13-Hour Tour of Essaouira from Marrakech
Highlights
Essaouira
cultural, historical, sightseeing
Private Tour
13 Hours
Easy
English
Description
Experience a private day trip from Marrakech to the scenic city of Essaouira on the Atlantic coast. This journey includes visiting a women's argan oil cooperative and exploring Essaouira's historic sites, renowned for inspiring artists globally with its ocher-coloured walls. Stroll through the local souks, visit the harbour, savour a fish lunch at the port, and enjoy a beach walk.
Itinerary
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Trip to Essaouira and Argan Forest from Marrakech
- Take a day trip to Essaouira, the former Mogador built on a rocky peninsula, with its ramparts in a vigil on the ocean, its medina in white and blue tones, its busy port and its long sandy beaches. Visit Argan Oil Cooperative on your way. The history of Essaouira dates back to the 8th century BC. The Phoenicians stopped there on the road of the equator. The real founder of the city was the Alaouite Sultan Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, who entrusted the construction to Theodore Cornut, architect and student of Vauban Essaouira is now a nice little fishing port very lively at the arrival of the boats where sardines and crustaceans are sold at the auction. On the docks, fishermen repair the red nets.
- Enjoy the sardine grilled outdoors in the harbour's small restaurants, then discover the Sqala du Port, a crenellated bastion built to protect the harbour and the city. It consists of two fortified wings behind the Navy gate. Leaving the port of Sqala, enter Moulay Hassan square. Discover the kasbah, a district surrounded by ramparts with foundations anchored in the rock.
- Walk along the ramparts taking the street that leads to the Sqala of the Kasbah, where the famous guns of Essaouira line up. Orson Welles chose this place to turn the exterior sets of his Othello. At the heart of the Kasbah, the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions is the mirror and the collective memory of the province of Essaouira.
- You will discover the ritual or profane musical instruments of the Aissaoua, Hamadcha and Gnaoua brotherhoods. Every year in June, the world-renowned Gnaoua Festival of Essaouira takes place.
What's Included
What's Excluded
Meeting Point
Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
| Adult | |
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| 1 to 50 | /person |
| Child | |
| 1 to 50 | /person |
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This is a private tour |
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