Oh bless Essaouira and Ocean Vagabond !
After 11 days of traveling in the south of Morocco, and thoroughly enjoying it, we could do with a few days R&R !!
Ocean Vagabond is within 3 minutes walk of the medina, just far enough from the Mosque and overlooking the beach which is far to windy to sit on (April) but a good walk watching the kite surfers is fun. The medina is adorable. Very touristic but in a nice way. We also wandered into the area where people live and work and everything is very pleasant. We also enjoyed the variety of dishes in the various restaurants. Although tagine, couscous and brochettes are very nice, after 11 days of lunch and diner we could do with a sandwich and a freshly grilled fish.
The pool is in the walled garden, the library is in the loft, the restaurant is good (tried only breakfast and lunch), there is a hammam but we didn't use on our sun burned skins. The rooms are beautiful decorated, we had a room with ocean view and airco although in this season that wasn't necessary. The staff is ever so helpful, the car was washed by Hassan without us asking but I think he was ashamed of the dusty wreck in front of his lobby (!!!).
Luxury doesn't come cheap but after the not so expensive hotels in the country side this was worth a lot of pennies.
