Essaouira - Beautiful Atlantic Fishing Port

There is a particular quality to the light in Essaouira that I have not found elsewhere in Morocco. It is an Atlantic light — bright but softened by the moisture in the air, bounced off whitewashed walls and the surface of the sea — that makes the city's colours (white, blue, the rust of the rampart walls, the vivid paint of the fishing boats) seem almost artificially intense.

Combined with the constant wind off the ocean, which keeps the temperature bearable even in July, and the sound of the sea audible from almost everywhere in the medina, it creates an atmosphere that is recognisably Moroccan and yet unlike any other Moroccan city. 

6 page downloadable PDF file, perfect for downloading onto your device or printing out and taking with you on your travels

Includes goggle maps of Tangier & sections on;

• Mogador: The Atlantic Trading Port

• The Medina and the Ramparts

• The Port and the Fishing Harbour

• Orson Welles and Jimi Hendrix — The Artistic Inheritance

• Wind and the Art of Doing Nothing

PLEASE NOTE:  This guide is for personal use only, any copying or commercial use is strictly prohibited.

When you purchase a downloadable guide you will be requested to set up a customer account. The guide will appear in the download tab of your customer account, this should be immediate if paying by Paypal, if you pay by Bank Transfer your guide will be available after we have confirmed receipt of payment.