Asilah is one of the most beautiful and well-preserved old cities in Morocco. When you visit Morocco you have a host of choices to make about where to visit and what to do. If you’re looking for a low key, under the radar destination, consider visiting Asilah- Morocco. The fortified village of Asilah is a great base for family travelers. Not only is this seaside town ideally positioned (situated on the coast of Atlantic Ocean), Asilah boasts great beaches and offers a soft intro to Morocco. The extensive white and gold sand beaches to the north and south are accessible and safe for swimming. Paradise beach and Main beach both offers a pleasant walk along the coast or, alternatively, you could hop on of the horse-drawn carriages that ply this route in summer.

Asilah resembles many a place in Greece, with whitewashed houses, broken by some blue wall painting or door. Asilah is much of a hangout for artists, and walking around the place you will spot many traces of their activity like paintings on house walls. In order to draw tourists, Asilah stages a number of cultural festivals, the most prominent of which is the International Cultural Festival, which is held in August. The festival brings musicians and other performers from across the world to little Asilah. A number of house walls are turned into unique paintings, which only survives until the next festival.

Popular attractions for tourists include the Ramparts, built by Portuguese in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, from the top of which you can see the Atlantic ocean; Bab El Homer; the Bab El Kasaba; the El Jamra tower; the Palais de Raisouli; the Grand Mosque; the Town Museum and the Town Church. Asilah has a nice variety of hotels from high end to cheap but clean, to multiple camp sites especially for those backpackers and travelers who came to Morocco for that sort of adventure. It should come as no surprise that most of the restaurants in Asilah claim the best sea food and if you are a sea food fan, this definitely is a place worth stopping to check out the local menu.

Fried vegetables are a true delicacy of this part of the world. Moroccan specialist knows exactly how to create a perfect merger of the sweet, the juicy and the burnt. Asilah is considered as one of the most attractive town in Morocco and therefore is very popular with Moroccan vacationers. The gateway to Morocco is the city of Casablanca, with all its historic importance. Casablanca is served by the national airline Royal Air Morocco that offers flights from London to Casablanca every day. Cheap flights to Morocco are also provided by other airline during sale and promotional seasons.