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Riads · Essaouira, Essaouira

Luxury Riad Mounia

A city-centre luxury riad with genuine attentive service

Best forIntimate luxury riad staysCity-view roomsCentral beach access
4.2· 333 reviews|Essaouira, Essaouira
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About this stay

Luxury Riad Mounia keeps a more intimate scale than the town's fuller five-star spa riads, family rooms carrying private bathrooms, city views and a bath alongside modern amenities including a TV. The sun terrace offers a relaxed outdoor space, and the family-friendly restaurant serves Moroccan cuisine, with a coffee shop and picnic area adding further options through the day. Paid off-site parking covers guests arriving by car, and the genuinely central position, six minutes from Plage d'Essaouira and six kilometres from Golf de Mogador, keeps both the beach and the golf course within easy reach of this medina-adjacent base, which is worth factoring into your plans well ahead of the actual travel dates, a detail that separates this property from most others listed in the same cluster.

  • City views
  • Moroccan restaurant
  • Picnic area
  • Central location

Our take

This suits guests who want the luxury riad format, city views, attentive staff, a Moroccan restaurant, at a slightly quieter, more intimate scale than Riad Rafeef's fuller spa spread. The picnic area is a nice unexpected touch for a medina property. Guests wanting a hammam or full spa treatment as part of the package should look toward Riad Rafeef or Heure Bleue Palais instead, since this riad focuses on rooms and dining rather than wellness facilities.

  • Book a city-view room specifically if that outlook over the medina rooftops matters most to your stay here.
  • Use the picnic area for a relaxed lunch on site rather than heading out every single day of your stay.
  • Arrange paid off-site parking in advance if arriving by car, since the riad itself doesn't offer direct on-site parking.

Why we love it

  • Attentive staff and central setting
  • City-view rooms over the medina
  • Picnic area, a nice unexpected touch
  • Six minutes from the beach
Why guests love it

I would shortlist Luxury Riad Mounia for a family that wants a central riad in Essaouira. The listing offers family rooms with city views and private bathrooms with baths, a Moroccan restaurant and a picnic area on site. Plage d'Essaouira is six minutes away and Golf de Mogador six kilometres out. It sits in the city centre, so I would expect some street activity. An 8.4 rating from over 300 reviews is reassuring.

Guest reviews

4.2
Exceptional
based on 333 reviews
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4.2
★★★★★
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