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Essaouira’s Medina, Harbour and Seafront

Essaouira’s Medina, Harbour and Seafront

Essaouira · Morocco

14 stops3.5 km42 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Spend a morning moving from Essaouira’s fortified edges into its medina, where the Rempart Mogador and Skala De La Ville set the tone with stone, sea air and wide views. Along the way, pause for the musical spirit of In Music We Trust, the cultural welcome of Bayt Dakira and the intimate displays of Galerie la Kasbah Essaouira. The route then opens toward Place Moulay el Hassan, the port gates, the fishing harbour and the broad beach before returning through the city’s market and Bab Doukkala. It is a rewarding walk for seeing Essaouira through the meeting of walls, memory, craft, commerce and ocean.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.

  1. Mogador Ramparts

    Mogador Ramparts

    Rempart Mogador is an attraction in Essaouira, Morocco.

  2. Skala de la Ville

    Skala de la Ville

    Skala De La Ville is a castle in Essaouira, Morocco.

  3. In Music We Trust

    In Music We Trust

    In Music We Trust is an attraction in Essaouira, Morocco.

  4. 8 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Bayt Dakira

    Bayt Dakira

    A sanctuary of coexistence preserving the shared memory of Essaouira's Jewish and Muslim communities.

  6. Galerie La Kasbah

    A gallery located in the royal quarters of a city designed by French captives and Moroccan architects.

  7. Essaouira Clock Tower

    Essaouira Clock Tower

    A timepiece marking the heart of a city designed by French captives and Moroccan architects.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 8 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

How a walk works

8 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

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  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.