Essaouira, Morocco

Essaouira was totally different from the parts of Morocco previously visited..... particularly in terms of daytime temperature! It was 35 degrees C plus in the rest of the country.... and it dropped to a comfortable 25 degrees C here! It was also overcast...we didn't care! It was pleasant!
Our first morning in the Madada Mogador was great...
We loved our rooms......
and breakfast served on a roof terrace overlooking the Atlantic was great......

The view was superb, even if foggy.......and so also was the breakfast.....

We set out to explore the Medina......

no hassling, pleasant! It was also easy to find our way around... it was not like the 14th century Fez medina....we only briefly needed to consult our map.....

Then down to the port......to see their famous blue boats.......

Definitely a working port!

We decided to avoid the tourist fish stands........we had been told that #14 was the best..... however here we were definitely hassled....

We opted for  a light lunch overlooking the beach..... the Chalet de la Plage.....

...with a view of a fairly empty beach...

Having enjoyed our Hammam and massage experience in Fez... we decided to try it once again! We went to a place close to where we were staying and recommended by them ... SpaCocooning ........ and it was great and totally different. Instead of standing and having buckets of water thrown over us we were able to lie down..... and still have water thrown over us!
However the massage was great!

Had the Madada's restaurant been open we would have definitely returned! We were there on a Tuesday night which seems to be when all the better restaurant's have their day off!  Sadly as it was not open we went to Chez Sams....

  ......... the starter was very tasty...

....the fish was definitely fresh .....

but it was not at all the same type of meal or ambience..... and the difference in price was not that great!!!
We could have had fish tajine...but declined!