Top Essaouira Dining Experiences

Essaouira is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its dazzling medina, but exploring independently means missing out on valuable information. Discover the city in real depth on this 3-in-1 tour that covers the historic fortifications, the city’s food traditions, and its modern nightlife with a tour guide. Savor fresh seafood, eat pastries from the city’s oldest bakery, explore traditional herbal medicine, and more.

Escape the hustle and bustle of Marrakesh on an action-packed day trip! Embark on an exciting camel ride through the Agafai Desert, enjoy stunning views and experience the warmth of Berber hospitality. After receiving your pick-up in front of the Tazi Hotel, head to the base camp to receive a tour briefing with your crew. Embark on a scenic ride on the back of a camel. Trade the camel for a quad bike and ride to a picturesque lookout point to witness the stunning Agafai Desert bathed in the golden shade of the sunset. Enjoy a delicious traditional meal under a cozy Berber tent, while admiring the starry Moroccan night sky. This unforgettable adventure is the perfect way to experience the magic of Morocco in one day!

Dine inside a real Moroccan family home Enjoy a 4-course homemade dinner prepared from family recipes Hosted by an experienced cook with professional background Choose your preferred main dish during booking Relaxed small-group cultural experience

What makes our activity truly special is the real Moroccan hospitality we offer to our guests. Beyond cooking and the tea Ceremony, we share with them everything they should know about Morocco and Essaouira, helping them discover the best places to buy spices, gifts, and argan oil at fair local prices. We also provide recommendations for authentic Moroccan dishes that most tourists never get to try, and suggest unique activities to enrich their stay. Sometimes, we even meet before the cooking class to go shopping together, or the following morning for a walking tour of the city, exploring the markets side by side and experiencing Essaouira like a local. We are here as your local friends and guides in Essaouira

Avoid the tourist traps and learn to cook an authentic Moroccan meal with a local chef during this group cooking class. Meet your host in the heart of Essaouira and learn the basics of preparing a traditional tagine meal. Enjoy the famous Moroccan hospitality, get tips on where to see, eat, and avoid for the rest of your trip, and end with a delicious lunch or dinner.

Moroccan cuisine is known for its delicious tagines, fragrant cous cous, and unique spice blends. This cooking workshop offers a hands-on culinary experience, as you shop for ingredients at the spice souks, learn to make traditional Moroccan dishes, then sit down to enjoy a 2-course homemade lunch, followed by Moroccan mint tea and pastries.

Traditional Moroccan cuisine is rightly considered one of the tastiest and finest in North Africa. We will meet in the old medina, place de l'Horloge, and will immediately go shopping in the markets of Essaouira. We will explore all the markets and buy the fresh ingredients from the locals to buy food. Later we will go home, I will receive you with Moroccan mint tea. After that we are getting ready to cook together, I will show you how to cook our couscous step by step and I will share with you all the recipes I learned from my grandmother. Finally, we appreciate our work, we will savor our preparations with a great Berber mint tea! I'll show you the secret of good! Welcome to Essaouira with another kind of experience different from regular cooking classes.

Do you want to experience Essaouira a different way or are you looking for a fun way to spend your afternoon? Our food tour provides high-quality English-speaking guides for our guests so that you feel like you're having an afternoon out with a local friend, and not being paraded through the city. We keep our groups small so that everyone can interact and have a chance to enjoy the experience. Our tours are adaptable to those guests who have different dietary needs, so long as this is communicated in advance. However, the bulk of this tour includes fish and seafood. You're not only left with a full stomach but treated to stories of the city and a peek into the culture of a city hiding right under the surface.

This circuit can be customized according to the desire of the participants (at least 2), you can enjoy your experience as a nomad in a natural semi-desert in some places and desert in others.

The cooking class is offered in the beautiful Haha-region 35 km south of Essaouira. This is the land of the Berbers, Morocco’s indigenous population. The Berbers of the Haha hills cultivate crops and keep animals, mainly goats and sheep. We visit a local souk featuring freshly harvested fruit and vegetables, in addition to meat, eggs, honey – in short, all the staples for daily living, including the essential ingredients for our Berber cooking class. The class takes place at an ecological farm, centred around an authentic Berber kitchen stocked with traditional items for food preparation. Khadija and Khadija, two lovely local women, show you how they roast barley grains on the fire, and then grind them in a stone mill to produce the flour and semolina used as the basis for traditional flat bread and couscous. We bake flat bread in a clay oven and steam couscous in a traditional clay pot. We learn to make a traditional tagine of vegetables and goat meat with Moroccan spices and olive oil – oil derived from the olive trees growing on the farm. Depending on the weather, lunch is served outside if at all possible. Eating in beautiful, calm and natural surroundings is a special event. Following the meal, we enjoy tea infused with fresh herbs from the garden. As we will be driving through the Argan zone, you have the option to visit an Argan oil cooperative and learn about the production of this beautiful oil - in all the world, a product unique to this area. They will offer us a taste of the lovely things they make with it, too. Very likely you will see the famous goats in the trees on this tour to the south of Essaouira.

Explore the heart of Moroccan cuisine with a hands-on cooking class in Agadir. This 4-hour experience begins with a visit to the vibrant local market in Bensrgaw, where fresh ingredients await your selection. After immersing yourself in the local culture, head to a traditional Moroccan house to learn the art of preparing a classic Tagine, complemented by a session on crafting authentic Moroccan mint tea. Enjoy the fruits of your labor with a delicious homemade meal, all while soaking in the friendly, small-group atmosphere.

Experience a half-day Agadir camel ride tour and embark on a journey of a lifetime. Immerse yourself in the beauty of Tamraght beach as you ride alongside the Atlantic mountains. Picture-perfect moments await you as the Moroccan sun illuminates the golden sands. This adventure is perfect for the whole family. Hotel collection and return are included. Escape the crowds and indulge in a desert-style experience with camel riding and horse riding.