Tag: Essaouira

Essaouira connected directly to Paris, Lyon, Nantes as of next Spring

January 12, 2025

Three direct flights to Essaouira from Paris, Lyon, and Nantes will be launched as of April, with two to three weekly flights for each destination. ... Read More

Morocco to invest $230 million in new Mogador resort

December 20, 2024

Morocco is planning to build a new Mogador resort, near Essaouira, for a total investment on $230 million. The new resort will be funded by ... Read More

Azoulay highligts Morocco’s exceptional position among Nations before WINEP delegation

November 3, 2024

Moroccan King’s Advisor and Founding President of Essaouira-Mogador Association, André Azoulay, highlighted earlier this week in Essaouira, the specificity and coherence of Morocco's strategy in ... Read More

Warm homecoming for Canadians of Moroccan descent

January 3, 2023

Warm homecoming for a group of Jewish students from Montreal! A visit to Bayt Dakira (House of Memory), a Jewish Museum located in the heart ... Read More

South African newspaper highlights example of Essaouira as a city of tolerance, coexistence between Muslims and Jews

October 23, 2021

South African newspaper "Daily Maverick" highlighted the many assets of the Moroccan city of Essaouira, which has become over time an example of tolerance and ... Read More

Morocco to build 270 MW wind farm near Essaouira

January 2, 2021

Morocco has given a go-ahead to a 270 MW wind farm in Jbel lahdid near Essaouira for a total cost of 2.8 billion dirhams ($314 ... Read More

Essaouira Consecrated as City of Arts & Culture

January 18, 2020

The Atlantic city of Essaouira was consecrated Friday as the city of Arts, Culture and Handicraft as King Mohammed VI launched there the establishment of ... Read More

Essaouira, a Symbol of Morocco’s Diversity, Cultural Plurality & Richness – UNESCO DG

January 16, 2020

The Atlantic city of Essaouira is a standing symbol of Morocco’s diversity and of the plurality of its cultures that make up its richness, said ... Read More

King Mohammed VI Honors Essaouira, Haven of Muslim-Jewish Coexistence

January 16, 2020

King Mohammed VI on Wednesday visited Essaouira where he oversaw a facelift of the city’s historical center called Medina and celebrated its centuries-old history of ... Read More

Religious Coexistence, Morocco sets Example for Middle East- The Economist says

November 3, 2017

"Little idyll of Jewish-Muslim coexistence," thus the London-based magazine, The Economist, described Morocco in an article that highlights the longstanding tradition of religious tolerance in ... Read More