Essaouira, Morocco Travel Blogs

Beach chill out...Moroccan Style
Jul 30, 2006 (6 photos)

... miles. Plus it's not that often that Americans get a chance to see a sunset on the Atlantic Ocean! Our time in Essaouira has been pretty much consumed with putting around the town, walking the beach, sampling the local cuisine, lounging in cafes over ...

Morning Trek and Trip to Essaouira
Aug 23, 2006 (5 photos)

... 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 ...

Hammam in Essaouira
Aug 25, 2006 (8 photos)

... bit of a shock. I walked out of the Hammam feeling the cleanest I've ever been and longing for more. In coming to Morocco, you MUST have a Hammam, preferably an upmarket one that I had for about 180 plus 20 dirham tip (30 dollars). Definitely beats the ...

Nearing the end of Morocco
Jan 11, 2002

... 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. Not ...

A day of wetness!
Nov 25, 2006

Saturday was our last full day in Morocco.  Cynth, Dee & I decided to do a day trip to Essouira which is a small town on the west coast a few hours from Marrakesh, well known for beaches, surfing and being a chilled out town.  We bought a bus ...

De El Jadida à Essaouira
Jan 10, 2008 (3 photos)

... à déguster 1 dz chacun + des machins noirs tout piquants qu'ils appellent oursins sur cette côte. Par chance il y avait une bouteille de vin blanc dans le frigo, alors ce fut parfait. Une petite sieste et direction Essaouira ou nous restons 2 nuits.

CHAPTER 5 - PARIS-DAKAR? YOU MUST BE ENGLISH!
May 18, 2007 (35 photos)

... village. We are content to chill out for a day or two, sampling the catch of the day in any of the small stalls along the waterfront. May 18th - Rest Day, Essaouira A rest day that does exactly what it says on the tin - bugger all!!! Lovely.

Day 19 20 - Morocco, Essourira - Beaches & Bars
Nov 27, 2008 (16 photos)

... and luxurious.  Maybe when we're crossing the Sahara our feelings will change.  Continued... few days later Essaouira turned out to be a lovely little seaside fishing village with a cross of ultra modern buildings and old world ...

metal camel
Dec 16, 2006 (25 photos)

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Beach on the Brain
Nov 15, 2006 (21 photos)

A long nap later and we arrived on Morocco's windy Atlantic shoreline. Essaouira is a fishing village that grew up, smoked some weed, and became a beach haven for French hippies and Morocco's artist community. Our two nights in this quintessential sandy ...

hello from Essaouira
Dec 9, 2008

"Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore" or the US either!  Hello from northern Africa Made it here to Morocco but my luggage decided to stay in NY so I am travelling very light!  The minimalist traveller - I hope it will be in Casablanca when we ...

the beach calls again
Nov 10, 2006

i emerge from marrakech bus station madness on a bus back to essaouira

Stepping back in time
Dec 14, 2008

... pale compared to Hawaii. So I guess they come here if Daddy's cheque didn't arrive in time for the flight to Honolulu. Essaouira is a town with a great atmosphere. It is right next to the coast, a walled city that looks unchanged since the middle ages ...

green shoes
Jan 8, 2008 (5 photos)

hiya, am in essaouira on the beach and have just bought lovely green shoes. yesterday we spent the night at a gite in the high atlas and it was freezing. the trek up was difficult because of the ice and everyone was very good and took it in turns to hold ...

High Puncture
Oct 18, 2006

... Rashid excitedly pointed out all the sights of his home town. We then began the final leg to the beach side town of Essaouira. We stopped at 6pm for Rashid to have breakfast, and then finally arrived at our destination at 8pm. We had pre booked our ...

Back to Essouira
Nov 15, 2008

In picturesque Essaouira I scored a gorgeous room in a riad owned by a lovely woman for 150 dirhams (about $17) a night. The room is like a mini suite with tiled walls and loads of space to practice yoga on the lovely Moroccon carpet. The place I ...

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Essaouira
Jun 22, 2005 (3 photos)

Great place with great sea food. Full of Moroccan surf dudes!

back for more mint tea
Oct 30, 2006 (9 photos)

... back again, just wanted a cheap relaxing time before heading off to the uk so headed to the surfing and fishing town of essaouira where the likes of jimi hendrix, cat stevens and rolling stones have holidayed. guess it is relaxing in a moroccain kinda of ...

Day 5 : Mohammedia - Essaouira
Jul 8, 2007 (19 photos)

... stop at El Jadida (formerly known as Mogador), and visited the old Portuguese fort after eating saulted shrimps and Spadon steacks. Essaouira is obviously a world famous destination for win-and kitesurfers. Well, it has a nice medina and is windy indeed ( ...

Alone
Nov 28, 2007 (4 photos)

I had a very different experience of Morocco today, or maybe I should say Moroccan men. I have spent very little time alone on this trip, but today Dad and I went our own way. I started by wandering the streets and attempting to do a bit of shopping. As ...

Beach
Nov 25, 2008 (31 photos)

We are on the beach in Essaouira for a few days before heading into Western Sahara to begin the long desert crossing.  Net is still difficult, and I have no idea when I will be able to connect again. The trip is going well so far. Good food and lots ...

Essaouira
Jan 11, 2008 (5 photos)

Etape agréable dans cette superbe cité balnéaire du XVIII è siècle.

Sur le bord de la mer à Essaouira
Jan 19, 2007 (1 photos)

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Seaside Daytrippin'
Dec 21, 2008 (27 photos)

... way we came of course, so we could actually have stayed in bed for another hour or so, as is the way of Morocco Although we all sporadically fell asleep, there were brief periods of conversation - mainly Donna trying to ask questions in English and our ...

Essaouira
Oct 11, 2006 (11 photos)

... crashing at the cheap Hotel Smara, every day was taken up with first looking for something to eat, then I wondering around town. Essaouira has become very touristy and for a good reason, it has a fantastic varied coast line and the medina it large enough ...

Morocco - days 8 to 12
Aug 13, 2008 (18 photos)

... and while there helped made a fruit salad which we taste tested many times. It was good. Tuesday 12th + Wednesday 13th - Essaouira Tuesday we got to have a sleep in and most of us slept till about 10am, this was the first ...

Essaouria, Safi and El Jadida in a day...
Feb 5, 2009 (7 photos)

... gnaoua (or gnawa) music.  actually, it's a pretty big music spot in general. It's a coastal town - the west coast of Morocco, and coincidentally looks a lot like northern Cali.  Hendrix was supposedly here a lot in the 60s (though it's a wives tale that he ...

The sea
Nov 27, 2007 (6 photos)

... but at least we didn't have to turn back this time. After the craziness of Marrakech, the relaxed, laidback atmosphere of Essaouira is a nice change. It is a popular tourist destination, on the Atlantic coast. Although it's touristy, the town hasn't ...