Cooking breaks in Morocco 2012

Cooking and Fun under the Moroccan Sun

Cooking breaks in Essaouira 11-18th February 2012   20 - 27th October 2012.

• Accommodation in stunning traditional house, 5 minutes from sea
• Learn to cook a Moroccan meal - 4 cooking classes during the week
• Breakfasts and 4 dinners included
• Camel ride
• Airport transfers from Marrakesh (flights not included)
• 800€ for a double room with en-suite and second person sharing same room pays only 500€
• 700€ for shared bathroom option

Optional excursions also available.

Accomodation

With its strategic location on Rue du Rif, one of the most important streets in the original Medina running along the original city walls, Clara Toby Riad is still used as a family residence.  

From the arcaded ground floor which was originally used to store wine, to the Portuguese colonial living area on the two middle floors to the simple but spacious rooftop terrace with its panoramic views of the ocean it’s a house that embodies Essaouira’s history.

• Accommodation is in a beautiful riad on 3 floors situated in the medina with ocean views, a five minute walk from the sea. The house has all the modern comforts and is decorated in typically Moroccan style.
• There are plenty of shops and restaurants nearby, yet the location is quiet and tranquil.
• There are 3 double rooms with private bathroom, 2 triples with a shared bathroom and a single room.
• There is a well equipped kitchen, large living area and roof terrace with a sea view.

Essaouira

The word Essaouira means "image". Essaouira is a perfect photograph. Essaouira is how you imagine Morocco, with its whitewashed medina and blue doors, its sandy beaches and camels, its souks full of spices.
The heart of Essaouira is the lively medina with its colourful shops.

Jewish traders that once formed the majority of the population and it was they who transformed Essaouira into what became Morocco's most prosperous city in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Today, the creative nature of Essaouira is unveiled in the ateliers of its artisan workers located in recesses under the Skala fortress where Orson Wells filmed most of Othello in 1949. 

Essaouira stands on a vast bay sweeping south with miles of superb sandy beach and wooded hills dominating the skyline to the east. The medina with its honeycomb of souks lends a potent mystique to the town.

Probably the best known coastal tourist town of Morocco, Essaouira is nevertheless called the windy city and is more of a town on the coast than a beach resort. The fortified harbour is a hive of activity with fishing nets laid out on the quayside, boats unloading their catches, fish auctions and stalls serving seafood sizzling on grills.

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