Why visit
- Skala de la Ville is the sea bastion on the northern wall of Essaouira's medina, where a long row of old European brass cannons points out over the Atlantic.
- It is part of the 18th-century fortifications built under Sultan Mohammed III, when the port town was laid out as a fortified trading base.
- The rampart walk is free and open air, giving wide views of the ocean, the medina rooftops, and the surf below.
