NEW FLIGHTS TO ESSAOUIRA

 

 


Last months we have been hearing rumors and this time the good news is an additional airline between Paris-Orly and Essaouira. 

Transavia flies Essaouira as from this Spring

Since the complete renovation of the airport terminal Mogador in 2010, many of us were waiting for additional flights to Essaouira.

This time things happen with the airline Transavia.



Transavia Airlines is an independent division of Air France and KLM airline "low cost"  
They serve more than 60 destinations and 19 destinations regular charter in Europe.
In talking with ONMT (Moroccan National Tourist Office) for several months the Franco-Dutch operator says Essaouira is on its list of destinations.

A press release and a wide media campaign line will be launched later to boost sales.
Tour Operators have already started selling to groups and 
individualscan start booking as from 11 December 2012 on the site www.transavia.com.
  
Flight from Paris Orly - Essaouira are scheduled on Mondays and Fridays and that as of 01st March 2013.
The company Transavia does not hide his desire to expand routes to Morocco with new lines. The air operator is already serving the airport of Marrakech, Fez, Oujda, Agadir, Ouarzazate or, and welcomes this development to Morocco, and to Essaouira.

Hopefully Transavia is not the only company to serve Essaouira, after the last echoes, a link London - Essaouira is under negotiation ... to be continued!

article published by vivre essaouira 

MOROCCO: 3rd STEP IN OPENING UP THE COUNTRYSIDE!

infrastructure
Another 45 000 km to open up the countryside!
This figure was announced by Aziz Rebbah, Minister of Equipment, which is based on a diagnosis sponsored by his department to prepare the third version of the national rural roads program (NRRP).

 
This according to an article published in La Vie éco on november 15        www.lavieeco.com

Including 45,000 kilometers of roads and 208 bridges! This is the need today to open up rural areas in Morocco.  

The figure was announced by the Minister of Equipment and Transport Aziz Rebbah which is based on an assessment commissioned by his department to prepare the third version of the national program of rural roads (NRRP). The previous two that spread successively from 1995 to 2005 and from 2005 to 2012, aimed to achieve respectively 12 000 and 15 000 km of roads. For PNRR 3, the budget needed to achieve the 45 000 km is estimated at 50 billion dirhams.

Morocco is in a furhter growing need to open up. Both for its expanding economy and growing tourism. There are still big parts barely accessible by road. 

When we realise that Marrakech is the most south orientated city that is accessible by train and plane, one can immagine what it takes from there to reach the more southern parts of the country! Parts, that in its growing Solar power investments might becoming to play a important role for the future.

BEHIND MOROCCON DOORS

Wandering the narrow streets of the Medina, you pass treasures without knowing it. Sometimes , when you are blessed, you might catch a glimp of what lies behind....

Let me take you to this Renovation to show you the secret of a century old house in the Medina of Essaouira.
And believe me, if you want something like this? I know just the palace, in a structural perfect condition, that is resting , as a sleeping beauty, waiting to be awakened by her prince and shine again, Insha'Allah...

ESSAOUIRA HOTSPOT FOR ELITE GLOBETROTTERS

I would like to share this article from late december Italian Vogue with you.
For anyone who is still doubting the potential essaouira has to offer, Italy and Italians are known to see and recognice style and trends!

If until recently Marrakech was the “it” place, today Essaouira attracts more of Europe’s elite globetrotters visiting Morocco. The cosmopolitan air of the “white city” protected by UNESCO that is just 120 kilometers from the “red” Marrakech (easyJet, Europe’s Best Low Cost Airline, flies from Milan Malpensa Airport to Marrakech daily) and enjoys a mild climate even in summer, thanks to the constant sea breeze called the taros, is the favorite spot of high society travelers. 
(read more)
"it" place Essaouira

DE NIEUWE STRANDPROMENADE ...

Een massale interventie van buldozers, arbeiders, breekwerken en zandstormen...
Nadat de nieuwe wijken en de Medina er moesten aan geloven, werden de ambitieuse plannen voor de strandpromenade onthuld.
Als de verwachtingen zullen worden ingelost dan mag Essaouira blinken van trots met dit concept van groene wandelboulevard en fietszone, omzoomd met publieke sportterreinen en zitgelegenheden afgewisseld met restaurants.
Vanaf de haven en de Medina helemaal tot aan het uiterste punt waar de surf en watersportscholen zich bevinden.
Maar al deze werken laten op dit moment een ontredderd Essaouira zien.
Opengebroken straten waar men rioleringswerken uitvoert, zowel in de nieuwe wijken als in de Medina.
Onbereikbare en onbegaanbare delen langs het strand.

Wonen in Essaouira is op dit moment geduld hebben...
Maar ons geduld zal weldra beloond worden want het eerste deel van de werken zou nog voor het einde van 2012 klaar moeten zijn....
Het betreft de zone tussen watersportzone en restaurant Le Fanatic, waar tegenover de  speelzone voor de kleinsten zich situeert. De tweede fase gaat van start in januari 2013. Het betreft het stuk helemaal tot aan de haven van Essaouira, dit zou moeten klaar zijn tegen de zomer van 2013....

Visuels Programme de réaménagement de la corniche d'Essaouira

We keep you posted!