DISCOVER For fans of traditional markets, the region of Essaouira offers opportunities daily, to go to one of the many souks within a few miles of the city. A hub for social life, these souks spark curiousity in tourists, filled with shopping and much more. We take a tour!
HELP Bringing their efforts and skills to the community, assos are a self-help network who can sometimes be overlooked. Inventive and structured, some of these associations offer many services and products in Essaouira, sold to benefit the education and and employability of ...
Gnaoua For its 16th edition, the Gnaoua and World Music Festival promises music 'in all its forms.' The cultural event of the city will be held on 20th to 23rd June, 2013, featuring 4 days of more than 40 concerts, a programme of music without borders.
WALK Like an open-air shopping centre, the long pedestrian street with its he incessant hubbub that runs through the medina from east to west allows to get provided in nearly everything, from the early morning until the late evening. Made in Essaouira offers you an initiator...
MUSIC The Sofitel Essaouira has organized its second musical concert along with the Gnawa and World Music Festival that starts on the 4th of June, for five weeks of world music, which sail between Latin music and jazz. Internationally renowned artists will take us to Spain, B...
GASTRONOMY ‘Bocuse d’Or’ is an International Championship of gastronomy, created by the great chef, Paul Bocuse, in 1987. For the first time Moroccan cuisine is in the spotlight and the head chef of the Sofitel Essaouira Mogador Golf & Spa, has been selected for the first stage of...
BIO Organic oils of the Estate Villa Essaouira, certified organic production in the region Chiadma, are the official winners of the International Exhibition of Agriculture of Meknes. In winning the prize for the best extra virgin olive oil, Abderrahim Ezzaher can see the re...
ASSOCIATION On the occasion of celebrating the national day of orphans, an exhibition will be presented at the association’s headquarters, Darna Essaouira for children. The artists participating in this event on Saturday will donate their work, which will be displayed on the premis...
ESSAOUIRA The Gnawa festival and World Music Essaouira is celebrating 15 years from the 21st to 24th of June 2012. The programming includes moments of pure art, Latin jazz, African rhythms, electro rock, rap and sufi music.
Festival Every year, Essaouira opens the doors of Dar Souiri and welcomes a musical event. The 2012 edition promises remarkable moments and quality performances.
Before the roads and gardens, before trendy boutiques And supermarkets, before all these beautiful things in the city of Essaouira, public health has been the number one priority. While the hospital Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah fell dangerously obsolete, we learn that a pr...
CAFE CULTURE On the sqaure of 11 January, out of the walls of the Medina, Cafe Culture in Essaouira has chosen to explore a wide variety of areas, to provide the public with an opportunity to discuss literature, poetry, traditions, science, music, cinema, new technologies and many o...
FOREST Between the urban and the forest spaces, a zone called the “green belt” is getting developed and converted. Bordering the eastern city extension, the main objective of this project is to protect and highlight the forest.
Festival In 1998, the small port city of Essaouira launched the Gnaoua and World Music Festival. Now in its fourteenth year, the festival is planning to double its effort making this year's event taking place June 23 to 26 even better.