Essaouira Day Trip from Marrakech: Explore the Ancient Trading Harbor of North Africa
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17 Ratings
Chichaoua
Embark on a day trip from Marrakech to Essaouira, an ancient trading harbor in North Africa. Explore the historic city, enjoy local cuisine, and experience the beauty of the Atlantic coast.
Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Chichaoua - You stop by a restaurant, for coffe or toilet break.
What's Included
  • Round-trip shared transfer
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

This seaside town, perched on the fringes of the Atlantic Ocean, has been home to people since the prehistoric era and was recognized as a crucial trading port of North Africa.

The excursion commences with a pick-up from your lodging, followed by a few stopovers en route.

Upon arrival at Essaouira, your driver will leave you to explore. During your day-long trip from Marrakech to Essaouira, you have the option to spend your time visiting several suggested sites, as outlined in the activity details.

For lunch, you can opt for local restaurants offering meals ranging from 8 to 10€, suiting your budget.

Later, rendezvous with our driver at the designated pick-up point, and set off on your return journey to Marrakech in the early evening.

Location
Chichaoua
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(17 Ratings)
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295cla
Mar 12, 2020
Easy and comfortable - My sister and I had a lovely trip to Essaouira. It was quite easy and the money was perfectly spended. You just needed to be infront of you hotel/ hostel at the correct time. We had enough time in Essaouira to see the city and enjoy the beach. We would totally book with Houssine again. He is accomodation and the chats with him are quite interesting.
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Miryamhub
Mar 4, 2020
Amazing city and friendly guide - This trip was really good. Essaouira is a fantastic city, it has history, beauty, architecture,a great souk, and fresh seafood. We arrived in Essaouira at 12 pm and our tour guide waited for us there. it took around 1h and recommend to take the guide ! Many interesting information about this lovely city. We had almost 3 hours free time to spend in Essaouira which was good enough for a small city.
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289brianj
Mar 4, 2020
Lovely excursion - We booked the trip online prior to the trip and received confirmation. Pick up from the hotel was on time and sat back in the minibus for the journey to Essaouira. We stopped for refreshments en route, The next stop was a sight to behold as we saw 🐐 goats climb up the trees to eat the Argan nuts 🤪, seeing is believing!! We then visited a Cooperative that makes perfume, soap, and other smellies from the nuts 🤪. We then went to the seaport of Essaouira which is a working fishing port met our guide who explains the history of the town and showed us around the city, following that we had about Three hours exploring the city ourselves and had a lovely fish 🐠 meal cooked to order after you picked the fish from the stall. Following all this you caught the minibus 🚐 back to Marrakesh. A fantastic day out and one we will return to on next visit to Marrakesh. Highly Recommended.
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Stephanv143
Feb 19, 2020
Tour to the ocean - We always like the ocean. Especially to escape from dirty Médina from Marrakech. Essaouira was less annoying. Should have stayed here for a week to go kitesurfing. Ate very good and cheap. Was better than all the high rated restaurants in Marrakech. The goats in the trees are put there, not worth to make a stop. Thanks for the good trip to Essaouira.
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861petrap
Feb 18, 2020
Day trip to Essauira - We went on a day trip to visit the city of Essauira and everything went just smoothly. Our driver Omar was kind, funny and reliable. He came to pick us up from our riad and on our way to Essauira we made three stops,among them one stop to visit argan cooperative and one to see goats eating from argan tree. I highly recommend this trip.
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989ksenijab
Feb 6, 2020
Marocco - Was great trip. Everything was same as written in the description. Guys were very pleasant. Good value for money
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167doylea
Jun 20, 2020
Sea Breezes - Good value for money. We had plenty of time to explore in Essaouira. We wandered through the soul, had freshly caught fish for lunch and caught some rays on the beach before our return.
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Michael_h
Feb 20, 2020
A worthwhile visit - Immunisation beforehand via WhatsApp was very good. We were collected in small van and taken to centre to transfer into minibus-note here there were one too many people so for 5 minutes 4 people had to sit over three seats. Got on the road at 9.05am stopped three times-one for convenience, one to look at goats in a tree, one at an argan oil factory. None of our group got out at the latter two stops so swiftly carried on to Essaouira. Arrived at 1205 and had till 1630 which was great. Left promptly and only made one convenience stop on the way home. Note that these convenience stops cost a small fortune. We paid 800 dirhams for 2 large bottles of water and a packet of biscuits, and there was no negotiations to be had... Arrived home around 1930 traffic in centre was bad. Two negatives to note- there was no hotel drop off despite the tour description saying so...therefore we had to either walk the 20 minutes back to our hotel at the end of a long day or pay for the taxi ride. The other was we booked specifically for an English speaking driver; he only spoke French and Arabic. Luckily my husband knows a little Arabic to communicate timings.
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4nabeelaa
Mar 2, 2020
No comment - Due to a misunderstanding regarding return times we never went. The operator was very accepting of this and offered to cancel for free.
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500melvinn
Mar 12, 2020
Customer service at lowest - Booked a week advance, had to chase to ensure they can pick us-day before got information booking isn’t a guided tour, food n drinks not included. First we drove off for 10mins with a couple that wasn’t booked for the tour (lack of communication and good checking), Goats place stop was 5mins(rush), oil place 10mins(no point), dropped to go around 4hrs independently (how can one just go around when they don’t know the area) No engagement from the driver at all which made us unsettled and anxious not relaxed at all. For us it wasn’t a pleasant experience at all! I suggest they go on a tour with a different company maybe they can learn a thing or two how they can improve.
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