Why visit
- Essaouira Medina is the UNESCO-listed walled old town of Essaouira, a rare example of a late-18th-century fortified port laid out on a European grid rather than the tangled lanes of most Moroccan medinas.
- Built from the 1760s by Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah as the trading port Mogador, it blends Portuguese, French and Moroccan military architecture behind seafront ramparts and bastions.
- Its wide straight streets, whitewashed walls with blue shutters, artisan workshops and Atlantic light make it one of Morocco's most walkable and photogenic old towns.
