Coworking in Essaouira: Prices, Hours & The Complete Noqta Space Guide
Coworking in Essaouira, explained: open workspace vs private boxes, real hourly/day/weekly/monthly prices, hours, and what's included at Noqta Space.
Essaouira makes a strong case for itself as a place to actually get work done — mild weather, an Atlantic breeze that never quite lets the afternoon feel sleepy, and a medina quiet enough to think in. What it doesn't hand you automatically is a reliable desk, a wall socket that isn't shared with three other cafés' worth of laptops, and wifi you can trust for a client call. That's the specific gap Noqta Space fills — a real coworking space in the middle of it all, with the pricing, hours, and setup laid out plainly below.
What Noqta Space Coworking Actually Offers
There are two ways to work here. The Open Workspace is shared seating, either inside or out on the terrace — good for anyone who works better with a bit of ambient activity around them, or who's just passing through for a few hours. For anything that needs real focus or privacy — client calls, recording, deep work — there are private boxes: Box 1 and Box 2 for a single person, and Box 3 sized for two people working together.
Every option, open or private, includes free filtered water and tea — a small thing, but it adds up over a full day.
Coworking Prices at Noqta Space
Pricing is straightforward and scales down the longer you commit — pay by the hour, by the day, or lock in a weekly or monthly pass for a real discount.
Pay-as-you-go
Pay-as-you-go
- Open Workspace — 15 DH/hour, or 80 DH for a full day
- Private Box 1 / Box 2 (1 person) — 30 DH/hour, or 200 DH for a full day
- Private Box 3 (2 people) — 40 DH/hour, or 300 DH for a full day
Weekly Pass — 10% off
- Open Space: 360 DH (Mon-Fri) / 430 DH (Mon-Sat)
- Private Box 1 / Box 2 (1P): 850 DH (Mon-Fri) / 1,020 DH (Mon-Sat)
- Private Box 3 (2P): 1,275 DH (Mon-Fri) / 1,530 DH (Mon-Sat)
Monthly Pass — 15% off
- Open Space: 1,360 DH (Mon-Fri) / 1,632 DH (Mon-Sat)
- Private Box 1 / Box 2 (1P): 2,900 DH (Mon-Fri) / 3,300 DH (Mon-Sat)
- Private Box 3 (2P): 4,200 DH (Mon-Fri) / 4,990 DH (Mon-Sat)
And if you have a Moroccan ID, ask at the counter — there's a special local resident rate on top of the above, on the house rather than something advertised with a fixed number.
Who Coworking at Noqta Space Is For
Not everyone needs the same setup, and the pricing here is built around that. If you're a digital nomad passing through for a week or two, deciding whether Essaouira is worth a longer stay, the pay-as-you-go Open Workspace rate is the lowest-risk way to try it — 15 DH an hour with nothing to commit to. If you've already decided to base yourself here for a month or more, the Monthly Pass on a private box works out to roughly 132 DH per working day for a fully private, quiet workspace with wifi and tea included — genuinely competitive against what a coworking desk costs in most cities, let alone a private office. Freelancers and local entrepreneurs who want a proper client-facing space without committing to a lease tend to land on Box 3, since it's sized for meetings as much as solo work. And if you just want a proper desk and a quiet corner to work from for a few focused hours a day, the Open Workspace's day rate (80 DH) is built exactly for that.
Doing the Math: A Realistic Month at Noqta Space
Because the pricing scales in a few different ways, it's worth actually running the numbers rather than guessing. Someone working five days a week for a full month in a Private Box 1 or Box 2 pays 2,900 DH on the Monthly Pass (Mon-Fri) — compare that to paying the day rate one-off, which would run 200 DH × roughly 22 working days, or around 4,400 DH. The Monthly Pass isn't just a modest discount here; it's the difference between a private office costing under 100 DH a day versus close to 200 DH a day. The same math holds for the Open Workspace: 1,360 DH on the Monthly Pass versus roughly 1,760 DH paying daily over the same 22 days. The takeaway is simple — if you know you'll be working from Noqta Space more than two or three weeks straight, the Monthly Pass pays for itself almost immediately, and everything after that is meaningfully cheaper than the day-by-day rate.
Open Workspace or Private Box — Which Should You Choose?
If you're just in town for a few days, testing whether Essaouira works for you, the Open Workspace is the easy entry point — cheapest option, no commitment, and genuinely one of the better ways to meet other remote workers passing through. If you're staying longer, or your work involves calls you don't want a café's background noise bleeding into, a private box pays for itself quickly, especially once you're on a weekly or monthly pass. Box 3 specifically is worth knowing about if you're traveling or working with a partner or collaborator — it's priced for two people sharing the same private space, not two separate bookings.
Hours & Getting Started.
Noqta Space is open 9AM to 9PM, and you genuinely don't need to plan ahead — walk in, check in, and start working. If you'd rather lock in a spot in advance (recommended during the Gnaoua Festival in June or any other especially busy stretch), there's an online booking widget on the coworking page where you can pick a date and duration and check availability before you arrive.
A Coworking Café, Not Just a Coworking Space
Working from a private box or the open terrace doesn't mean stepping away from food for the day — Noqta Space runs a full café menu alongside the workspace, from Moroccan breakfast boards to seafood dinner plates, so lunch or a coffee break never means closing the laptop and leaving the building. It's also part of a wider community — regular events that turn a room full of people quietly typing into people who actually know each other's names.
Working from Essaouira: What to Know Beyond the Desk
Essaouira has earned its nickname, the "Windy City of Africa" — a steady Atlantic trade wind keeps temperatures mild almost year-round (roughly 18-26°C) and blows strongest from April through September, which is exactly why the town is such a well-known kitesurfing and windsurfing destination. If you're choosing when to base yourself here for work, October is often cited as the calmest stretch — the wind eases slightly, and it's when the Festival des Andalousies Atlantiques brings a few days of regional music to the city.
The setting itself is part of the appeal. The medina wrapping around Noqta Space dates largely to 1765, built under Sultan Mohammed Ibn Abdallah on an unusually orderly, grid-like plan, with 18th-century seafront ramparts — the Skala de la Ville — still standing and free to walk. In 2001, the Medina of Essaouira was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. More recently, the city's modern reputation has been shaped by things like Orson Welles filming Othello along these same ramparts in 1949, and by the Gnaoua World Music Festival, held every June since 1998 and drawing several hundred thousand visitors for a few days of Gnawa trance music fused with jazz, blues, and reggae. Working from a place with that much going on beyond the screen is, for a lot of people, half the reason to choose Essaouira over a bigger, louder city in the first place.
FAQ
What are Noqta Space's coworking hours?
9AM to 9PM, daily.
Do I need to book in advance?
No — walk-ins are welcome any time during opening hours. Booking ahead through the coworking page is only really necessary during especially busy periods, like the Gnaoua Festival in June.
What's the difference between the Open Workspace and a private box?
The Open Workspace is shared seating inside or on the terrace, priced from 15 DH/hour. Private boxes (Box 1, Box 2 for one person; Box 3 for two) are enclosed, quieter spaces starting at 30 DH/hour.
What's included in the price?
Every option includes free filtered water and tea, on top of the workspace itself.
Is there a discount for locals?
Yes — Moroccan ID holders get a special workspace rate. Ask at the counter for current pricing.
Is wifi included?
Yes, reliable wifi is available to all coworking guests.
Can I work there for just a few hours, or only full days?
Both — everything is available hourly as well as by the day, week, or month, so you can pay for exactly as much time as you need.
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