Essaouira is a small tiny sea side town with all its charms, beautiful architecture, and lovely sea views sits on Morocco Atlantic coast. Essaouira a painter’s dream location, with a vibrant blue and white medina, sand colored ramparts and imposing stone gates on Morocco’s Atlantic southwestern coast. The constant sea breeze makes the city cooler in summer and warms it in the winter, providing a pleasant atmosphere year round. Beaches in and around Essaouira are considered some of the best kitesurfing waters in the world. Calm climate and open stretches of ocean sand made it a top beach town in Morocco. Navigating around the beach city Essaouira is ideal for a day trip without any trouble as it is comparatively a small beach with a distinct smooth atmosphere and refreshing sea breeze. Narrow winding streets lined with colorful shops, whitewashed houses and heavy old wooden doors make it a wonderful place to stroll.

Medina of Essaouira

Medina of Essaouira is an 18th century town equipped with arms and ammunition built as per the principles of contemporary European military architecture. This had been a major trading sea port since its foundation and makes a link with surrounding areas of Morocco, Europe and rest of the World. Medina Essaouira a UNESCO World Heritage site listed city since 2001 with its rich cultural heritage ranging from the Romans, Africans to French allow Tourists to spend several happy hours traveling around it and enjoy walking with views of the port and the sea.

Essaouira Ramparts

Ramparts are defensive walls that guards a castle built as a form of defense still stand today in various part of Essaouira. Two most attraction in Essaouira ramparts are the ramparts itself with views over the cliffs and well-kept cannons facing towards the sea. The visitor can easily explore the history of rampart by several happy hours of traveling around it and enjoy coastal and city photography.

Variety of Watersports for entertainment

There is something mostly attract visitors who hope to run away the heat by submerging themselves in the cool water at the beach. The Essaouira coastal beach is flooded with tourists from around the globe throughout the summer. Windsurfing, surfing, kayaking, canoeing, Water skiing, Scuba diving has been attracting more attention as it provides a perfect way to explore the Essaouira coastal water and interact with its diverse marine life.

Horse Ride on the Beach in Essaouira

Visitors can ride through horse across Essaouira beach is an alternative way to explore the beach scenery.  Gentle and well-trained Berber horses take the tourists that best suit one's riding experience. The ride will take you along the beach of Diabat, a very large beach in Essaouira. A comfort gallop can be experienced by riders, and an opportunity to a nice sea view, the forest of eucalyptus, mimosa trees, fisherman village and some dunes along the beach.

Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah Museum

The Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah Museum is a historical museum in the city of Essaouira. The museum displays various collection of  historical crafts, including ancient pottery, coins, jewelry, carpets relevant to the history of Essaouira and also kept small collection of jeweler, costumes, embroidery, woodcarving , weapons, ritual and musical instruments from the region.

Shopping in the Madina

Essaouira medina offers a relaxed atmosphere in contrast with the stressful life of cities. Here, one can find wide variety of handcrafted shoes, vibrant knitted hats, exotic spices, jewelry, cloths and mats. Shop owners did not talk more about their merchandise as its price are fixed and also did not put much pressure on tourists to buy their goods. Argan oil is one of the hottest beauty products on the market which is widely available in Essaouira can be taken by tourists.

A Quad Trip in Essaouira Dune

Hopping on a quad bike and viewing the sights of deserts dune outside Essaouira is an adventurous journey. After a brief introduction to the bike and a practice run, traveler can allow starting the adventure passing through the Ruins of Sultan Palace and Portuguese Castle along with the long beach of Essaouira and visit a small forest of eucalyptus. However for safety point of view the travelers are provided with helmets and jackets during the quad ride.

Impressive Skala du Port

The Skala du Port is an active fishing port exciting to watch as the blue color wooden fishing boats dock. The fort itself not only  impressive for its tower, but also offer best views  that people  come to see .Visitors also get a chance to watch what the fishermen bring in their catch and how they auction their daily catch in the afternoon. Though port is crowded, it’s still delightfully packed with fishermen companions. A simple plate of grilled fish from the stalls can be enjoyed as one of the best and freshest meals in Essaouira.

Conclusion

In Essaouira there is no hassle and no fear of getting run over by carts or bikes, everyone seems genuinely happy to meet visitors.We at pure morocco tours stride to serve the best in visiting Essaouira with our experienced guides, local drivers and vehicles as per the need of traveler. We through our skilled staff pick visitors from hotel to the white washed city to access the treasure and specialty. We track customer’s arrival and pick them towards their destination on time so that they need not have to wait long. Our day tour to Essaouira starts at 7am to till 7pm night allowing our clients to travel most parts of Essaouira. Travelers can enjoy a comfortable journey and remarkable experience through our Morocco’s Essaouira Day Tour. For any enquiry or advance booking feel free to email us on contact@puremoroccotours.com .  For more info stay social with us Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Linkedin, Instagram