With its corset of fortified walls, narrow streets, secret passages, trawler harbor, and soaring seagulls, how can we not evoke Saint-Malo? But the white houses with flat roofs, blue shutters, and minarets quickly remind us that we’re far from Brittany. Essaouira is truly a city apart, a charmer that captivates its guests only to retain them.
Forget bustling Marrakech; there reigns here a certain nonchalance that compels you to stay. A spirit of tolerance? Perhaps… In any case, it’s nothing new: Jews, Arabs, and Berbers have forged ties here for centuries. The city is a model of its kind. And this relationship between religions and populations has been gaining new life in recent years. Today, hippies from the 1st to the 4th generation, surfers, windsurfers, kite-surfers, tourists from the 4 corners of the world (or almost)… all seem to have come together to discover one of the most authentic medinas in Morocco.
