Practical guides written from inside the medina, not scraped listicles. Everything here is what we tell guests in person at the rooftop.
A good cooking class is barely about cooking. It is about the market, the layering and the waiting. Here is what actually happens in a Moroccan cooking class in Essaouira, and how to tell whether it is worth half a day of your trip.
The bay is a beginner's spot and Moulay Bouzerktoun is not. A season-by-season, spot-by-spot guide to kiting in Essaouira, what a first week really looks like, and what the whole thing costs.
The four road options drop you in four different places, and in a town where cars cannot reach your door, that is the detail that matters. Durations, costs and arrival practicalities for the Marrakech to Essaouira road.
Three days is the length of stay Essaouira handles best. A local, hour-by-hour plan built around the afternoon wind and the last light in the souks, plus the four things that break it.
Essaouira is four different places to sleep, not one. Medina, beachfront, Diabat or the wind villages: what each is actually like, who should choose it and who should not.
Wind season and swell season are not the same trip. A local guide to reading the seasons, choosing where to sleep and asking the nine questions that matter before you book.