Marrakech Trip Overview
Day trip to Essaouira from Marrakech, the coastal city inhabited since prehistoric times and formerly known as Mogador, the citadel of Essaouira was famous for its manufacture of Tyrian origin of the legendary purple tint it supplied to Rome. With an ocher wall, the medina is now incomparably charming (inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List since 2001), its pedestrian streets and its white houses with blue shutters, Mogador has become a place of choice for art and culture, the whole world culture.
Highlights :
✔ On the Road to Essaouira you will see very beautiful pastures and scenes such as goats climbing trees.
✔ Discover the city once called by the Portuguese Mogador and its beautiful beach.
✔ Take a walk in the Medina of Essaouira and on the pier of its harbor.
✔ Enjoy lunch with fresh local fish.
✔ The medina of Essaouira has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001.
Additional Info
* Duration: 10 hours
* Starts: Marrakech, Morocco
* Trip Category: Shore Excursions >> Ports of Call Tours
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Day trip to Essaouira from Marrakech, the coastal city inhabited since prehistoric times and formerly known as Mogador, the citadel of Essaouira was famous for its manufacture of Tyrian origin of the legendary purple tint it supplied to Rome. With an ocher wall, the medina is now incomparably charming (inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List since 2001), its pedestrian streets and its white houses with blue shutters, Mogador has become a place of choice for art and culture, the whole world culture.
Highlights :
✔ On the Road to Essaouira you will see very beautiful pastures and scenes such as goats climbing trees.
✔ Discover the city once called by the Portuguese Mogador and its beautiful beach.
✔ Take a walk in the Medina of Essaouira and on the pier of its harbor.
✔ Enjoy lunch with fresh local fish.
✔ The medina of Essaouira has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Essaouira, Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi
Leave Marrakech at 08:00, ready for a 3-hour journey to the beautiful Essaouira on the Atlantic Coast. Once you arrive at the port city, formerly known as Mogador, you will have time to enjoy the charming sights of Essaouira, including its ocher-colored walls, the beautiful Moulay El Hassan square, and the souks, as well as the little streets of the city’s old Medina. Enjoy a lunch of fresh fish in a local restaurant.
During your trip, visit an association of Berber women producing argan oil, see the local markets, and marvel at the gems in the jeweler’s quarter.
You will return to Marrakech at the end of the afternoon, arriving back to the “Red City” at around 19:00.
