Essaouira Gravel Cycling
Essaouira is Morocco’s gravel coast — cliff-top pistes, argan-forest tracks and fishing-village routes under a wind-scoured Atlantic sky. It’s a completely different Morocco from the mountains, and a brilliant place to ride in winter when the High Atlas is closed by snow. Ride a day, a weekend, or start a coast-to-mountains expedition here.
The coastal pistes
South of Essaouira, cliff-top gravel runs to Sidi Kaouki and on through argan forest — fast, scenic and almost traffic-free. Ocean light and Atlantic wind all the way.
A coastal weekend
The Essaouira Area Overnight gives you two coastal days and a night in a riad in the walled town.
Coast to mountains
The Essaouira to Atlas Foothills and Essaouira–Atlas–Ouarzazate expeditions start on the Atlantic and climb all the way over the Atlas.