Riad Mimouna
This stunning new hotel offers incredible value at the lower end of this price range.
This stunning new hotel offers incredible value at the lower end of this price range.
A decided hush falls as you walk through the doors of the Heure Bleue, Essaouira’s top hotel. This swish place has everything you could ever want, from a rooftop swimming pool to its own private cinema and billiard room.
This gorgeous little place opens up from a stunning central courtyard with stone arches and tiled floors to 12 charming rooms bathed in light.
The first guesthouse in Essaouira, Villa Maroc opened its doors in 1990.
Light, airy, peaceful and elegant, just about sums up Dar Liouba's tranquil qualities.
Hidden down a dead-end street, this charming hotel has bright, traditionally styled rooms surrounding a central courtyard painted in cheerful colours. The rooms all have plain white walls, lovely local fabrics and spotless bathrooms.
The rooms at the Al-Bahar are elegantly simple, with plain white walls, wrought-iron furniture and a contrasting touch of blue, pink, green or yellow in the traditional bedspreads and curtains.
This lovely riad has a selection of whitewashed rooms with warm orange, deep blue or rich purple fabrics, simple furniture and lovely bathrooms. It's not as snazzy as some of the others but an excellent deal for the price.
Dar Ness has a simple Spanish aesthetic with warm terracotta tiled floors, roughly textured stone columns and sculpted arches.
Very theatrical: from the candlelit gloom of its mud-plastered lounge complete with roaring fire, to the dizzying heights of the roof terrace where breakfast is served under the gracious supervision of Pascale.
Cheerfully decorated, this charming guesthouse has only four rooms and one top-floor apartment with thunderous sea views. Two rooms come with bathrooms, and there is a handy kitchen area on each floor.
After the simple whitewash and muted colours of many riads in town, Le Grand Large is much more colourful with pink, green and blue walls, bright throws on cast-iron beds and buckets of character.
This lovely old house in the medina has plenty of character in the public rooms and lots of original features. The bedrooms, are simpler, with plain white walls, functional furniture and mosaic bathrooms.
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