The prestigious hotel of Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo in Marrakech, Morocco, has begun welcoming guests, according to Spanish outlet Europa Press.
The luxurious hotel has 174 rooms, 20,000 m2 of commercial space, a 4,500 m2 business center, and a luxury clinic. The Pestana CR7 hotel was built in the heart of the Gardens of Hay Menara at a cost of MAD 430 million ($47 million).
The new Pestana CR7 Lifestyle hotels are aimed at the younger generation who are looking for a peaceful haven for work and play.
The Marrakech Pestana CR7 Lifestyle Hotel is located five kilometers from the Marrakech Menara airport. The hotel is close to the Palais des Congrès conference center, the Menara Gardens and the city’s medina with its famous souks.
Guests wishing to explore the charming secrets of Jemaa el-Fna square will have to travel just four kilometers from the hotel.
Opening the new Pestana CR7 Lifestyle Hotel in Marrakech widens Pestana group’s operation in Morocco, with the group operating facilities in Casablanca and Tangier, according to the Spanish outlet.
The inauguration of the Pestana CR7 Lifestyle Hotel was initially scheduled for 2020, but suffered several postponements due to the COVID-19 crisis.
The Pestana Hotel Group and the Portuguese striker have five hotels, in Times Square (New York, USA), Gran Via (Madrid), Lisbon (Portugal), Funchal (Madeira, Portugal), and Marrakech (Morocco). Pestana CR7 Lifestyle Hotels’ development is set to continue to extend into other countries.
The captain of the Portuguese national football team, with a net worth of $108 million as of July 2018, owns 50% ownership of the Pestana CR7 hotel chain, a Portuguese tourism and leisure firm, according to Forbes.
In 1965, Manuel Pestana started Pestana Hotels and Resorts after purchasing the Atlantico hotel in Funchal, a city in Portugal’s Madeira archipelago.
