Best Essaouira Day Trip from Marrakech
Best Essaouira Day Trip from Marrakech
Book the best-selling Essaouira day trip from Marrakech and spend the day out exploring what this mysterious coastal city has to offer. Essaouira is less hectic compared to Marrakech, so you will fee a sudden difference in terms of the ambiance and the culture. Spend few hours meandering around the intricate alleyways of the fortified Medina while exploring its landmarks.
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Detailed Itinerary
Marrakech - Chichaoua - Essaouira
Your driver/guide will pick you up from your Riad/hotel in Marrakech at 08:00 am. The private Essaouira day trip from Marrakech offers a great opportunity to explore a city that is located on the coast of Morocco.
The drive from Marrakech to Essaouira takes around 3 hours and, en route, you may want to include a short break by a women Argan Cooperative where you can learn about how the process of extracting the Argan oil from the seeds using traditional techniques.
Once we arrive at the port city of Essaouira, formerly known as Mogador, you will spend the time discovering the landmarks including the traditional port, the fortified walls of the Medina with its bastions, the fish market that is located in the heart of the Medina’s intricate alleyways.
The actual history of the city goes back to the pre-historic times when the Carthaginian navigator Hanno visited in the 5th century BC and established a trading post of Arambys. It was occupied by the Portugese in the 16th century who named it Mogador; however, the modern Essaouira was built by the Alaouite Sultan Mohammed III as a way to reorientate the Kingdom to the Atlantic for increased exchanges with European powers.
Enjoy a nice fish meal for dinner and stretch your legs by the sandy beach before driving back to Marrakech in the late afternoon.
What is Included
- Pick-up from accommodation in Marrakech
- A well-maintained 4WD, minivan or minibus for transportation including fuel
- A multilingual, licensed and professional driver
- Unique experiences
What is not Included
- Lunch
- Drinks including water
- Admission fee to sites if any
- Extras
Useful Information
> The private Essaouira day trip from Marrakech is meant to introduce you to a mysterious city with a unique location and history. It’s less-hectic compared to Marrakech offering unique ambiance and peace of mind. However, we put at your service our great selection of private day trips from Marrakech to take a look at including Ourika Valley day trip, Telouet & Ait Benhaddou day trip, Three Valleys day trip or Ouzoud Waterfalls day trip.
- Please note we will drop you off in your hotel but if it happens you are staying in a Riad within the walls of the Medina that is inaccessible to the car, we will liaise with your Riad staff members to escort you so that you can avoid the hassle.
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