Spa Zen et Nature is a hammam and massage spa at 24 Derb Laalouj in the Essaouira medina, a few steps from the Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah Museum. It publishes a full price list, running from a 150 MAD simple hammam to a 500 MAD four hands massage, and works with black soap, ghassoul clay, sea salt and essential oils. It opens Monday to Friday from 10am to 8.30pm and Saturday from 9am to 9.30pm, with Sunday and public holidays by reservation.
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Spa Zen et Nature is a standalone hammam and massage house at 24 Derb Laalouj in the Essaouira medina, a few doors from the Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah Museum.
It publishes a full price list, which is rare for a medina spa and lets you plan before you walk in.
The hammam menu starts at 150 MAD for a simple hammam, and massages start at 180 MAD for a back.
Treatments work with traditional Moroccan ingredients: black soap, ghassoul clay, sea salt, essential oils and rose petals.
Hairdressing, manicure, pedicure and henna are on the same list, so it doubles as a general beauty stop.
Massages: back 180 MAD, legs and back 200 MAD, one hour relaxing 300 MAD, one hour Berber 350 MAD, hot oil 350 MAD, tonic, oriental or energy 400 MAD each, four hands 500 MAD, and a 90 minute Zen massage 450 MAD.
Short options: 30 minute foot reflexology 200 MAD and a 20 minute face massage 100 MAD.
Beauty care: facial 250 MAD, anti ageing facial 300 MAD, back care 250 MAD, manicure 150 MAD, pedicure 200 MAD.
Also on the list: hairdressing from 80 MAD for a blow dry, and henna tattoo from 50 MAD.
Preisrange
A simple hammam is 150 MAD, the cheapest item on the list.
A one hour massage runs 300 MAD to 400 MAD depending on the style.
The dearest single treatment is the 500 MAD four hands massage.
Nail and beauty work sits between 50 MAD for nail polish and 400 MAD for nails with capsules.
Öffnungszeiten
Monday to Friday, 10am to 8.30pm.
Saturday, 9am to 9.30pm.
Sunday and public holidays by reservation only.
The spa answers on +212 524 474 388 and +212 662 652 779.
Beste Zeit
The Essaouira wind makes an afternoon indoors an easy call, and the late Saturday closing at 9.30pm suits a hammam after the beach.
Book ahead for Sunday, because that day runs on reservation only.
Going before dinner works well, since the medina restaurants around Place Moulay Hassan are a few minutes away on foot.
Wie kombinieren
The Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah Museum sits on the same street, so a museum visit and a hammam make one stop.
Derb Laalouj runs off the main medina axis, so the souks and Place Moulay Hassan are a few minutes away on foot.
The Skala de la Ville ramparts, the most photographed corner of Essaouira, are in the same quarter of the medina.
It works as the end of a windy beach morning, when a scrub is exactly what you want.
Spa Zen et Nature is at 24 Derb Laalouj, 44000 Essaouira, inside the medina and a few steps from the Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah Museum. The souks and Place Moulay Hassan are a few minutes away on foot.
A simple hammam at Spa Zen et Nature in Essaouira costs 150 MAD. A hammam with gommage is 180 MAD, the Royal Hammam is 200 MAD and the Ocean Hammam is 220 MAD, while Hammam Relaxation, Hammam Zen and Natural Hammam are 250 MAD each. The Mogador Chocolate Dream is the top of the range at 300 MAD.
At Spa Zen et Nature in Essaouira a back massage is 180 MAD, a one hour relaxing massage is 300 MAD, a one hour Berber massage is 350 MAD, and tonic, oriental or energy massages are 400 MAD each. A four hands massage is 500 MAD and a 90 minute Zen massage is 450 MAD.
Spa Zen et Nature in Essaouira opens Monday to Friday from 10am to 8.30pm and Saturday from 9am to 9.30pm. Sunday and public holidays are by reservation only.
Sunday and public holidays at Spa Zen et Nature in Essaouira are by reservation only. The rest of the week the spa keeps set hours, so booking ahead is optional but sensible. The numbers are +212 524 474 388 and +212 662 652 779.