Hotels in Essaouira currently start at about € 36 per night for two people, with a typical price of € 81 and € 103 for a comfortable 4-star room. Across the 87 properties we can book here, 66% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge; 78% include or offer breakfast; the average guest rating is 8.9/10.
Simon Attias Synagogue, Bayt Dakira and Chaim Pinto Synagogue draw most visitors to Essaouira, and the hotels below sit within reach of them. We can book 87 properties here, from € 36 per night for two adults, with a typical price of € 81. About 66% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge, and the average guest rating across them is 8.9/10. You pay in MAD, and cash dominates in medinas; cards work in hotels and modern shops. The dirham cannot be taken out of the country.
Per night for two adults, taxes and fees included where the property reports them. Based on the 87 bookable properties we found for a two-night midweek stay a month ahead.
| Cheapest available | € 29 |
|---|---|
| Typical starting price | € 36 |
| Lower quarter of the market | € 57 |
| Typical (median) price | € 81 |
| Upper quarter | € 114 |
| Typical 3-star | € 67 |
| Typical 4-star | € 103 |
| Typical 5-star | € 206 |
The highest-rated properties with a meaningful number of guest reviews, available for our sample dates.
Rated 8/10 or better and priced at or below the city median — the sweet spot most travellers are actually looking for.
The places travellers here look up most, ranked by how widely they are written about. Most sit within reach of the hotels above.
Moroccan cultural heritage site
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in the centreEssaouira sits in Morocco at 31.5118° N, 9.7621° W. Every hotel below is plotted on the live map, so you can see straight away which ones are walking distance from what you came for and which are a taxi ride out.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre.
Rooms within walking distance of what you actually came for.
Unofficial guides in Marrakech's medina will attach themselves to you and then ask for money. Haggling is expected in souks, not in shops with prices.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Essaouira stayed within a factor of 1.01, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week. How we measure this.
The price you see includes our margin and the taxes the property reports. Nothing is added at checkout.
Every rate states its own deadline, and you cancel yourself without calling anyone.
See what each property costs before you click, and search any neighbourhood by dragging the map.
You get a reference the property can look up directly, and a page to view or cancel your booking.
Right now the cheapest bookable rooms start around € 36 per night for two people, the typical price is € 81, and the upper quarter of the market begins at € 114. Prices move with the season and the day of the week, so check your own dates.
Yes — about 66% of the rooms available in Essaouira can be cancelled free of charge up to a deadline set by the property, usually 24 to 72 hours before check-in. Use the free cancellation filter to see only those rates.
The MAD (DH). Cash dominates in medinas; cards work in hotels and modern shops. The dirham cannot be taken out of the country.
Small notes for helpers; 10% in restaurants.
The best-known places are Simon Attias Synagogue, Bayt Dakira, Chaim Pinto Synagogue, Slat Lkahal Synagogue, Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah Museum. There is more detail in the things-to-do section above.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Essaouira stayed within a factor of 1.01, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week.