Essaouira from a viewpoint south and east of the city. You can see the harbor and the castle.
A slightly different perspective from the viewpoint outside of Essaouira.
Part of the defensive wall
From inside the walls in one of the great squares
Fishing is important and the harbor is full of workng boats. You can see some net repair and lots of sea birds
This boat is much larger than most of the small fishing craft.
These are some of the smaller fishing boats.
Fishing nets and floats
These are the middle-sized fishing boats
You can see the defensive sea wall through this gate
Shells and coral for sale
Note the Star of Davis in this decoration above a door in the old part of the city.
Mogodor island. You can wakl to it when the tide is out.
There were a lot of sea gulls
Being this close to the sea is tough on the buildings
Here is where we stayed. From the garden on the top it was easy to see most of the old town and the sea.
As with the other places we visited, there was a lot of color in the shops.
Patricia could barely watch as these men manhandled this cart from the back of a truck into a museum.
Nighttime in the medina. We found a good restaurant right around here.