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Our home

The retreats will take place at Riad Dar Essaada ( House of Happiness in Arabic), based in the mountain side 10km from Essaouira and a 10min drive from the famous beach of Sidi Kaouki.

Typical day

You will start your day with 90min yoga class in the shala or under the terrace near the pool, followed by a brunch.
The rest of the day you will have plenty of time to relax around the heated swimming pool, to chill in the garden or to do any extra activities of your choice…
Around 6pm you will have the evening yoga session, followed by dinner at the villa.

Yummy healthy food

As a yoga retreat all of our meals are vegetarian, both morning and evening meals are well balanced, based on (local) organic products and harvested from the garden.
Breakfast and dinner are an invitation to discover an inspiring and tasty healthy cuisine.
*Please inform us of any special dietary requirements.

What is included (per person) for 4 nights:

  • Accommodation

  • Two Daily Yoga classes

  • Morning tea before te yoga class, brunch and dinner (organic and vegetarian buffet)

  • Daily home baked treats (snacks served everyday around 3/4pm) and unlimited fresh fruits and teas, coffee at the villa

  • Yoga equipment

  • Bathroom towels and argan oil soap

  • Access to the swimming pool

  • The friendly host service at the villa during your stay

  • WiFi


Our accommodation:

We offer 9 bedrooms.
All the rooms are spacious, bright and comfortable, and all have an en-suite private bathroom in traditional Moroccan style.

Price for the retreat 5 nights :


Cost per person for a share room ( 2 persons) : 760 euros

Cost per person for a share room ( 3 persons): 650 euros

Cost per person private room( single occupancy): 880 euros

Room Meskala

1 double bed and 2 single beds with private bathroom.

The Riad offers this pleasant room (45m²) with a double queen size bed and 2 single beds. It is located to the first floor, with a great view on the mountains and on the pool. The room has a private en-suite bathroom with shower . Towels for everybody and a small argan oil soap from a local cooperative are provided. A hair dryer is also at your disposal on request.


Room Ait Said

1 double bed and 2 single beds with private bathroom.

The Riad offers this pleasant room (47m²) with a double queen size bed and 2 single beds. It is located downstairs, with a great view on the mountains side and a private terrace with direct access to the hammam, the pool and the jacuzzi. The room has a private en-suite bathroom with shower. Towels for everybody and a small argan oil soap are provided. A hairdryer is also at your disposal on request.

 

Suite Mogador ( 2 bedrooms)

1 private room with a double bed and 1 share room with 3 single beds: shared bathroom

Located on the first floor, these two rooms near to each other, share the same big bathroom with a bath and separate toilets.

The private bedroom has a double queen size bed and private terrace.

The other room has 3 single beds, with a great view of the pool and of the garden.

Towels for everybody and soap are provided. A hairdryer is also at your disposal on request.

 

Room Mwarid

1 double and 2 single beds with private bathroom.

The Riad offers this spacious and bright room (47.2m²) with a double queen size bed and two single beds. This bedroom is located upstairs, with a view on the mountains side. The room has a private en-suite bathroom with a huge bath in traditional Moroccan style.
Towels for everybody and soap are provided. A hair dryer is also at your disposal on request.

 

Room Sidi Kaouki

1 double queen size bed with private bathroom.

The Riad offers a bright and comfortable double room (24m²) with a double queen size bed and a nice view of the garden. Located on the 1st floor, this room has a private bathroom with shower in traditional Moroccan style. Towels for everybody and a argan oil soap are provided. A hair dryer is also at your disposal on request.

 

Rooms Aguerd and Tidzi

1 double bed and 1 single bed

The Riad offers two rooms with a double queen size bed and one single bed, both located downstairs.

These two have a private terrace with a view of the mountains and of the pool. They have their own private bathroom with a shower (Tidzi) and a bath (Aguerd).

Towels for everybody and a small argan oil soap from a local cooperative are provided. A hairdryer is also at your disposal on request.

 
 

Room Talmest

1 double bed and 1 single bed

The Riad offers this room (40m2) with a double queen size bed and one single bed.

The bedroom is located on the first floor, and has a private bathroom with a bath in traditional Moroccan style.

Towels for everybody and an argan oil soap are provided. A hair dryer is also at your disposal on request.


How to get to the villa

We will assist you to organise your transfer from any Moroccan airport to the villa. The best way is to flight to Essaouira airport: 10min drive from the Riad.

You can fly to Agadir and Marrakesh airports, it will take around 2h

Before booking your flight ticket, contact Alice who will advise you about which flight to take. The idea is to regroup the maximum of guests in the same transfer to share the cost.

Extra activities

  • Naturopathic Assessment

  • Workshop - detoxing with plants (herbal teas)

  • Workshop - create your own 100% organic cosmetic products (scrub, mask, moisturiser)

  • Healthy cooking workshop using vegetable juices and green smoothies, sprouted seeds, gluten-free and milk-free recipes

  • Ayurvedic Massages Abhyanga

  • Relaxing massages with argan oil

  • Infrared sauna sessions

  • Moroccan hammam sessions

  • Mountain bike tours

  • Workshop detoxing with herbal teas:
    Learn all about detoxing with plants and get an answer to the questions. Why deep clean our bodies? When to do a drainage?
    What are the recommended plants and their benefits? How to prepare an infusion and a decoction?
    All this while tasting pure organic herbal teas to activate the cleansing of our body.

  • Workshop Natural cosmetics:
    Learn how to prepare your own facials adapted to your skin type. Are you tired of products where you can’t trace the origin of the components nor the impact on your skin? Do you want to start making cosmetics that do not contain paraben, Phenoxyethanol, aluminium, phthalate, etc … Do you prefer skincare that is not tested on animals? We offer you a workshop that includes the preparation and the application of: – a scrub – a facial mask – a moisturising and balancing cream to take home with you. All products are vegetal and natural in origin and all ingredients and containers are provided. At the end of the workshop, you will leave with your moisturising cream and the recipes of all the treatments we applied during our workshop.

  • Revitalising Cooking Workshop:
    During this workshop, you will learn how fun, delicious and easy it is to incorporate powerful nutrients into your daily diet. We will particularly talk about the benefits of fresh vegetable juices and green smoothies, two major and complementary methods to optimise health and well-being. We will show you how to create a good juice and smoothie both nutritionally and tastefully with seasonal vegetables and fruits and then we’ll taste them! You will discover which are the recommended appliances and key ingredients to make these wonderful drinks. You will come back home with several juices and smoothies recipes to try.