By the Atlantic, in Essaouira
Sea wind on the ramparts, white walls, and dinner where the boats come in.
Essaouira's ramparts and the Atlantic Photo: Kayaky, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
By the Atlantic, Essaouira
Essaouira is a walled port town on the Atlantic, with an eighteenth-century medina, white houses with blue shutters and a fishing harbour still at work. The sea wind keeps it cooler than Marrakech in summer, and the evenings belong to the ramparts and the light on the water. It suits a wedding at an easy pace, a vow renewal or a family celebration, with stays for your guests inside the walls. Any ceremony is symbolic, in your own words: the legal part is done at home.
What the evening could be
Afternoon
The blue boats come in to the harbour.
Gulls, nets, and the smell of the sea.
Blue fishing boats in Essaouira harbour Photo: Goldfinchshuffle, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
Sunset
The sun goes down over the Atlantic from the old sea walls.
Wind off the sea, and everyone you love along the wall.
Essaouira's ramparts and the Atlantic Photo: Kayaky, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
Evening
Dinner in a riad or on a terrace in the medina.
Tea and sweets, the sea one street away.
Dusk on the Atlantic, Essaouira Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
Who it suits
For the two of you, or for everyone you love. These are the occasions it suits best; tell us yours if it is not here.
- A wedding celebration
- A vow renewal
- An anniversary
- A honeymoon with one evening to remember
- A birthday or family celebration
What we arrange here
One planner, start to finish
One planner who holds the whole plan, and one written plan everyone works from.
A symbolic ceremony
Your words, a celebrant if you want one, music for the walk. Symbolic only: the legal part is done at home.
Dinner and the feast
A private chef or a Moroccan feast, tasted and chosen with you, set for two or for everyone.
Music
Gnawa, Andalusian strings, a band or a DJ, booked for the moment you choose.
Stays for you and your guests
Riads, kasbahs and camps held for your party, with your own room chosen first.
Days for your guests
Private excursions and guides for guests who come early or stay on, so the trip is theirs too.
Sunset from the Skala, Essaouira Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
Add it to a trip
Any private trip can carry one evening like this, planned by the same team as the rest of your days.
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From an idea to the evening
Tell us the idea
A few lines is enough: the occasion, roughly when, roughly how many, and what you picture.
A conversation with your planner
We talk it through, ask what matters most, and suggest settings that fit.
A written proposal
Settings, stays, the shape of the days and an itemised quote. Change anything.
Design and detail
Flowers, music, food and the order of the evening, decided with you step by step.
On the day
You arrive to the evening you agreed, already set. You only have to be there.
Picture it here? Start with the designer.
Choose the occasion, the season and what matters most; the setting is already filled in. A planner writes back with a written proposal and an itemised quote.
Essaouira's ramparts and the Atlantic Photo: Kayaky, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)