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.
