hammams in Morocco page.

Ports that sit close to the work

Crates land at Tanger Med, the largest port in Africa and the Mediterranean with capacity for around 11 million containers, or at Casablanca for jobs further south. Fast-track clearance at Tanger Med runs six to twenty-four hours (Tanger Med; AJ Logistics). A single sauna or steam room takes 6–10 weeks from drawing approval to commissioning; a complete villa spa takes 12–16.

A quotation you can read line by line

Cabin, heater, generator, square metres of zellige, freight, clearance and 20% VAT each get their own position, and the Incoterm is stated before you sign. EU-origin heaters and controls from EOS and Sentiotec can enter duty-free with a certificate of origin under the EU–Morocco agreement (trade.gov). Bands on this site are in dirhams; contracts are in EUR or USD.

What we build here

10 rooms, specified for Morocco

Traditional hammams
from MAD 95k

Traditional hammams

Everyone in Morocco knows what a hammam is, which makes this the hardest thing we build. You are not being sold a nove…

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Tadelakt hammams
from MAD 62k

Tadelakt hammams

Tadelakt is the cheapest beautiful way to build a wet room in Morocco and the easiest to do badly. It is lime plaster,…

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Saunas
from MAD 32k

Saunas

A sauna is the dry counterpart to the hammam, and in Morocco it is usually the second room rather than the first. Buil…

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Roof & garden cabins
from MAD 41k

Roof & garden cabins

The flat roof is the most under-used room in a Moroccan house. It is also the easiest place to put a cabin, provided s…

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Infrared cabins
from MAD 14k

Infrared cabins

A Casablanca or Rabat apartment rarely offers three-phase power, a floor drain or four spare square metres. An infrare…

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Steam rooms
from MAD 50k

Steam rooms

In a Moroccan house the steam room is usually the guest's room and the hammam the family's. It runs hotter and wetter …

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Cold plunges
from MAD 20k

Cold plunges

Marrakech in July is the hardest cold-water environment we work in. Forty degrees of ambient and hard sun will beat an…

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Riad conversions
from MAD 110k

Riad conversions

A riad is the best building in the world to put a hammam into, and the worst to get materials into. Both of those fact…

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Hotel & riad spas
from MAD 260k

Hotel & riad spas

Morocco took 19.8 million arrivals and 124 billion dirhams in 2025, and Marrakech alone accounted for around 40 per ce…

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Gym & club zones
from MAD 70k

Gym & club zones

Padel Maps lists more than thirty padel clubs in Casablanca alone, and the busiest of them now sell the hour after the…

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Bands are indicative, in thousand MAD, supplied and installed. Full price guide →

The range

Other rooms we build for Morocco

Sauna interior, benches and heater — Morocco
Sauna interior, benches and heater
Hammam in hand-cut zellige — Morocco
Hammam in hand-cut zellige
Commercial cold plunge pool — Morocco
Commercial cold plunge pool
Halotherapy salt room — Morocco
Halotherapy salt room
Snow room for a resort spa — Morocco
Snow room for a resort spa
Large commercial sauna, three tiers — Morocco
Large commercial sauna, three tiers
Löyly: water on hot stones — Morocco
Löyly: water on hot stones
From the sauna door to the cold plunge — Morocco
From the sauna door to the cold plunge
In the sauna — Morocco
In the sauna
Chest-deep in cold water — Morocco
Chest-deep in cold water
The first seconds of a cold plunge — Morocco
The first seconds of a cold plunge
Hyperbaric chamber in a home wellness room — Morocco
Hyperbaric chamber in a home wellness room

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Where in Morocco

Hammam and sauna installation across Morocco

Four regional pages instead of fifteen thin ones: Marrakech with the medina, Guéliz and Hivernage; the Palmeraie, the Ourika road and the High Atlas; the northern cities from Casablanca and Rabat to Tangier and Fès; and the Atlantic coast from Taghazout to Dakhla. Each covers access, power, climate and an indicative budget in dirhams.

Marrakech
Marrakech

Marrakech

Private hammams, saunas and cold plunges in Marrakech: medina riads, Guéliz flats, Hivernage hotels. Factory-built sin…

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Palmeraie, Ourika & High Atlas
Marrakech

Palmeraie, Ourika & High Atlas

Saunas, hammams and plunge pools for Palmeraie villas, Ourika-road estates and High Atlas lodges. Built in our factory…

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Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier & Fès
Casablanca

Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier & Fès

Saunas, steam rooms, hammams and ice baths for Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier and Fès: flats, clubs, villas and riads. 24-…

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Atlantic coast
Atlantic

Atlantic coast

Saunas and cold plunges for Taghazout surf camps, Agadir hotels, Essaouira riads and Dakhla kite lodges: salt-proof an…

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How we work

Made in our factory, finished by Moroccan hands

We have manufactured saunas, hammams and steam rooms since 1987: 1,450 completed projects in more than 35 countries, 220 hotel spas and 680 private homes, and 78% of our clients come back for another room. The quality system is ISO 9001:2015, and the heaters we fit carry CE / EN 60335, TÜV and GS marks.

North Africa is familiar ground. On the seawater-therapy floor of the Sofitel Thalassa in Algiers we built a sauna, a steam room, a hammam and a salt wall (2022), a year after work for the El Aurassi and KBF hotels in the same city. Marble slabs, domed ceilings and steam that has to survive hard water are ordinary work for the factory.

Every cabin is dry-assembled and checked in Istanbul, then numbered and crated with its fixings, seals and a spares allowance. Our own crew installs, tests and commissions it, trains whoever will run it, and the warranty is 24 months. For typical budgets, read what a private hammam costs in Morocco before you ask us for a figure.

Carpenter fitting cedar sauna panels at a factory bench before dry assembly
Built and dry-assembled in our Istanbul factory, then crated for Tanger Med
Journal

Written for people building in Morocco

Questions

Morocco: asked before every project

Do you build outside Marrakech?

Yes — Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier, Fès, Agadir, Taghazout, Essaouira, the High Atlas and Dakhla. The survey is done in person or by video, and the crated room travels from Tanger Med or Casablanca to your door.

How long does a private hammam take?

A single hammam or steam room runs 6–10 weeks from drawing approval to commissioning; a complete villa spa with hammam, sauna and plunge runs 12–16 weeks. Tanking needs a full day between coats and hand-cut zellige cannot be rushed, so those set the pace on site.

Is the equipment duty-free?

EU-origin heaters and controls can be, with a valid certificate of origin under the EU–Morocco agreement (trade.gov). Goods shipped from Turkey fall under a separate agreement that Morocco amended in 2022 to reinstate duty on a list of product lines (Morocco World News), so we check the tariff line for each item and quote landed, with 20% VAT shown separately (PwC Tax Summaries).

Can you work while our riad or hotel stays open?

Yes. Fabrication happens in the factory, so the loud weeks on site are short: demolition, chasing and first fix. We screen the work area, agree quiet hours and keep guest corridors clean.

What maintenance does a hammam need?

Tadelakt re-soaped once or twice a year, the steam generator descaled every three to six months on hard mains water, and a service visit every six months for a commercial room. The intervals go into the handover notes, and a maintenance contract can cover them.

Which currency do you quote in?

The indicative bands on this site are in thousands of dirhams. The contract and invoices are in EUR or USD, itemised position by position, and a project manager replies within one business day.

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Tell us about the site in Morocco

Send a photo of the space and its size on WhatsApp — we reply within one business day with photos of similar finished rooms and an itemised quote.

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