Palais des Remparts

5.0 star property
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Terrace/patio
Food and drink
Front of property
Standard Twin Room
Senior Suite | Street view

Reviews

8.2 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Room service
  • Breakfast included
  • Spa
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Laundry

Explore the area

Map
18 Rue Ibn Rochd Medina, Essaouira, 44000
  • Mohammed Ben Abdallah Museum
    2 min walk
  • Skala de la Ville
    2 min walk
  • Restaurant Khmissa
    1 min walk
  • Essaouira (ESU-Mogador)
    24 min drive

Room options

Deluxe Room

  • 32 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Double Room, Private Bathroom

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Senior Suite

  • 48 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Twin Room

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Large Twin Beds

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About the area

Essaouira

A stay at Palais des Remparts places you in the heart of Essaouira, steps from Mohammed Ben Abdallah Museum and Skala de la Ville. .This luxury riad is 0.1 mi (0.1 km) from Place Moulay el Hassan and 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from Essaouira Beach.

What's nearby

  • Skala de la Ville - 2 min walk
  • Place Moulay el Hassan - 3 min walk
  • Skala du Port - 6 min walk
  • Essaouira Beach - 7 min walk
  • Essaouira Mogador Golf Course - 8 min drive

Getting around

  • Essaouira (ESU-Mogador) - 24 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Taros - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Il Mare - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Cafe Marrakech - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Dar Baba Restaurant & More - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Café De France - ‬2 min walk

About this property

Palais des Remparts

Luxury Essaouira riad in Medina with a full-service spa
Palais des Remparts offers 23 accommodations with bathrobes and designer toiletries. Satellite television is provided. Bathrooms include separate bathtubs and showers, bidets, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Le Palais des Remparts has massage/treatment rooms. Services include facials, body scrubs, body treatments, and manicures and pedicures. The spa is equipped with a spa tub, a steam room, and Turkish bath/hammam. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including reflexology.
Make yourself at home in one of the 23 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with separate bathtubs and showers feature designer toiletries and bidets. Conveniences include phones and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages, body treatments, and facials. Additional amenities at this riad include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and babysitting (surcharge).
Take advantage of the riad's room service (during limited hours). A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, multilingual staff, and luggage storage. A train station pick-up service is provided at no charge, and self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 8:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

Arabic, English, French, German, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Self parking on site (MAD 30 per day)
  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free train station pick-up shuttle

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 8:00 AM–11:00 AM
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • Full-service spa
  • Kayaking
  • Surfing lessons

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Lift
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Rooftop terrace

Spa

  • Body scrubs
  • Body treatments
  • Facials
  • Manicures and pedicures
  • Massages
  • Massage/treatment rooms
  • Reflexology
  • Hot tub
  • Steam room
  • Turkish bath/hammam

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)

More

  • Smoke-free property
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Bidet
  • Designer toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Separate bath and shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Satellite channels
  • TV

More

  • Desk
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the train station (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 4 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for MAD 150.0 per night
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: MAD 33.00 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 12 years of age.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Self parking fee: MAD 30 per day
  • Rollaway bed fee: MAD 150.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts major credit cards and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, a first aid kit, and window guards

We should mention

Reservations are required for massage services; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Hôtel Palais des Remparts
Hôtel Palais des Remparts Essaouira
Palais des Remparts
Palais des Remparts Essaouira
Palais Remparts Hotel Essaouira
Palais Remparts Hotel
Palais Remparts Essaouira
Palais Remparts
Palais des Remparts Riad
Palais des Remparts Essaouira
Palais des Remparts Riad Essaouira

Palais des Remparts Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 22 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 22 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 58 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Marc

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I will stay again
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

xiaoli

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
encourage rent
It is beautiful raid house right by the sea, but a little old house, something is not working, even the TV. Best is very convenient location, medina just a minute. Roof terrace is wonderful with great sea view! We saw the rainbow on the sea when we had breakfast!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This Riad is beautiful. Perfect for any trip to Essouira. The staff are very friendly and helpful. The location is great, with incredible views of the ocean. Highly recommend this Riad!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Because of the parking is offsite , be wary of bogus guides on the way to the hotel who harass you along the way, they try to collect a commission off of you.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

gerard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
marvelous view
Worth a stay for the view from the terrace. Otherwise. Accomodation just simple.doesn t deserve all its stars!il could have been better if the way it has been built, painted...was in better condition. As for the breakfast, very simple..
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

4/10 Poor

Sonia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Smelly and Noisy!
Despite being booked in for 3 nights I had to check out after 1 night. The entire place had a very strong odour of what is described as humid wood but actually smelt of vomit and a baby nappy! I spent most of my night sniffing a perfumes scarf to get through it. In addition, as their restaurant was in the courtyard with the rooms over looking it, it remained open and noisy till about 01.30. The windows and doors might as well be non existent as they didn’t provide any respite from the noise. Fortunately the staff at the reception were very understanding and did refund my money back and were apologetic however I would be very very cautious about booking in here unless you have a weak sense of smell and sleep deeply in any circumstances.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Max, Usa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

2/10 Terrible

Eva

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disgrace
Very disappointed overall. No access of cars, I had to carry my two cases by foot for 1k from the public parking, and again when I left. The price was over rated for this room. No iron in the hotel, no help with luggage, brakefast was very poor, the food looked not fresh.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Craig, Aylesbury, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel close to everything.
Start every day with breakfast on the rooftop terrace overlooking the Atlantic Ocean & looking into the ramparts. Staff were excellent & room spacious.

10/10 Excellent

Kristine, Latvia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel, excellent location, super nice staff
Excellent customer service - despite we did so many wrong, including arriving on the worng date, they fixed everything and were super helpful. Only the breakfast could be better.

10/10 Excellent

Jaime, Los Angeles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel!
A beautiful hotel, ideally placed by the rampart walls and in the medina. The sunset was perfect from to roof of the hotel!

4/10 Poor

Warren, Irvine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Rugged hotel with beautiful view
We stayed at five "5 star" hotels and riads throughout our stay, Hotel Palais de Ramparts did not deserve this lofty rating. The room was spectacular only for its view. I believe we stayed in only one of three rooms in the hotel with an ocean view, Once you got over the view, the "senior suite," the second largest "suite," was a smaller than average room that barely fit the queen bed, single bed, two chairs, and table. The closet, desk, and refrigerator were rendered unusable because they were blocked closed by the furniture. The bathroom had a 6 foot long and deep bath tub, but the water pressure and temperature were too low to fill it up. The water pressure and temperature also varied, so my daughter missed her daily hot shower. The center court was dark and dank with the only light coming from the opening 5 stories up. 2 of the 4 trees surrounding the fountain were dead. The fountain was empty and not turned on. The Hamman was the bright spot. It was better than the one at the fancy spa in Marrakesh.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort

8/10 Good

nicole, Australia

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Riad in great area with great views.
Beautiful Riad in old Medina. Very friendly staff and comfortable Classic Moroccan room. Wasn't dirty but floors and shower needed a scrub. Would stay here again. Breakfast good with great views of the ocean from the top terrace.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel
My sister, daughter and myself were travelling and booked a few nights here. We were pleased with the location, staff, room size and cleanliness.

8/10 Good

Ken, toronto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
none
The accommodation is excellent but it is best to eat in local restaurants.

8/10 Good

André, Aberdeen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Magnificent View from 'Hotel Palais des Remparts'
We arrived at the Hotel Palais des Remparts to a warm welcome from the reception staff which included complimentary tea on the terrace. This might not be particularly novel but the view from the terrace is mind-boggling so it was a very memorable introduction to the hotel. The hotel is very centrally located for most of what Essaouira has to offer, but it's also part of the sea wall and stands proud of everything around it. The room was large and airy with a mammoth bed and comprehensively outfitted en-suite, all finished in an updated Moroccan style. The breakfast was simple tasty, varied and filling but Essaouira has so many other eating opportunities I didn't try the hotel's restaurant. I would certainly recommend this hotel and suspect it would be even better i the summer.

6/10 Okay

Jeswin, Houston Texas

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overall ok, but not 4 star by any means
Room was adequate but a tired looking. Furnishings were old and bathroom tub lighting was poor. Overall cleanliness was adequate and staff was ok but Riad is not 4 star quality.

8/10 Good

Ann, Burleigh Heads QLD

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great rooftop views of ocean
Lovely staff, very helpful to English speakers, great location with amazing sunsets for rooftop drinks.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Riad in the old medina
In general we were disappointed as the hotel did not meet the expected previous rating reviews.We looked into changing hotels but others were much more expensive. Maybe as this is a smaller town expectations if you have come from Fes or Marrakech should be lower. Furniture was shabby, hotel towels did not look clean and there was no bath mat which made the floor very slippery when getting out of the shower.. The breakfast was nothing like shown in the pictures. On the positive side the staff were friendly and helpful and the view from the terrace was magnificent. Our comments may be colored somewhat by our previous riad in Fes which was much nicer and better value..

10/10 Excellent

Nancy, Canadian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Location
We enjoyed our 2 day stay at this hotel a lot. The location is great right beside the medina for all shopping and near the old port for restaurants serving fish. Fantastic restaurant right beside hotel with great food and live music including traditional gnawe music and dancer. Breakfast on the hotel terrace was very enjoyable with ocean view. Beautiful beach nearby with waves. A lovely Riad that is well maintained.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good location
Good view, good staff good location , comfortable bed good serbice

10/10 Excellent

Dennis Albert, Cardiff Wales UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Four nights at this hotel in January..glorious wea
Excellent rooms..huge bath..very comforting..Fantastic sea view of the Atlantic from the breakfast terrace on the roof. Lovely fresh bread pancakes etc food from the restaurant very good...tagine avec crevettes!!!..real coffee!!!Attentive staff..Thank you Hasma, Yousseff etc.