I had heard of hammams (traditional bathing houses) while we were in Turkey but didn’t get around to trying one. While we were in Essasouira, I decided to do something that scared me and took myself off for a hammam. Why was that scary? Well, I didn’t want to go to a tourist hammam or…
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Chilling in Essaouira
We spent four days in Essaouira, a little town on the coast of Morocco. After the busy crowds of Marrakech, Essaouira was a literal and figurative breath of fresh air. (The temperature was about 10 degrees cooler than we had been having in Marrakech!) It’s actually known for its windsurfing but we managed to get…