A great arrivals lounge can greatly assist in the arrival experience when it comes to arriving in any foreign country. I was a little surprised to see an arrivals lounge arriving to Marrakech Menara International Airport given that it typically isn’t an arrival airport for international overseas flights. We would check out this arrival’s experience on our journey through the airport today.

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Review: Pearl Lounge Arrivals, Marrakech Menara International Terminal One, Marrakech, Morocco

This is a review of the Pearl Arrivals Lounge at Marrakech Menara International Airport Terminal One. For a review of the Pearl Lounge Marrakech Menara International Terminal One departures, please see our other review for the departure experience.

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After arriving off our Iberia Business Class Madrid – Marrakech flight, we entered the building and walked towards immigration. There is a strange arrivals lounge available to Priority Pass members called the Pearl Lounge so I thought we could go check it out for interest’s sake.

The Pearl Lounge is the Arrivals Lounge at the Marrakech Menara International Airport. The Pearl Lounge group also operates the primary departure business lounge in the Marrakech International Departures Hall at Marrakech Menara International Terminal One. Chances are that if you are departing Marrakech in a premium cabin, you’ll have access to the Pearl Lounge Marrakech upstairs.

Locating the Pearl Arrivals Lounge:

The Pearl Arrivals Lounge is immediately on the secure side prior to Morocco passport control. It’s located in a spacious no man’s land hallway and if you’re looking out for it, it’s hard to miss it.

Accessing the Lounge:

We located the reception. Access to the Pearl Lounge today was granted courtesy of a Priority Pass Select membership provided through the American Express Platinum Card. The receptionist couldn’t get the Priority Pass electronic card reader to work, so she just waved us in.

The lounge is also a member of Lounge Key and can also be accessed through select credit card memberships which include premium Mastercard offerings.

Inside the Pearl Lounge:

As soon as we walked in the door, we discovered that the place was pretty much sewn up tight. I can’t imagine that regional flights from Spain typically qualify as the peak travel period, so there wasn’t too much going on when we happened to pass through the lounge.

The lights were off, there wasn’t any food to be had and the fridge wasn’t even stocked with more than one bottle of water.

I pretty much used the washroom and took the last bottle of water. It was pretty funny. I believe the facility is primarily used with their VIP Arrival Service that offers a meet and greet.

We wold end up transferring over to The Anayela Riad, a Member of Design Hotels so we didn’t need to make any transportation arrangements while we were in the lounge.

In Summary:

In summary, I wouldn’t expect all to much if a visit here in part of your plans. It’s mostly a place to get organized before venturing into the luggage hall at Marrakech International Airport Morocco. Despite this, this review may be of use to some who hope to use this place prior to venturing out into Marrakech, Morocco.

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If you have visited the Pearl Arrivals Lounge at Marrakech Menara International Airport, did it enhance your travels?

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