Tag Archive: Chez Sam

Mar
03

Essaouira: Sparkling Diamonds and Dazzling Seafood

Is there anything that says ‘relaxing holiday’ more than sipping a crisp white wine in the sunshine while inhaling a salty sea breeze and leisurely tucking into a seafood feast? We don’t think so. Which is why, upon arriving in Essaouira, we always make a beeline for Le Chalet de la Plage. Enormous fresh oysters, …

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Feb
27

Weekend Escape to Whitewashed Essaouira

With its whitewashed buildings with blue shutters, colossal seagulls, and cobalt blue skies more often than not, the walled town of Essaouira, also known as Mogador, is an easy weekend escape from Marrakech. A few hours drive away, on the Atlantic coast, a stay in Essaouira is all about the beach and sea: wandering down …

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