We will start our trip from Marrakech at 8:00 Morning to Essaouira. During our trip, you will have the chance to a different view, different nature and different weather. You may discover the famous tree that is know in Essaouira Argan tree. You’ll have the chance also to take pictures in this wonderful view. If we’re lucky, we might see some goats that are climbing and eating the Argan trees.
After that, we will visit a women’s cooperative so you can see the process of how they produce cosmetics and oil out of Argan nuts. If you want, you can also buy some Argan oil and Amlou which is a kind of paste that consist of honey, almonds and Argan oil.
Upon arriving at Essaouira, we will give you a guided tour. We will visit many historical locations at Essaouira. We can also take a walk at in the Medina and explore the colorful and little streets.
We have the chance to visit the port and watch the fishermen fish and sell different kind of fish. Then we will go to Sekala. These architectural styles that combine between Andalusian and with the Iberian Portuguese architecture reflect the walls of the castle, which is one of the most famous historical monuments in the city. Its people, especially after the political and military humiliation that ravaged the Moroccan state after years of wars of restitution waged by the Spanish and Portuguese kingdoms on the Moroccan coastal gaps by the end of the fourteenth century and the beginning of the fifteenth century AD.
After Morocco regained its military and political initiative, its sultans realized the need to build a military fort that would pay off the city’s pirate attacks by the northern kingdoms Spain. Morocco Mohammed bin Abdallah, the same approach he took when immunized the rest of the sea gaps, whether on the front of the Atlantic or Mediterranean countries, with the growing colonial ambitions around.
The architectural style that establishes the waterfront of the city of Essaouira, most of the details mimic the architecture prevailing in the old Moroccan coastal cities, which have historically been the outlets through which every colonist infiltrated the Moroccan territory, which forced these seaports always to wear the clothes ready to fight, which reflected As for other coastal cities such as El Jadida and Safi, it took the form of a small defensive fortress, surrounded by towers and forts with guns and armories.
After visiting these historical monuments, it is time to have a rest and take your lunch. The remaining time of the tour will be for swimming, surfing or a seashore stroll. We may arrive to Marrakech at 7pm where you continue your tour and move to discover the other beautiful side of Morocco in North Africa.