31 Oct 2022
Having given Our last trip to paradise valley a 5 star review , we felt very let down with this one unfortunately.
Our guide Ali was lovely and Freindly and very informative on the bus during the Our trip .
However when we arrived in Essaouira at 12.15pm which was 1hr 15 mins late according to the schedule we were brought in a side street through the Medina wall and guided through a few streets with little information about the Medina which we we're really looking forward to.
Then we visited a wood craft shop where we got an interesting demonstration and invited to shop, the only enjoyable bit of the guided tour in Essaouira.
We we're then escorted to a restaurant for lunch , we we're hoping to explore other eateries as the guide describes online , the food was crap and most of the tour participants did not eat their meal.
Then finally we got our free time to discover the souks and other places. We discovered the ramparts and souks ourselves and the beautiful harbour and Bay.
We felt we had very little time in Essaouira to discover. The proportion of travel versus your own Time in Essaouira was poor.
I would reccomend bringing the tour to the bayside of the the Madina where the spectacular entrance is wonderful and the ramparts and Castle is so beautiful and the main attraction in Essaouira I'm sure . This was all missed by our guide.
We will try it one more time when we return again based on our first experience with Admire Morocco to paradise valley.