In your trip to Essaouira you can not miss the walk through its careful 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 strong … Moreover, you can not lose you a visit to the old Jewish quarter or Mellah, some now abandoned but with charm.
