Essaouira & the Coast

Morocco

Just 60 miles to the west of Marrakech is the charismatic coastal town of Essaouira, where a working harbour sits alongside the golden beach.

Meander along narrow alleyways past busy stalls and donkey carts loaded with oranges, chocolate or the day’s catch of fish. Original Travel consultants visit the town on a regular basis to keep tabs on new riad and restaurant openings, so we can suggest the best.

The coast here is also blessed with some of the finest kite-surfing conditions in the world and this hugely popular new watersport is surprisingly easy to pick up. With an enormous beach and a consistently powerful wind, Essaouira offers the perfect environment to learn, and Original Travel has sourced the finest English-speaking instructors, and the latest equipment.

For surfers of a non-kiting persuasion, the break at Sidi Kaouki - just half an hour away - is one of the best on Africa's Atlantic Coast. We can arrange board hire, lessons and transfers.

Testimonials

'For there are but 52 weekends in the year, 104 days of freedom and joy (plus statutory bank holidays), and it is a mortal sin to waste them.'

Thou shalt not put up shelves. Thou shalt not cut the grass. Thou shalt not stay in watching telly and thou certainly shalt not go to Ikea.

Thou shalt shun the shopping mall and the multiplex and the garden centre and Homebase, and thou shalt go to the local only on week nights. If thou hast a church, thou shalt make thine excuses, and if thou likest a lie-in, thou canst sleep when thou art dead.

For there are but 52 weekends in the year, 104 days of freedom and joy (plus...

Chris Haslam

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