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2010
Agadir - Essaouira
Agadir is an important fishing and commercial port. It is also a seaside resort with a long sandy beach. Because of its large buildings, wide roads, modern hotels, and European-style cafés, Agadir is not a typical city of traditional Morocco, but it is a modern, busy and dynamic town.
From Agadir you drive through the lush green argana forests towards Essaouira, a friendly coastal town on the Atlantic Ocean. Argan oil, used in cosmetics and cooking, is therefore ubiquitous in the region. Little factories are managed by women.
Essaouira is the most picturesque and relaxed coastal town along Morocco’s Atlantic coast. The town lies on a rocky base surrounded by low shrubs and woods, projecting into the ocean. An isolated spot battered by high foamy waves the whole year round, it’s often called ‘the windy city’ and famous for kite and windsurfing.
The old citadel of Essaouira is entirely surrounded by city walls, the tall houses towering above them– whitewashed and often with their doors painted a fresh blue. The medina is quite orderly, with the alleys laid out in a rectangular pattern. Essaouira also boasts a wide and long beach south of the citadel.
The Medina of Essaouira (formerly "Mogador") is a UNESCO World Heritage city, as an example of a late 18th century fortified town.
