Luxury Vacations in Morocco's Atlantic Coast

Boldly squaring up to the Atlantic, Morocco’s wild, western frontier segues from sugary dunes in the north to sculpted, flame-red beaches in the south, creating a sun-burnished coastline cooled by trade winds.

If Rabat, the capital, exudes sophistication with its neat minarets and national monuments, then Casablanca – home to the largest mosque in Morocco and the third largest in the world – is its rambunctious sister, the legacy of French occupation still felt in its cosmopolitan bars. It’s in the soulful, smaller settlements elsewhere that the Atlantic shapes daily life, like wind-tousled Essaouira, encased in citadel walls and beloved by kite surfers. Centuries shaped by European pirates and Barbary corsairs taught these communities to fold outside influences into their fabric. Today, their offering is richly eclectic; join thundering fantasia horses, traditional Gnawa musicians, art-naïf painters and yoginis – all basking in the endless embrace of the ocean tides.