Essaouira Moroccan Textile Weaving Workshop

2 hoursEnglish, Spanish, French, Italian +16Essaouira, Morocco

Free cancellation

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$106

Your Experience

Join a 2-hour standard group workshop in Essaouira to learn traditional Moroccan weaving and create your own textile to take home.

Getting started

Arrive at the workshop space in Essaouira and check in for your Standard Group Workshop. You meet your expert guide, who introduces the weaver of the cooperative and outlines the plan for the session. Once everyone is settled, wool and loom materials are set up so you can begin your hands-on weaving of Moroccan textiles.

What to expect

Traditional weaving workshop for Moroccan textiles

This 2-hour hands-on workshop in Essaouira is focused on traditional Moroccan weaving methods and everyday textiles. You spend the session working directly at the loom, guided step by step by the cooperative weaver and your professional guide.

Features

• Learn traditional Moroccan weaving methods as the weaver of the cooperative demonstrates techniques on the loom, then try each step yourself on your own setup.

• Explore textiles such as garments, covers, and bed linens as examples of how Moroccan textiles are used in daily life, then translate these patterns and textures into your own woven piece.

• All wool and loom materials are provided so you can concentrate fully on the creative process, with the Standard Group Workshop format giving you time to observe others and ask questions.

• A woven piece to take home is the result of your work on the loom, so you leave with a physical reminder of the techniques and patterns you practiced during the session.

• Traditional Moroccan tea and water are served during the workshop, giving you a short pause to look over your progress and talk with the expert guide about what you have learned.

• A photo souvenir is included, capturing you at the loom with your woven piece, and all instruction is led by a professional guide so you can follow the process with confidence.

Wrapping up

At the end of the workshop, you finish your woven piece to take home and receive your photo souvenir, then you are free to leave the complex on your own, as transport to and from the complex is not included.

Immerse yourself in Essaouira's living textile culture as you learn from a local artisan and design a unique Moroccan woven piece to keep.
Arrive at the weaving cooperative for a standard group workshop, where an expert guide sets you up with materials and offers Moroccan tea or water.
Over two hours, you explore weaving techniques for garments, covers, and bed linens, gaining insight into how everyday Moroccan textiles are created.
Finish your workshop with a photo souvenir of you creating your textile, a simple memento of your time learning Moroccan weaving in Essaouira.

Included

Hands-on weaving of Moroccan textiles
Expert guide
Weaver of the cooperative and all wool and loom materials
Traditional Moroccan tea and water
Woven piece to take home
Photo souvenir

Not included

Transport to and from the complex

Meeting and pickup

Pickup detailsRead more

• Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.

• Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point.

• Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.

Good to know

Workshop format: You join a standard group workshop led by a cooperative weaver in Essaouira.
Duration: The weaving workshop lasts around 2 hours.
Inclusions: All wool, loom materials, guidance, water or tea, and a photo souvenir are provided during the session.
Take-home item: You keep the Moroccan textile piece that you weave in the workshop.
Transport: Transport to and from the complex is not included in this experience.

Free cancellation up to 1 day before start