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Heure Bleue Palais
Essaouira, Morocco · Independent · High Luxury
Built as the private palace of Caïd Mbark Saïdi, Pasha of Mogador, with a separate floor for each of his four wives, the building long sat abandoned before being restored into a 33-room Relais & Châteaux hotel in Essaouira — the Atlantic port known as Mogador until the 1950s, whose Portuguese-built 16th-century ramparts surround a UNESCO World Heritage medina. Its four room styles track the city's layered history: African, Moorish, Portuguese, and British. A rooftop pool and ocean-view terrace crown the medina.
- 33 rooms
- Opened 2001
- Neighborhood: Medina
- Rooms from 646 sq ft (60 m²)
- Architect: Studio KO
About Heure Bleue Palais
- The building was originally constructed as the palace of the Pasha of Mogador with a separate floor for each of his four wives — an architectural hierarchy that survives in the five-story structure today.
- Essaouira carried the name Mogador well into the 1950s; its 16th-century Portuguese-built battlements enclose one of Morocco's UNESCO World Heritage medinas, making Heure Bleue Palais one of the few Relais & Châteaux hotels sitting directly within a listed Atlantic-coast fortification.
- Entry-level rooms start at 646 sq ft (60 m²).
Restaurants and bars
- Heure Bleue Palais : Relais & Chateaux — Poolside · Swimming pool
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Sauna
Awards
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
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