Essaouira Ramparts

... 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 along ...

... 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. Not ...

... 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 the ...

... 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 Kim ...

... 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, cats ...

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 an ...

... 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 on ...

... 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 seem to ...

... 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, twisting ...

... rolling hills and there is the Atlantic....warm sun with strong cool breezes....Bruce's favorite place so far!!!! The Portuguese ramparts are 300+ yrs old and all the buildings are white....The medina is very laidback and enjoyable...not as much hawking ...

... weather in essaouria. ooooh, this was a wonderful place!! beautiful and atmospheric old walled city, incredible sea views from the ramparts (it was even used in a couple of films recently, like the orlando bloom film about the crusades which i can't ...

I spent yesterday starving as my stomach problems got worse. We got the CTM bus to Essaouira, where we were welcomed by touts wanting to take us to rooms. We succumbed because the room is in the area where we wanted to stay - at the far end of the medina, ...

... , luxury with best of all for the kids, a pool!  We walked along the beach to the fish market where huge crabs, prawns, squid, eels, shark, sardines and plaice, were being sold.  Walked along the old ramparts and wished we could stay longer.

Essaouira is a city on the coast of Morocco that is a bit of a hippy hangout. Jimi Hendrix allegedly lived here briefly. It is a nice, relaxed place, fortified by the Portugese and sporting some impressive ramparts. The gulls here are very noisy and ...