Essaouira is a kind of low-key Marrakech and has a great reputation as a laid-back town with plenty of interest in the medina (old town) but it’s hardly a beach destination unless you’re on a board an
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Escape to Sidi Kaouki, the wild stretch of coast south of Essaouira, where the Atlantic pounds a long, windswept beach and the dunes creep toward the water. It draws surfers, camel riders, and those who want space, not nightlife. Pack a jacket — the wind here is constant, and that's exactly the appeal.
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- Essaouira Fish Market Cooking Session
Essaouira Fish-Market Cooking Session focuses on market selection, provenance, allergen notes and cooking method supplied by each host.
- Ait Ourir
In Marrakech-Safi, Ait Ourir connects atlas road and markets.
- Amizmiz Olive Oil
Amizmiz olive oil belongs to the foothill orchards southwest of Marrakech, where groves meet weekly-market and mountain-road economies. The valuable visitor experience is concrete: fruit maturity, hand or mechanical harvest, time to mill, malaxation temperature, separation and storage all change the oil in the bottle. A tasting should use clean blue or dark glasses and compare aroma, bitterness and pepper without promising medicinal effects.
- 1-54 Marrakech Contemporary African Art Fair
The Marrakech edition of 1-54 gathers galleries and artists from Africa and its diaspora, with the main fair complemented by talks, projects and gallery openings across the city.
- Essaouira Summer Wind and Arts: a seasonal guide
Essaouira Summer Wind and Arts: a seasonal guide is in Marrakech-Safi.
- Kik Plateau Scenic Drive
The Kik Plateau is most persuasive when the drive slows down enough to distinguish field patterns, foothill villages and the High Atlas wall beyond them.