Essaouira: Where to Sleep
Hotels in Essaouira
Cheap
Hotel Pension Smara
26, Rue de la Sqala
024 47 56 55
Room prices: doubles between 100 and 160 Dh
Mid-range
Hotel Souiri
37, Rue El Attarine
024 47 53 39, fax: 024 47 53 39
Room prices: doubles starting at 150 Dh, apartments 600 Dh
Hotel Cap Sim
11, Rue Ibn Rochd
024 78 58 34, fax: 024 78 58 34
Room prices: doubles between 160 and 250 Dh
Les Matins Bleus
22, Rue du Draa
024 78 53 63, fax: 024 78 53 63
Room prices: starting at 380 Dh
Résidence Océan Vague Bleue
67, Avenue Moulay Alt Ghrif (quartier des Dunes)
024 47 23 24, fax: 024 47 23 24
WWW: www.essaouiranet.com/vague-ocean-bleu
Room prices: doubles around 260 Dh
Résidence Vent des Dunes
Villa n°20 (quartier des Dunes)
024 47 53 91, fax: 024 47 53 91
WWW: www.essaouiranet.com/ventdesdunes
Room prices: starting at 300 Dh. Singles, doubles and triples available.
Note: Breakfast is served on the terrace and it tends to fill up quickly during high season. All rooms have TV. Parking available. Lots of flowers, palms and trees. Nice.
Top class
Hotel Palazzo Desdemona
14, Avenue Oqba ben Nafi
024 47 22 27, fax: 024 78 57 35
Room prices: rooms starting at 500 Dh, suites around 1300 Dh
Madada Mogador
5, Rue Youssef el Fassi
024 47 55 12, fax: 024 47 55 12
WWW: www.madada.com
Room prices: double rooms from 1100 Dh, 1600 Dh for suites
Villa Quieta
86, Boulevard Mohammed V (quartier des Dunes)
024 78 50 04, fax: 024 78 50 06
WWW: www.villa-quieta.com
Room prices: rooms starting at 1400 Dh, suites at 2600 Dh
Hotel Sofitel Mogador Essaouira
Boulevard Mohammed V, midway between medina and quartier des Dunes
024 47 90 00, fax: 024 47 90 80
WWW: www.sofitel.com
Room prices: doubles starting at 2000 Dh
Riads in Essaouira
Mid-range
Hotel Riad Nakhla
12, Rue d'Agadir
024 47 49 40, fax: 024 47 49 40
WWW: www.essaouiranet.com/riad-nakhla
Room prices: singles 200 Dh, doubles 300 Dh, triples 400 Dh and suites 500 Dh
Top class
Dar Nafoura
30, Rue Ibn Khaldoun
024 47 28 55
WWW: www.darnafoura.com
Room prices: 2 persons from 550-800 Dh in low season and 600-1000 Dh during high season
Dar Al Bahar
Rue Touahen, quartier San Dion
024 47 68 31, fax: 024 47 68 31
WWW: www.daralbahar.com
Room prices: Rooms are from 500 to 1000 Dh, depending on their position (if they have a view over the ocean or not)
Ryad Watier
16, Rue de Ceuta
024 47 62 04
WWW: www.ryadwatier.com
Room prices: suites starting at 900 Dh, big suites starting at 1500 Dh
Note: The riad also has a hammam and a massage parlor, a library, two gardens and terraces with a view over the ocean. Excellent service.