Travel to Essaouira Morocco

Essaouira Ramparts at Dusk

Essaouira

Essaouira is charming town to include in your holiday in Morocco. We offer selected riads in the traditional, bustling medina and boutique hotels from which to explore the medina and active fishing port or to enjoy the long sandy beach on the Atlantic coast.

It is well suited to first time visitors wishing to explore a Moroccan walled town, the sandy beache offering activities including water sports, for which it is renowned, and horse riding is available nearby. It lies around 2.5 hours west of Marrakech with which it ties in well for an interesting 2 centre holiday.

The Town

The heart of Essaouira is a small traditional medina, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, relatively unspoiled by tourism. The souks are quiet compared with Marrakech and offer an exciting range of craft goods including exquisite marquetry, made from the fragrant local thuya wood. The beautiful Portuguese architecture of the walled town ends at an attractive traditional fishing port, where many fish restaurants enjoy beautiful views of the Atlantic.

In modern times the town has been well loved by artists and poets, and today offers visitors a seaside destination to relax or be active. Its 10 km long sandy bay offers an excellent range of water sports and is protected by the offshore island of Mogador.

There is the option of travel to/ from Marrakech by excellent inexpensive coaches. It is feasible to visit Essaouira as a day trip from Marrakech, but it is well worthy of staying for a night or more.

Weather

Essaouira enjoys a very temperate climate and, therefore, is an ideal all year round destination (although it can be windy, especially in peak summer months). The coast is often breezy or windy in summer, and therefore feels several degrees cooler than inland.
by http://www.naturallymorocco.co.uk/destinations/essaouira/