Riad Zara: Very friendly staff and a GREAT pool provided a nice and welcome oasis from Essoueira's heat, wind and Medina. The food in the restaurant was amongst the weakest on our holiday - that's not to say bad, just REALLY nothing special at all! The room was a bit of a let down, and the weakest part of the... more

We stayed at Riad Zahra for 9 nights in August. My wife and I had an upstairs room; our two teenage kids down stairs. The Riad is very clean and the rooms are spacious. Our kids room was a little on the dark side, but ours was bright. The breakfast was yummy: fresh bread, pancakes, freshly squeezed orange juice, croissants.... more

What a great hotel, with really genuinely friendly (and multi-lingual) staff. Great rooms with were well maintained and cleaned. Breakfast was very tasty - croissants, crepes, fresh orange juice and tea, coffee, hot choc or mint tea. MMMMM Nice (though unheated) outdoor pool - complete with turtles and fantastic sun-trap roof terrace overlooking the sea! Wonderful place. and just across... more

With our four children (8,11,13) we made a roundtrip through Maroc. We stayed at 7 great hotels/riads and Riad Zahra had the best atmosphere. It's a very nice place to stay becouse of the location, the people and the cosyness of the riad. The rooms are very simple but clean. The breakfast is good and the service is great. Also... more

This hotel is in a villa outside the city walls. It is very easy to find and there is parking right in front of the house on a quiet street. The rooms are clean and very simple - kind of like a youth hostel - decorated with traditional items. No frills. Scandinavians would like it! The owner is on site... more

We'd had a bad journey, arriving very tired only to find the online booking agency had mucked up. What could have been pretty disastrous was turned into a great success thanks to the efforts and kindness of the owners and staff. We stayed 5 days and returned for 2 after a week in the ante-Atlas. Spotless hotel (so who worries... more

I must admit that reading the reviews, I must be on a different planet. But I have to say our time at Riad Zarha was terrible. I would not recommend staying here under any circumstances...basically buy a tent! The rooms were shoddy, staff were unpleasent, the location is miles away from the medina. For once we were fooled by all... more

We came with the intention of staying one night and ended up staying for the remainder of our Morocco trip. We were enchanted by the charm of Essaouira and found refuge in Riad Zahra after the intensity of Marrakech. Some may prefer to stay in the center and closer to the medina but for us the location of Riad Zahra... more

This Riad is really lovely. However, it is a bit of a schlep from the main medina which is a nice enough walk but it is about 15 minutes and if you're only there for a night you might prefer somewhere closer to the action. It's super though to have a pool for longer stays because the beach isn't too... more