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  • The white front of the Afous Argan shop by the N8, under its large sign, with eight members of staff posing outside

    The Afous Argan shop, near km 20 on the N8

    Afous Argan · The business’s own photo · Source

  • The restaurant terrace at Atlas Essaouira, tables under navy parasols beside the stone arcade, the beach, the Norfolk pines and the bay behind

    The restaurant terrace at Atlas Essaouira, facing the bay

    Atlas Essaouira Riad Resort · The business’s own photo · Source

  • The crenellated front of Bab Doukkala, three dressed-stone arches, cannons on top and people passing the gate

    Bab Doukkala

    Jklamo · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • A wall clock with a Hebrew inscription between two arched glass doors at Bayt Dakira, a lit stone wall behind

    Bayt Dakira, Essaouira

    Nassima Chahboun · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • The large round, crenellated bastion of Borj Bab Marrakech, backlit behind palm trees in a garden

    Borj Bab Marrakech in 2014

    Patrick Nouhailler · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • Aerial view of Camping Esprit Nature: motorhomes on walled pitches among trees, beside a road through the argan woodland

    Camping Esprit Nature from the air

    Camping Esprit Nature · The business’s own photo · Source

  • Dar Souiri’s white façade with green-tiled window hoods and a wooden door, along a paved medina street

    The front of Dar Souiri

    Patrick Nouhailler · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • The ruins of Bordj El Berod on their rocks, ringed by water at low tide, wet sand in the foreground

    Bordj El Berod, Diabat

    MyName (Nick Barnes) · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · Source

  • Fairway and bunkers of the golf course at Diabat, between eucalyptus trees and scrub, under a hazy sky

    Golf course at Diabat

    World Imaging · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • A demonstration on the sand during an EasyRide lesson at Imsouane: four students, two in white Easy Ride lycras, boards at their feet, the ochre hillside behind

    An EasyRide lesson on the beach at Imsouane

    EasyRide Surf School · The business’s own photo · Source

  • Bab Doukkala gate, the northern entrance to Essaouira’s medina

    Bab Doukkala

    Yair Haklai · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Essaouira bay under an overcast sky, a wide wet beach and the araucaria-lined seafront in the distance

    The bay, overcast sky

    Adam Harangozó · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • The lit front of a Crédit du Maroc branch at night, green sign, wrought-iron door and an exchange plaque

    Bank and exchange counter

    JJ Jones · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · Source

  • Patio of Bayt Dakira in Essaouira, two floors of carved wooden galleries, a skylight and two black banners

    Bayt Dakira, Essaouira

    Nassima Chahboun · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Essaouira’s main beach seen from above, pale sand, swimmers and the bay ringed by hills

    Essaouira beach

    Uploadmo · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • Café de France terrace under blue awnings, chairs lined up on the square, white façade with balconies

    Café de France, Place Moulay Hassan

    Patrick Nouhailler · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • A kite against the setting sun on Essaouira beach

    End of a session on the bay

    Goldfinchshuffle · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • A painted-ceramics shop front under a stone arch, baskets of bowls with price cards, cats asleep on the paving

    Ceramics stall, the medina

    Mustang Joe · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · Source

  • Gnawa musicians in white robes and red caps, trombone and saxophone on the lit stage of the Gnaoua festival at night

    Gnaoua festival, Essaouira

    Souad EL OUAFI · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Gnaoua musicians in costume on stage during the Essaouira festival

    Gnaoua and World Music Festival

    Magharebia · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · Source

  • White façade with blue shutters of an art gallery in Essaouira, arched doorway, blue sign and red pennants

    Art gallery, Essaouira

    JJ Jones · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · Source

  • Main stage of the Gnaoua festival at night, beams of blue light and the crowd in front

    Gnaoua Festival, Essaouira

    Souad EL OUAFI · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Goats standing in the branches of an argan tree in the countryside around Essaouira

    Goats in the argan trees

    Daniel*D · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • A woman in a white veil buys vegetables at a greengrocer’s stall in front of blue medina doors

    At the greengrocer’s, medina

    mwanasimba from La Réunion · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

  • A rider on horseback at the water’s edge on Essaouira beach, reflected in the wet sand, the town in the distance

    Riding on Essaouira beach

    flowcomm · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · Source

  • A kite high in the sky and a backlit kitesurfer off the Îles Purpuraires, wet beach in the foreground

    Essaouira bay, a windy day

    Vysotsky · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • Two kitesurf kites above the bay of Essaouira, backlit silver sea and walkers on the sand

    Bay of Essaouira

    Isabelle Lemelin · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Kitesurfer on Essaouira bay in a strong wind

    Kitesurfing on the bay

    Goldfinchshuffle · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • A rock shelf exposed at low tide on the Essaouira coast, with rock pools and white surf offshore

    Low tide, rocky shore

    Misa.stefanovic.07 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Main street of Essaouira’s medina, white arcades, people walking and a tower at the far end

    In Essaouira’s medina

    Holger Uwe Schmitt · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • A lane in Essaouira’s medina lit up at night

    The medina at night

    Goldfinchshuffle · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • The white medina and ramparts in golden January evening light, rocks at low tide and seagulls

    The medina on a winter evening

    Holger Uwe Schmitt · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Tables and red-seated chairs outside a small medina restaurant, a chalkboard menu, a painted mural and blue walls

    A medina lane

    Mustang Joe · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · Source

  • A white-and-blue medina street in Essaouira leading to a fortified tower

    Inside the medina

    CastlesCatalog · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Vendors and passers-by in a souk in Essaouira’s medina, goods laid out on the ground

    Medina souk

    Souad EL OUAFI · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Flat roofs and terraces of Essaouira’s medina, a palm tree, two minarets and a clear sky

    Medina rooftops

    Asina Aurea · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • The white rooftops of Essaouira’s medina seen from the city walls

    The medina from the ramparts

    DimiTalen · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · Source

  • A woman in a white haik crosses a small square in the Mellah, past peeling whitewashed walls and a stall of painted tiles

    The Mellah, former Jewish quarter

    TomiValny · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Avenue Al Akaba in Essaouira’s new town, with palm trees, street lamps and a horse-drawn calèche under a clear sky

    Avenue Al Akaba, new town

    mwanasimba from La Réunion · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

  • A quiet medina square, ‘Pharmacie’ painted on a white wall with blue shutters, café chairs in a tree’s shade

    A pharmacy in the medina

    Patrick Nouhailler · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • Café terraces on Place Moulay Hassan in Essaouira

    Place Moulay Hassan

    DimiTalen · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · Source

  • Essaouira’s long beach at low tide, the medina in the distance

    Essaouira beach

    Adam Harangozó · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Walkers on Essaouira beach, wind and spray

    Essaouira bay

    Adam Harangozó · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Camel on Essaouira beach

    On the beach

    Goldfinchshuffle · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Blue boats moored in Essaouira’s fishing port

    The port

    Adam Harangozó · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Blue fishing boats lined up in Essaouira harbour, the ramparts behind

    Essaouira’s fishing port

    DimiTalen · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · Source

  • Fish stalls under parasols on the quay of Essaouira port, a crowd, blue boats and the Skala tower

    The port fish market

    Alina Chan · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Medina ramparts and houses lit at night in mist, coloured lights on the rooftops, rocks in the foreground

    The medina by night

    Alina Chan · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Essaouira’s ramparts facing the Atlantic

    The Skala ramparts

    Kayaky · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · Source

  • Inner courtyard of a riad in Essaouira’s medina, stone arcades, white galleries and zellige-topped tables

    Riad courtyard, medina

    Viault · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • Rooftop terrace at dusk, straw parasols, laid tables, lit lanterns and a pink sky over the ocean

    A rooftop terrace at dusk

    Visions of Domino · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · Source

  • A plate of grilled sardines with charred skin, a bowl of olives and prawns beside it, in Essaouira

    Grilled sardines

    Arnaud 25 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • Green calligraphic ‘Baraka Muhammad’ sculpture between palm trees, with the seafront boulevard and the bay behind

    Baraka Muhammad, entering town

    Alina kokoschka · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Bronze cannon on the rampart walk of the Skala de la Ville, Essaouira

    Skala de la Ville

    CastlesCatalog · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Square tower of the Skala du Port, arched bridge and blue fishing boats packed in the harbour

    The Skala du Port

    Holger Uwe Schmitt · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Round stone tower and ochre walls of the Skala in Essaouira under a clear blue sky

    The Skala, Essaouira

    Mounir Neddi · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · Source

  • Painted earthenware tagines and labelled cones of spices on a blue stall against a whitewashed wall in Essaouira

    Spices and tagines

    محمد بوعلام عصامي · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · Source

  • Surfer in silhouette riding a wave at Essaouira, low sun and orange sky over the Atlantic

    Surfing at Essaouira

    Youssef Amaaou · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

  • Inlaid wooden boxes, caskets and chessboards laid out on a stall in Essaouira’s medina

    Inlaid woodwork, Essaouira

    Elgaard · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Atlantic waves breaking beyond the rocks where three people stand, in late-afternoon light

    Essaouira coast, the swell

    Holger Uwe Schmitt · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Windsurfer in the spray in the foreground at Essaouira, more sails and a kite backlit behind

    Windsurfing at Essaouira

    Lars Curfs (Grashoofd) · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 nl · Source

  • An instructor in a wetsuit walks towards the Explora base on the beach, board and bar in hand, kites lying on the sand

    The Explora base on the beach

    El Mazouni Saad · Explora Watersports · The business’s own photo · Source

  • Blue sign of the Damgaard gallery above an arched blue door, white façades on avenue Oqba Ibn Nafiaa

    Galerie Damgaard, avenue Oqba

    Patrick Nouhailler · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • The courtyard of Galerie La Kasbah seen from the first floor: stone columns, wooden balustrades, red rugs hung over the railings, paintings on the gallery walls

    The courtyard of Galerie La Kasbah

    Galerie La Kasbah · The business’s own photo · Source

  • Flat roofs and terraces of Ghazoua, low ochre and white houses, satellite dishes and a tower in the distance under a blue sky

    Ghazoua rooftops

    Ahmedmouhssin · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · Source

  • The patio at Heure Bleue Palais: three floors of galleries with stone columns and white balustrades, a blue zellige frieze, palms and banana plants

    The patio at Heure Bleue Palais

    Heure Bleue Palais · The business’s own photo · Source

  • White facade of the Hôtel des Îles, with its sign above the entrance and blue-railed balconies

    Hôtel des Îles, Essaouira

    Patrick Nouhailler · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • Mogador island seen from the bay, a square tower and a long fortified wall above the rocks, waves in the foreground

    Mogador island

    Christian Pirkl · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Imsouane bay and its long wave

    Imsouane

    Mounir Neddi · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Imsouane beach at low tide, weed-covered rocks, the harbour jetty and a pink-and-green tower, gulls in flight

    Imsouane bay

    Cravengo · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Upper gallery around the patio of the former French consulate, stone columns, wrought-iron railings and blue doors

    Institut français, the patio

    Patrick Nouhailler · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • Kitesurf Maroc’s rental shop: purple kite bags on wooden racks, boards, wetsuits and a yellow poncho in front of a painted wave

    Kitesurf Maroc’s rental shop

    Kitesurf Maroc · The business’s own photo · Source

  • KSE instructors in wetsuits and bibs, boards under their arms, outside the school’s entrance with its large KSE letters

    Instructors outside the KSE base

    Kite and Surf Essaouira · The business’s own photo · Source

  • Pink and cream facade of Le Médina Essaouira Thalassa Sea & Spa, its sign above the arched entrance and a row of flags

    Le Médina Thalassa, Essaouira

    Patrick Nouhailler · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • The tiled courtyard of La Maison des Vagues: a white staircase, Terrasse and Restaurant signs, a banner with the house’s name under the stairs, terracotta lanterns in front

    The courtyard at La Maison des Vagues, Sidi Kaouki

    La Maison des Vagues · The business’s own photo · Source

  • A paved lane in Essaouira’s medina running under a stone arch, whitewashed walls, blue shutters and doors

    A lane in the medina

    Mounir Neddi · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · Source

  • The gutted walls of a ruined house in Essaouira’s Mellah, bare stone and peeling plaster under a blue sky, in 2014

    The Mellah in 2014

    Andrew Nash from Vienna, Austria · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

  • A yoga room with lit stone walls and a beam-and-reed ceiling, striped cushions and bolsters set in a circle on matting, a carved wooden altar at the back

    The practice room at Moga Yoga Studio in the Essaouira medina

    Moga Yoga Studio · The business’s own photo · Source

  • The garden of Villa Sunset: lawn, palms, a long pool lined with loungers and straw parasols, the suite’s pavilion behind

    The pool at Villa Sunset

    Mogasurf · The business’s own photo · Source

  • The minaret and dome of Moulay Bouzerktoune on their rocky headland in the orange light of a low sun, the beach in the foreground

    Moulay Bouzerktoune

    Arabi629 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Windsurfer in the waves at Moulay Bouzerktoune

    Moulay Bouzerktoune

    Arabi629 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • White façade of the Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah museum, arched windows and Moroccan flags on a medina street in the morning

    Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah Museum

    Patrick Nouhailler · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • The entrance to the Ocean Vagabond base: a wooden arch with a blue sign, a large driftwood sculpture, the terrace and the ocean beyond

    The entrance to Ocean Vagabond on the beach

    Ocean Vagabond · The business’s own photo · Source

  • An Ocean Vibes class in blue wetsuits runs towards the waves, blue foam boards and a dog lying on the sand, a kite in the sky

    An Ocean Vibes Morocco lesson

    Ocean Vibes Morocco · The business’s own photo · Source

  • Rolling fields around Ounagha, scattered trees and white clouds in a blue sky

    Countryside at Ounagha

    Yassinoxinox · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Place Moulay Hassan at nightfall, lit café terraces, people walking and a white minaret behind

    Place Moulay Hassan in the evening

    Viault · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • The Le Médina hotel seen from the beach: a pink and cream façade with its sign and a pyramid-roofed pavilion, a stone wall at the top of the sand, a white building and palm trees on the left

    The Le Médina Thalassa hotel seen from Essaouira beach in 2014

    Patrick Nouhailler · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • Three quads stopped in the dunes, riders in helmets, the sea a thin line on the horizon

    A quad ride in the dunes

    Sabiza Quad · The business’s own photo · Source

  • The white terraces of Riad Baladin, balustrades and a reed pergola, the house’s name painted on two walls, framed by palm fronds

    The terraces at Riad Baladin

    Jonathan Müller · Riad Baladin · The business’s own photo · Source

  • The ground-floor lounge at L’Oasis seen through stone arches, the patio and its tables beyond, a zellige star set in the floor

    The lounge and patio at L’Oasis d’Essaouira

    L’Oasis d’Essaouira · The business’s own photo · Source

  • The roof terrace at Riad Lyon Mogador: white benches with cushions, wicker pendant lamps, potted plants, the medina rooftops and the ocean behind

    The roof terrace at Riad Lyon Mogador

    Riad Lyon Mogador · The business’s own photo · Source

  • A white goat perched in an argan tree beside dry golden grassland under a clear blue sky

    Marrakech road, argan country

    giggel · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · Source

  • The hammam at Ryad Watier: a vaulted ochre room, a zellige basin under a horseshoe arch, two marble benches

    The hammam at Ryad Watier

    Ryad Watier · The business’s own photo · Source

  • The patio at Ryad Watier: white walls, a red alcove, carved pale-blue wooden galleries above, plants, a jar and wooden armchairs

    The patio at Ryad Watier

    Ryad Watier · The business’s own photo · Source

  • A partly ruined whitewashed building on the rocks at Sidi Kaouki, people in the waves and on the sand

    Sidi Kaouki beach

    Goldfinchshuffle · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • The wild beach of Sidi Kaouki south of Essaouira

    Sidi Kaouki

    Goldfinchshuffle · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • The square tower and arched bridge of the Skala du Port, cannons on the parapet, blue boats moored below

    Skala du Port

    Dlinemedia · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • A vertical sign in Méditel and Maroc Telecom colours, marked “Revendeur” and “Recharge express”, above a row of shops with closed blue doors

    A Méditel and Maroc Telecom top-up reseller’s sign at Souk Jdid, in the medina, in 2014

    Patrick Nouhailler · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • A Surf Twins lesson on Essaouira beach: a dozen students in black and yellow wetsuits in a warm-up circle, yellow boards on the sand, Mogador island in the distance

    A Surf Twins lesson on Essaouira beach, facing Mogador island

    Surf Twins · The business’s own photo · Source

  • Three surfers in wetsuits seen from behind, boards under their arms, at a low stone wall facing the waves, a sign in Arabic at the edge of the beach

    Three surfers facing the ocean at Sidi Kaouki

    Surf Twins · The business’s own photo · Source

  • A blue-painted tebah and a wooden bench in the Haim Pinto synagogue, a blue-and-white tiled floor and a framed menorah on the wall

    Haim Pinto synagogue

    Nassima Chahboun · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Inside the Slat Lkahal synagogue: a carved wooden ark, an embroidered blue curtain, a wooden tebah, stone columns and a cement-tile floor

    Slat Lkahal synagogue

    Elfathiamine · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • A beginners’ lesson on Imsouane beach at low tide: students sitting on foam boards in the wet sand, instructors standing, the bay’s ochre cliffs behind

    A beginners’ lesson on Imsouane beach

    Charly Merceron · Tafoukt Surf School · The business’s own photo · Source

  • A candlelit dining room: laid wooden tables, leather chairs, brass candlesticks, a lit fireplace at the back and a floor of cube-pattern tiles

    The dining room at Tangaro, Diabat, in 2010

    Wikitan2012 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • Roof terrace of Villa Maroc, mosaic tables and green chairs below a white tower painted with the hotel’s name

    Villa Maroc roof terrace

    Patrick Nouhailler · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • A row of cars parked at the foot of a crenellated wall, shaded by a tall conifer, with white houses above the wall and an arched gateway on the right

    Cars parked at the foot of Essaouira’s ramparts in 2014

    Patrick Nouhailler · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  • A wingfoiler in a blue lycra under an orange and turquoise wing, the board lifted clear of the water on its foil, Mogador island and its fortifications behind

    Wingfoiling in the bay, off Mogador island

    Kite and Surf Essaouira · The business’s own photo · Source