Riad le Khan Mogador

I spent a couple of nights with my wife after doing a country tour. So, the trip was to relax. The place itself and owner were very polite, breakfast was great. But there is always a but. When I booked, the main thing was parking. The description showed parking and that is incorrect. You have to park outside the medina and pay for it (US$5-7/night), then you need to hire a cart person to take your luggage into the hotel (unless you don't kind carrying yourself) About US$2. Since the place was to sleep and relax for a couple night, unfortunately the open floor design spread any sound from the bottom floor to the entire bldg, so if someone wakes up at 6am, for sure you will wake up as well. The site shows handicap accessible. I am not sure if there are rooms on the bottom floor, but you need to climb stairs for the other rooms, no elevator, so, not sure about accessibility. So, again, great location, wife (decorator) loved the decoration, but in my case, I just wanted to sleep in and rests after 2 weeks driving and the noise in the AM unfortunately did not help much. It is a small place so, if you have a family gathering and can occupy the 7-8 rooms, you will love it.

Stayed here with my girlfriend for one night. We parked in the main Essaouria car park, where there are porters who will take your bags to the hotel in a cart which costs 20 dirham. This hotel has two of it's own porters which can be identified by the logos on the carts. You can't drive into the old town. The hotel is a beautiful Riad, very stylish. The owner gave has a warm welcome and some really nice coffee on arrival. The room was nice, but unfortunately not perfect. There was hair in the shower and sink (black hair, so definitely not ours!). The shower didn't drain very well, so on first use it overflowed and got our clothes on the floor wet before we noticed what was happening. The doors to all rooms are closed using large traditional bolts, however, they are stiff to operate and very loud. The sound travels through the Riad. It didn't bother us, but it would certainly wake up a light sleeper. The roof terrace is really nice and there's a kitchen up there where breakfast is prepared and served. The breakfast was very good. At checkout, the owner called a porter who came to collect our bags, so that was nice and easy. Without the cleaning issue, drainage issue and noisey door locks, it would be a 5/5. But, based on my personal experience, 3/5 is fair. The price was very reasonable for how beautiful the hotel is, but regardless of price, I expect everything in a room to function correctly and be completely clean.

Lovely new Riad . Like the crystal gemstone themed rooms. Nice decor. Great location within the medina. They even went out there way to book me a massage for my bday. Which was very nice and very reasonable. Great place . Would recommend