Name: Hotel Gnaoua
Address: 89 Avenue Zerktouni, Essaouira, Essaouira, Essaouira, 44000, Morocco
Rating: 8

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Wonderful place, beautifull interior, great stuff, I can hardly recommended!! Very good localization in the centre.  Comfortable beds, nice and clean bathrooms, amaizing terrace with outstanding view at city :))

City break  

Stayed at Gnaoua for 2 nights in early July, easy to find as on a main street inside the medina. Latifa was a very welcoming host and engaging. My room was nicely decorated, clean but simple - no window but that only gave me excellent sleep. Bathroom, including shower area of a good size. There is a communal area on top floor which is used as breakfast room and has various games and books. There is also a terrace which gives excellent views over the bustling street below. Breakfast is included and is very nice indeed. And generous. 

I highly recommend Gnaoua and indeed encourage everyone to visit the little oasis that is Essaouira. I'm coming back. 

Just lovely

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at hôtel Gnaoua. It is a very nice Riad of about 4 floors. 

Note, there is no elevator. Luggage must be carried up. 

We had 2 rooms on the 3rd floor.  Both were clean and tidy. 

The breakfast was delicious, and consisted of a good variety of items. 

There is a good view of the main street of the medina below from the top floor. 

I would rate the quality as 3 stars, given excellent location just a few steps inside a city wall, cleanliness, good breakfast and reasonable cost.

Also very close by, just a few storefronts towards the city wall gate is a courteous cobbler. He did excellent repair work on our sandals and sneakers. He speaks Arabic. Without speaking Arabic we were able to easily explain what we needed fixed (as deficiencies to our footwear were obvious).



Well located, clean rooms, neat Riad, & friendly staff

Traditional Moroccan Riad with lovely roof terrace where excellent breakfast is served. Very reasonable price for very acceptable accommodation. 24 hour staff. No lift so if you have problems with stairs ask for the first floor.

Right in the centre of the main street. Easy reasonable and secure parking two minutes walk away

When you get there in a very busy medina (old town), one only sees a sea of handwoven carpets and rugs, but wait, immediately to right, there's a welcoming salon with traditional mattresses and big pillows. The manager was efficient and eager to listen. I even had the luxury of changing room to accommodate my aching back after a long bus journey. So we switched from the berber newly Weds room to the blue one and from the minute we stepped in, we didn't regret it. There was that gorgeous furniture with exquisite design and yes the bed was medium hard perfect. 

No much room though in the closed if one plans to stay longer than 1 week. There's a small faucet dripping. That was fixed as soon as we reported it. 

Small shower & toilets in the same place. That is no luxury but ddecent enough for the hotel rate. We came to witness the entrance of the Regraga in Essaouira so we position ourselves literally 50 feet from the Zaouia and were even able to record the whole event from our window. 
Then there's the terrace which is at the top of the building and is the privileged breakfast and sun tanning site. It had a beautiful salon/library where we were able to work using our tablets & laptops (WiFi is excellent! ) on a rainy day. 

Every floor has paintings of local artists and huge posters of the universally famous Gnaoua Music Festival. 

Planning on coming back for the Festival and guess where we'll be staying: Hotel Gnaoua of course as it's a short distance from the beach, the port and the Kasbah. 

A place like home

..in the heart of town. Its noisy in the medina until about midnight, if you don’t mind, you are staying at a clean hotel with basic rooms, good beds and plenty of piping hot water. Breakfast is usually included and simple but quite good. Value for money !

A fine little hotel..

I've stayed in many hotels in Essaouira, most of them inside of the medina. I recently spent a week at Hotel Gnaoua and loved it. The hotel was an extraordinary value at $28 / night. The room was clean, and I was surprised to find a TV in the room. That is not normal at budget hotels here.

The breakfast was included, and great. It consisted of coffee or tea, orange juice, baguette, msemen, butter, honey, peach preserves, la vache qui rit cheese, and boiled eggs. For the price, I didn't expect breakfast to be this good, and I was pleasantly surprised. 

If you are a little prima donna, this isn't likely the place for you. Essaouira isn't likely the city for you either. But if you want a pleasant stay inside of the medina for a great budget price, this is your place.

I like to be fair in my ratings, so I do want to address what I found was the only downside. The WiFi was weak and intermittent. However, you can purchase a 10 gig SIM card for US $10 from any tele boutique.

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