Rempart Mogador — Attraction in Essaouira

A day in the market exploring the shops and alleyways.. beautiful and fascinating and noisy.

Market fresh fish dinner straight from the boats coming in at the days end

The next day.. hours of walking, exploring, climbing the dunes, overlooking the forests. Hours of splashing in the ocean and tripping barefoot along the endless sandy beaches.

Back to the city in time to watch the sun settle into the ocean beyond the Rampart walls.

More exploring of the city.. the market stalls were quiet while the locals shut down to break their fast, this was Ramadan and most had gone all day with nothing . I knew that the small restaurants in the back lanes opened first and this is where I found the best chicken Tagine I ever tasted.**

The square began to come alive again as everyone celebrated .. music and laughter and wonder! It was one of my best days...EVER !

**With a pot of Moroccan mint tea and a bowl of Harira Soup and a basket of fresh bread this was barely 50 Moroccan dirham.. That's $6.25 CAD ! I tipped 25 dirham and wish I had...

The waves might be beautiful, but try and watch for the rooftop dogs and cats and you can spend hours immersing yourself in their eternal struggle against seagulls trying to rile them up for a rooftop standoff.

I had the pleasure of watching these two buddies team up against a flock of particular cheeky seagulls who I would say properly got the win of the day considering how long they kept the two dogs occupied thinking that they could truly get to their winged...

It's a nice place, but nothing special. You can walk along the ramparts and check out the replicas of cannons and the remains of the fortress. There's nothing else here, no museum, no exhibition, not even information boards. And watch out for the opening hours, they wouldn't let us in at 6 PM, we had to come back the next...