Professional Review

This hotel, just inside the ramparts of the old city, five minutes' walk from the beach, 3 km north of the airport, offers a level of refinement and style that is so natural that guests cannot help but feel that they are overnighting in the home of a wealthy, well-traveled Moroccan friend. Essaouira is one of the last popular destinations to eschew package tourism, and this exquisite little hotel offers the perfect base from which to sample its treasures. Villa Maroc is composed of four 18th-cen