"Once, everyone was here. There were 13 consulates. The French, the British, the Portuguese, the Dutch, even the Brazilians, half the city was Jewish, there were synagogues as well as mosques and we ...

If you’ve read our candid behind-the-scenes thoughts on traveling in Morocco, you’ll know already that we thought Essaouira was a great place to visit! There are so many awesome things to do in ...

Essaouira has earned new international recognition after receiving the “Best Creative Living Heritage Destination” award.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Tourist numbers dipped in Morocco last year, with one report suggesting unrest and attacks across North Africa were to blame, according to the AFP. If that ...

Marrakech sure is a different place than it was 10 years ago. Of course it's still beautiful, and full of sights and sounds and smells that nourish the senses, but it has become ever more touristy of ...

To travel to Essaouira is to travel back in time. On Morocco's Atlantic coast, this is far removed from Marrakech's rakish La Mamounia or Royal Mansour. Essaouira means "little picture" in Arabic and ...

Essaouira is an exceptional example of a late-18th-century fortified town, built according to the principles of contemporary European military architecture in a North African context. Since its ...

The opening scene of Orson Welles’ acclaimed 1952 production of Shakespeare’s Othello pans the length of the Skala de la Ville, the 16th-century sea ramparts running along the Atlantic facing cliffs ...

A three-hour drive from Marrakech, Essaouira is the ideal contrast to the bustling pink city. Here, you’ll find fishermen, ancient ramparts and windswept beaches that take you back in time. Essaouira, ...

Afew weeks ago I found myself happily pootling around Morocco’s most infamous beach town doing nothing much of anything at all. This is where Jimi Hendrix was said to have penned Castles Made of Sand, ...

This colourful port follows the old ways but attracts new visitors looking for inspiration. Beach getaways don’t usually feature stone ramparts – unless of course you happen to be a Barbary pirate in ...