Small-Group Day Trip to Essaouira from Marrakech

Sightseeing  :  Morocco  :  Central Morocco  :  Marrakech  :  Day Trips

Visit the famous port and beach of Essaouira form Marrakech. It is a coastal, relaxed and friendly city where time seems to stand still.On your trip to Essaouira you cannot miss the walk through its beautiful medina, designed by Theodore Cornut, captive to the orders of Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdullah. In its broad streets you will find many galleries, craft shops, small shops of all kinds, cafes and restaurants. You will be able to enter for any of the three gates of Essaouira: Bab Sbaa, Bab Marrakech and Bab Doukhala. In this area there is no traffic, so you can stroll.

The part of the Medina of Essaouira concentrates most of the monuments: the Clock Tower, the l’Istiqlal, Sidi Mohammed Ibn Abdallah (the largest mosque in Essaouira) “Ibn Youssef” the Souk, the Jdid, Place Moulay Hassan, Place Orson Welles (who made the town famous film Othello), Moulay Hassan square, Skala. Moreover, you can visit the old Jewish quarter or Mellah, some of it now abandoned but it still has a lot of charm. After the tour finishes you will drive back to Marrakech, arrival around 7pm.