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English, Espanol, Francais
Essaouira is a seaside medieval city with, old Portuguese city, well-known with many names such as Mogador/ Tassurt, a very artistic city, famous as well for its annual festival of “Gnaoua music” located at 170 km from Marrakech on Morocco’s coast Atlantic. Essaouira is a small coastal town, this city is a World Heritage site by UNESCO, the medina is surrounded by the walls that protect it. The Medina of Essaouira, smaller than that of Marrakech, offering a wide variety of craft products. Another important area of Essaouira is a fishing port, where you can find many boats of blue color visit the beach and famous port of Essaouira on a day trip from Marrakech. You’ll take a guided tour of the port and have the opportunity to discover the marvelous Argan oil when you visit a Women’s Co-operative manufacturing this famous product.
A day trip to Essaouira from Marrakech will allow you to explore the beautiful seaside town of Essaouira, visit the traditional port, breathtaking beach, and magnificent medina and see the skilled wood carvers.Essaouira Day trip offers you the opportunity to scroll along the historic ramparts and step back in timeis. Essaouira formerly known as Mogador is located 180 km from Marrakech. It was fortified by a French Architecture a pupil of Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. These influences and many others gave a result very unique and attractive. Today, the city is gradually becoming a city of artists. Essaouira has a very favourable microclimate which gives it a mild winter and fresh summer. Also mentioned should be a beautiful beach, protected by the Iles Purpuraires, a set of small islands, named from the purple dye that was harvested from the murex mollusk that thrives in the oceans that surround the islands. Artisans of Essaouira are known for marquetry on the root of cedar and offer a wide range of objects from memory to the small pieces of furniture, works of art.
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