ESSAOUIRA DAY TRIP

ESSAOUIRA DAY TRIP FROM MARRAKECH.

Essaouira is known as Morocco’s windy city. A combination of spectacular beaches, a great sea, and the almost constant tropical trade winds have changed this city from a hardworking port into one of the world’s greatest sites for windsurfing, kiteboarding, and other exhilarating watersports. Essaouira city has a dual heritage and this can be seen in the mighty walls that surround this old Moroccan trade center. Once a Portuguese fortress, rusting cannons between the ramparts still point out to sea, and there is a certain European feel to the construction of the city once known as Mogador. However, the narrow winding streets are filled with the sound of Gnaoua singing, women in white haiks weave their way through the alleys of the old medina, and palm trees cast their shadows across the walls of white-washed houses. At its heart Essaouira is, and always has been, a Moroccan city.

You will have a 3-hour drive from Marrakech to the beautiful Essaouira city.

Essaouira day trip from Marrakech visits the town’s great strongholds that are a blend of Portuguese, French, and Berber military engineering. Investigate the authentic quarters and the Souks with its carpentry workshops committed to cedar and thuya wood cutting. In Essaouira, you can see present-day workmanship displays, visit the walled harbor with its slows down of crisply got grilled fish and meet nearby anglers.

Essaouira also had a decidedly European vibe, with restaurants and shops more akin to the streets of Spain and Italy, than to those of Morocco. The medina is also a great place to wander with tons of stores selling everything and anything Moroccan. If you’re missing any souvenirs, this is the place to get them.