This intimate hotel occupying an imposing 19th-century building encompasses 33 guest rooms and suites decorated in African, Asian, British Colonial or Portuguese style. All lodgings are accessed from galleries surrounding a magnificent lantern-lit patio and courtyard garden and come with marble baths stocked with Les Sens de Marrakech toiletries. Overseen by chef Ahmed Handour, the excellent Salon Oriental restaurant serves delicious Moroccan seafood dishes. In the summer, an open-air grill offers a light-fare menu on a panoramic terrace adjacent to the heated rooftop pool. There is also a homey, Colonial-style lounge with a piano and a woodburning fireplace, a billiards room, a small cinema, a wellness area with a hammam and a Gary Player-designed golf course. The hotel can arrange for guided hiking and horseback- or camel-riding excursions.
Launched in 2014, the hotel’s Heure Bleue Academy is intended to “share the lifestyle” of the Palais with its guests. Local experts, including the director of the Essaouira Music Conservatory, offer music classes, cooking courses and golf instruction.
Lowest Rate: Classic Room, $210; Editor’s Choice: Suite, $380.
To learn more visit their website or call +(212) 524-783-434. Contact Andrew Harper Travel to book this hotel as part of your next vacation.
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