Hotel · Essaouira bay (beach)
Le Médina Essaouira Hotel Thalassa Sea & Spa – MGallery
A five-star hotel with 117 rooms and suites on avenue Mohamed V, 850 m and an 11-minute walk from Place Moulay Hassan, with a 20-space car park. On 25 October 2026, five days after the works were due to end, the hotel still listed the indoor pool as closed and the spa as being rebuilt. Rates shown only with dates.
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Works, pool and spa: what is still to be confirmed
The renovation was due to finish on 20 October 2026, with the hotel open throughout. On 25 October 2026 the works notice was still online, unchanged. The heated indoor pool was still closed and the outdoor pool open. The former thalassotherapy area is becoming a spa with a hammam, massages and treatments. No opening date has been published for it.
The group’s other pages have not caught up. The spa page on the MGallery site shows 09:00 to 20:00 every day, and a closure from 3 December to 31 July. The wellness page says the seawater pool is open to all from 19:30. Accor’s spa portal still describes a heated indoor seawater pool, and a treatment menu whose file dates from August 2023. Our view: do not book here for a thalassotherapy cure, as it is being replaced.
The building is an ellipse, with 117 rooms and suites on the outside and a pool and a garden in the middle. Superior rooms are 30 m² with a balcony, Luxury rooms 31 m² with a terrace facing the pool or the ocean, for up to three people. The Junior, Prestige and Opera suites run from 52 to 70 m², for four. Two room types are wheelchair accessible.
The hotel has five outlets: the Arganier breakfast buffet from 07:00 to 10:30, MBeach from 12:00 to 23:00 on the terrace or the private beach, the MPool bar from 12:00 to 17:00, La Scala in the lobby from 11:00 to 17:00, the MClub from 17:00 to midnight. Yet the Arganier was marked “currently unavailable” on 25 October 2026.
Where it is and how to get there
The hotel stands on avenue Mohamed V, on the Essaouira bay side, outside the ramparts. Place Moulay Hassan is 850 m away, an 11-minute walk. The hotel says the medina is two minutes away: for the square, allow 11 minutes. The beach is 100 m away, a 3-minute walk.
By car, the 20-space outdoor car park is included. By coach, the Supratours office is 350 m away, a 5-minute walk with a bag. The CTM stop on place du 11 Janvier is 1.6 km away, 3 minutes by road without traffic. Mogador airport is 15 km and 20 minutes by road, and the hotel offers a paid shuttle. Petit taxi fares are in our guide to getting around town.
Who it suits, and what to ask before you book
Our view: take it if you arrive by car or as a family and want to dine in the medina without a taxi. The 22 connecting rooms and the four-person suites settle the question of the children. The hotel offers babysitting and accepts pets in designated areas, on request. To compare, the Atlas Essaouira Riad Resort lies further south, 1.9 km and a 25-minute walk from the square, and the Hôtel des Îles, 450 m and a 6-minute walk from the square, completes our choice of hotels.
Before you pay, ask three questions in writing. Have the indoor pool and the new spa reopened, and at what times? Where is breakfast served, and is it in your rate? Is any work still going on near your room? The price only appears once you have chosen dates. The hotel takes cards and cash.
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Frequently asked questions
Le Médina Essaouira Thalassa MGallery price
No rate appears without travel dates (checked on 25 October 2026). The long-stay offer requires at least three nights booked 15 days ahead.
Is there still a thalasso at Le Médina Essaouira?
No: the former thalassotherapy area is being turned into a spa with a hammam, massages and treatments. No opening date for the new spa had been published by 25 October 2026, and other pages of the group still describe the old thalasso.
Is the pool at Le Médina Essaouira heated?
The heated indoor pool is closed during the works (as of 25 October 2026). The outdoor pool is open, with no word on whether it is heated.
Does Le Médina Essaouira MGallery have parking?
Yes, an outdoor car park with 20 spaces, included. That is twenty spaces for 117 rooms, so if you are driving, ask for one when you book.
Le Médina Essaouira breakfast times
The Arganier buffet is served from 07:00 to 10:30, every day. But the room was marked “currently unavailable” on 25 October 2026, so ask where breakfast is served and whether it is in your rate.
How far is Le Médina Essaouira from the medina?
850 m from Place Moulay Hassan, an 11-minute walk. The beach is 100 m from the hotel, a 3-minute walk.