
Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
Essaouira is a port city in Morocco, on the Atlantic coast.
Essaouira is located at 170 km from the city of Marrakech. It is an old Portuguese city, known as Mogador.
Its medina is on the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
It still has traces of the Portuguese occupation: cannons pointed at the ocean, houses, walls surrounding the old medina.
Essaouira is mostly known by the Gnaoua music festival and painters.
One of the main economic activities of the city is fishing.
But it also known for its wood carvings on the silver and bronze.
Once at Essaouira, taste the famous fish tagine with argan oil.
Fortified city alliance astonishing architecture, an ocean makes happy surfers and divers, coves, a soft sun moderated by light winds, a craft known throughout Morocco.
A superb destination for a perfect stay with family or friends.
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