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Villa Maroc practically invented Essaouira’s shabby-chic style with its white-washed walls and white linens contrasted against bright blue balustrades and shutters featuring fascinating jigsaw of courtyards, cosy sitting rooms and flower-filled terraces.

The décor is of Moroccan and African antique art that showcase the impeccable taste of Swiss-Moroccan owners Cornelia and Abderahim. Service is highly professional. In the warren of rooms you’ll find quiet reading patios, numerous lounges with cosy fires when it’s cold. As well as; dining rooms, a shop, bar, bijou spa, and spectacular roof terrace scattered with cacti and candy-coloured geraniums. The front desk can arrange a wide array of activities from cookery courses to hiking, horse riding and market-hopping in the vicinity.

The kitchen serves up excellent dinners based on the Abderahim’s traditional family recipes. With only a 1-minute walk from a beach on the Atlantic Ocean, this elegant hotel is also close to Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah Museum and the Essaouira Citadel.

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