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Famous friends of Morocco

Portrait of Cristiano Ronaldo

Photo: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Cristiano Ronaldo

He wrote his first Arabic post from Marrakech, then opened a hotel there.

  • From: Portugal
  • Known as: athlete
  • Their tie: keeps coming back, kept a home
  • When: 2015–2022

The story

In 2015 Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated Portugal's Euro 2016 qualification with friends in Marrakech, and posted on Facebook in Arabic for the first time. His Pestana CR7 hotel in the city began welcoming guests in March 2022.

“I’m having good time with friends in Morocco.”Cristiano Ronaldo · source

Where in Morocco

  • Marrakech: celebration trip, 2015
  • Marrakech (Pestana CR7 hotel): his hotel, opened 2022
Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. www.moroccoworldnews.com/2015/10/114730/after-cristiano-ronaldo-neymar-to-visit-
  2. fr.hespress.com/253986-marrakech-lhotel-de-cristiano-ronaldo-pestana-cr7-ouvre-e

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