Sights of Morocco

Medina of Essaouira

It is hard to get lost in medina of Essaouira – it is not a big one and main streets tend to be wide enough and straight, as the plan of town was influenced by European geometry.

Sights of Essaouira

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Scala du Port, port of Essaouira and fish market

Port zone of Essaouira was built by Ahmed El Inglizi – the Englishman who had joined Berber pirates in Sale and abandoned Christianity for Islam.

Sights of Essaouira

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Scala de la Kasbah is a 2-level artillery platform that defends Essaouira. Military architect Theodor Cournut had used French style designing the fortification. So the sqala de la Kasbah forms (unique for Morocco) Saint-Malo look of the town.

Sights of Essaouira

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Essaouira’s clocktower

The idea to build a clocktower in medina of Essaouira (next to the gate Bab Manjana) belongs to Hubert Lyautey (chief of French administration).

Sights of Essaouira

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Dunes, beach and surfing

Essaouira is famous as a wind city due to strong north winds. Especially strong they are in the summer, that’s why summertime is perfect for kite- and windsurfing.

Sights of Essaouira

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Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption church

Église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption is the only operational catholic church in Essaouira nowadays. It was erected in 1936.

Sights of Essaouira

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Sidi Mogdoul mosque and Sidi Mogdoul lighthouse

Sidi Mogdoul is a Muslim saint that was burried in Essaouira in 11th century AD. It is thought that his name could be transformed to the name “Mogador”.

Sights of Agadir

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Kasbah of Agadir

After the earthquake in 1960 only one wall of the Kasbah of Agadir was restored. Anyway it’s a good viewpoint if you want to look at the city and ports.