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Essaouira a charming fishermen's port standing on a peninsula
was a port of call in the Antiquity and was renowned throughout
the Roman Empire for the manufacture of purple dye. In the 16th
century it became a Portuguese trading centre and was known as
Mogador. In the 18th century, Sultan Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah
had a new town built by a captive French engineer Theodore Cornut,
who attributed Essaouira many similarities with Saint Malo French
port. Essaouira has always been a very cosmopolitan town attracting
poets, musicians, painters, craftsmen … from Morocco and
from all over the world.
Its temperate windy micro climate makes it an ideal region for
surfers and a nice summer resort.
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