Essaouira Ramparts

Essaouira , Morocco
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    Clementines for a smile

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    After surviving my miserable surfing experience, I decided to take it easy today and stay out of the water. I had yet to really explore the medina or check out the harbor so I thought I should do that before I headed out. That would not take all day, but hopefully I would run into something or find something interesting to fill the rest of my day.< …

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  • 1

    Morning Trek and Trip to Essaouira

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    ... , art galleries, wood workshops, fisherman and coloured boats all enclosed by ancient walls. My first impressions of Essaouira were very refreshing - definitely a charming, laid back artist's colony with cobblestone streets and massive stone ramparts ...

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    Nearing the end of Morocco

    ... in the morning, we jumped into another taxi and we went to Agadir, only to jump into another taxi as we were going to Essaouira. Essaouira being an important town on the hippie trail as Jimi Hendrix had stayed here and it was the premier place to surf. ...

  • 3

    Essaouira - first touch of the Atlantic Ocean!

    ... back onto shore. Had snails from the street vendor in the medina (there is only 1 option unlike Marrakech) which were yummo. Essaouira is a really nice town which would be awesome in summer, but probably a lot more crowded too. Was a good change from ...

  • 4

    Let's go shopping...

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    ... for pastries and coffee.  We took some photos at the port before hitting the souk for some bargaining. We followed the ramparts around to where the woodworkers sold their wares. Val bought a domino’s set and some little jewellery boxes and ...

  • 5

    Sorry Nemo, We Eat Dory! Hash & Fishing

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    ... and also had important symbolic functions like representing the status and independence of the communities they embraced. Essaouira's ramparts are largely still intact and quite impressive. The life behind the walls was interesting as children, ...

  • 6

    Atlantic Coast and Souss

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    Bailed the Souqs of Marrakech for the coastal town of Essaouira. Arrived at 1120 and found Dar Afram with a little help from local Rasheed. Good sign, the people are more than friendly, asking for attention to their wares with a smile. Dar Afram proved ...

  • 7

    Seaside Tourist town

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    Caught the CTM bus which departs from its own statio near the hotel. Country side between casablanca and essaouira seems to be mostly agricultural. Arrived at the station and was immediately set upon by dozens of touts trying to get me to go to this or ...

  • 8

    Day 12 - 3 January 2008

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    ... buy but it is done so in a very discreet way. Then it was time for lunch so the hunt was on for a suitable restaurant. Essaouira harbour is full of wonderful stalls selling all kinds of fresh seafood and this would have been a great place to sit and eat ...

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    Day 11 - 2 January 2008

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    ... pretty and the long, sandy beach with it's crashing waves is a favourite with surfers. Despite it's popularity with tourists, Essaouira still maintains a sense of conservatism. There are more veiled women here than in other cities and the streets don't ...

  • 10

    One camel, two camel, red fish, blue fish

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    ... sea and the slowly disintegrating "sand castle" fortress at the other end of the curved bay are cappuchino. Almost all of Essaouira sits inside the medina walls. The barrow boy who delivered us to our hotel seemed to delight in the tight, ...