My amazing holiday in North Africa at a luxury hotel with three pools - for a price 'so cheap it's actually disgusting'

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Thought you’d ne'er find an exotic African destination successful nan vacation bargain bin? Think again. A savvy traveller has revealed really he bagged a travel to Morocco for conscionable £186 - including flights.

Rob Adcock, a BBC TV presenter and recreation aficionado who posts to Instagram utilizing nan handle @robadcock, recovered himself 'skimming done Skyscanner looking for inexpensive deals' erstwhile he recovered a 'good worth flight' pinch Ryanair to Agadir successful Morocco that piqued his interest.

The recreation contented creator decided to look astatine hotels successful nan North African metropolis and recovered what he calls 'an absolute bargain' pinch an overnight stay, 3 spa treatments and meal included for £270 for 2 people.

Speaking to MailOnline Travel, Rob says: 'I’m a beautiful sad individual, and whenever I’m bored, I conscionable find myself skimming done Skyscanner looking for inexpensive deals. 

'So erstwhile Morocco came up and Agadir seemed for illustration a bully worth flight, I did immoderate digging.'

Rob Adcock, pictured, a BBC TV presenter and recreation aficionado, recovered a 'bargain' woody and flew to Agadir, Morocco, to trial retired the Sofitel Agadir Thalassa Sea & Spa

The resort boasts 3 swimming pools (left), a bar, beach, 3 restaurants, a fittingness centre and freely rooms (right)

'Whenever I find a deal, I usually skim astir to spot what hotels are nearby. We came crossed nan Sofitel. I checked nan reviews, and they were glowing. When I was looking done their website (I thin to do that alternatively than utilizing third-party booking sites), I noticed they had thing that looked for illustration an absolute bargain.'

Now, it wasn't wholly plain sailing to get nan deal, arsenic Rob claims it 'wasn't nan easiest process' to interaction nan edifice pinch 'lots of calls and faffing around'. However, he adds: 'I’m truthful gladsome we persevered.'

He says nan resulting vacation was almost 'too bully to beryllium true' and 'exceeded his expectations'.

So inexpensive 'it's disgusting' 

In a video explaining nan deal, Rob says: 'I'm sorry I've been gatekeeping this absolute worldy of a holiday. The value to enactment present and person a spa time is truthful inexpensive it's really disgusting. Me and a mate stayed present and it's changed our lives for nan better.' 

Breaking down nan costs of nan holiday, Rob tells MailOnline: 'For nan treatments, overnight enactment and breakfast, it was £135 each. Which, to me, is unreal. For that, you couldn’t moreover get a room successful a bang-average edifice successful immoderate cities successful England.

'I don’t deliberation you tin reason pinch nan price. 

Rob found a 'good worth flight' pinch Ryanair to Agadir, pictured, that costs conscionable £51 return

While astatine nan edifice they enjoyed relaxing successful nan spa and enjoying nan weather. On his treatments, Rob comments: 'One was being covered successful mud and put into a instrumentality that enveloped you and sewage warm. The different was a fancy basking tub (right) to each intents and purposes'

'[The Ryanair flights were] £31 out, £20 back. It’s 1 of their newer routes truthful it’s still really bully value.' 

He and his pal didn't salary thing for formation extras, adding: 'Regarding luggage, we only took our Ryanair under-the-seat specials from EcoHub. I dislike paying for luggage, truthful I do thing I tin to debar it. It’s easier erstwhile you’re flying location basking for a fewer days — it’s very uncommon I’ll request much than nan contents of 1 of nan mini bags, anyway.'

It's worthy nan agelong journey 

Flights from nan UK to Agadir return conscionable nether 4 hours, but Rob claims it's worthy it. 

He notes: 'I don’t mind nan agelong flights. Yeah, it’s a fewer hours, but life’s busy. So I’m happy to not beryllium contactable!

'The early greeting formation doesn’t fuss me, either, because I conscionable drawback up connected slumber erstwhile I get there. Also, let’s look it, it’s not precisely tiring erstwhile you get there.'

While astatine nan edifice - the Sofitel Agadir Thalassa Sea & Spa - they enjoyed relaxing successful nan spa and trying retired its galore treatments.

Rob remarks: 'One was being covered successful mud and put into a instrumentality that enveloped you and sewage warm. The different was a fancy basking tub, to each intents and purposes, and nan last 1 was a massage. I ideate location are method position for them all. But I would beryllium lying if I said I knew them.'

Guests astatine nan Sofitel Agadir Thalassa Sea & Spa person entree to Agadir formation (above) connected nan Atlantic African coast

Rob tells MailOnline: 'For nan treatments, overnight enactment and breakfast, it was £135 each. Which, to me, is unreal' 

Showing disconnected nan resort, which boasts 3 swimming pools, a bar, a beach, 3 restaurants, a fittingness centre and freely rooms, he comments: 'Imagine having a naughty small cocktail down here. A Hugo spritz erstwhile nan sun's setting. 

'It's correct connected nan formation arsenic well. They've sewage their ain small barroom down location and nan spa is quality. We went each successful connected nan treatments and sewage each muddied up. Just reasoning astir it makes maine tingle.'

Pointing astatine a trio of aqua bikes, Rob jokes: 'It's really benignant of them to effort and make maine consciousness astatine location by chucking a fewer disused bikes into nan water. It's for illustration I'm backmost successful Stoke-on-Trent.'

Rob explains that he loved nan edifice truthful overmuch that he eschewed his accustomed wont of sightseeing.

He adds: 'It’s nan first clip I’ve ever conscionable stayed successful a edifice for a fewer days. Usually, I’m up and astir exploring - uncovering retired what it’s for illustration successful adjacent towns and cities.

'But this spot was truthful bully - we conscionable utilized nan spa and chilled by nan pool. That’s really retired of character, but we told ourselves we conscionable wanted to relax earlier we left, truthful it worked retired really well. We only near nan edifice to watch nan shot successful nan section bar. Perfect!'

ROB'S COST BREAKDOWN

Hotel pinch 3 treatments and breakfast: £135 per person. Visit: all.accor.com. Flights: £51 return pinch Ryanair done Skyscanner.

Total: £372 (£186 per person)

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