Essaouira, Destination June unavoidable

The Moroccan city of Essaouira, not the old town is listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, June EST destination Full of charm and authenticity. You can advantage of this step must lors Your stay in Morocco visitor pay the old city walls, the streets of the Jewish quarter of the medina and hang ou Where In The souks sell items inlaid jewelry and Coming of local crafts.



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Essaouira is June port city situated on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, 173 km north of Agadir, 176 km west of Marrakech and 360 km south of Casablanca.
It IS the capital of the province of Saami name, Who Gives Visitors of many seaside locations and extensive beaches.

This city, Who WAS visit to the tower by the Romans, Carthaginians, Berbers, Portuguese and French, a door Many NAME, Tells What Amogdul (from The Well kept in Berber) Mogdura Portuguese and Mogador french.

If son Current name meant "The Well drawn" It est aussi nicknamed the Blue City, Including a cause of color boats son fishing port.

A brief history of the city 

If the region of Essaouira is inhabited SINCE ancient times, a current city born from 1760 ACCORDING to the Will of Sultan Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah Alaoui.
He wanted to build the non-commercial port on the Atlantic, near the capital Marrakech and make it the heart of the Moroccan trade Towards Exterior.
C'est French architect Théodore Cornut Nicolas Who Designed the city maps on the model of Saint-Malo.

Must Sites

The site must Essaouira is the old-walled city that includes the medina, the kasbah and SO What the Mellah (Jewish Quarter), All Registered SINCE 2001 on the List of World Heritage Sites.

A walk in the streets of the medina, you will discover tiny streets, facades lime with blue doors, AND How many many cafes and craft shops.
In addition, the Medina Account SEVERAL Mosques (not the more IMPORTANT ARE Those of Qasbah and Ben Youssef), synagogues and churches FEW.

A Another curiosity of the medina is the place Orson Welles, with a garden and a bust of the director who Tourna-son "Othello" in Essaouira in 1952.

South-west of the medina, do not miss No visitor picturesque fishing port of the city, not the dominant color EST blue.
Pour Discover the cultural heritage of the province, plan a visit to Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah Museum, LOCATED IN AN OLD stately home.

Culture and local crafts 

This is city Including connue pour son Gnaoua Festival, not musical festival international fame Where Artists from Around The World Mêlent Their music of The Gnawa.

In cruising the streets and alleys of Essaouira, be sure not to go to meet the artisans.
The main craft trades ARE local art of marquetry and manufacture of gold jewelery and silver.
If there ARE reputed jewelery pay their originality and their finesse, y aussi Other craft practices as weaving, calligraphy, leather goods, wrought manufacturing UO On The Music instruments iron.