Safarnama
Morocco

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Essaouira

Blue fishing boats, sea walls and Atlantic wind.

A white port on the Atlantic, walled in the 1760s for Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah. Trade winds, blue boats and fish from the morning catch.

Photo: Visions of Domino, CC BY 2.0Photo: Ahmed.magdy, CC BY-SA 4.0

The map

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Getting around

Everything is walked: the medina is small and flat. Buses from Marrakech stop a short walk from the medina gates.

A local tip

The trade wind blows most afternoons from spring to autumn: bring a jacket, even in summer.

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