La Sultana Oualidia is a five-star boutique hotel on Morocco’s Atlantic coast, overlooking the Oualidia lagoon in a nature reserve between Safi and El Jadida, about two and a half hours from Marrakech or Casablanca, in carved-stone architecture among botanical collections and fully water self-sufficient. It has 12 rooms and suites, each with a private terrace and sea-water jacuzzi, plus a cabin suite perched in the trees, with an intimate, family-home feel.
Dining is across three restaurants and an oyster bar, built on local fish, seafood and Oualidia oysters, lobster and crab, with an organic garden and fish tank supplying produce. There is a spa with treatment rooms, a gym and a padel area, and a swimming pool opening onto the lagoon plus a heated indoor pool. Experiences run from surfing, fishing and lagoon picnics to kayak birdwatching safaris, horse riding and oyster-bed visits. Part of La Sultana Hotels, it suits couples who want a low-key, romantic, nature-and-ocean escape, along with foodies, surfers and eco-minded travellers.