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Boulevard Mohamed V, Essaouira, 44000, Morocco
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Fish at the harbour.
What is the best way to arrange a taxi or coach ride from Marrakesh Airport to Essaouira and what is the cost. We are flying there on 20th August.
Coach tickets are not available in advance, There are 5 Supratour buses per day, The last one leaves at 7pm. CTM also have several services a day. To get to either departure station you will have to take a petite taxi, which will cost at least 80Dh, The bus ticket to Essaouira costs 65Dh + 5Dh for each item of luggage in the hold.
A private taxi will cost from 600Dh, I can give you the telephone number of a driver who speaks English. Please ask me via VT email. There are also shared taxis that go from Bab Dukkala, 100Dh per seat, it goes when full (4 in the back and 2 on the front seat.
Hope that helps.
Thank you for your help. I would really appreciate the telephone number.
Regards
Carol
hello
i think the best way is by privat taxi cost only 800dhs you can book with said taxi396@yahoo.fr
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The Thuya trees which grow in the area surrounding Essaouira, are unique to this area. The fragrant wood is used in different wood craftings. Essaouira provides the best craftsmen, and their work is highly regarded through Morocco.
The trees however, are now becoming an endangered species.
Examples of this woodwork can be seen in the many craftshops and Co Operatives in Essouira. (Where you can be sure of getting the genuine article!)- there have been reports of fake Thuya wood articles on sale in other outlets.
CTM have to buses departing Essaouira for El-Jadida.
Cost is 80 dirhams plus 5 dirhams for luggage.
Journey time is about 4 hours.
I don't know the departure time for second bus.
The buses for El-Jadida goes onto Casablanca, so book a seat 1 or 2 days before leaving.
Please use times and prices as a rough guide only.
For prople who like arts -- and beautiful paintings, Essaouira has a lot to offer. Around the old Madina, you will find many galeries -- and some of them with paintings in a very fine quality. For instance in the neigbourhood of Bab Sbaa, you can find some fine galleries.
I love very much the many paintings done in a special, very colourful, very "african" style -- it seems to me to be the visualisation of the gnawa-music !
You can find really great examples of this in Gallery Damgaard, located in the main street near Bab Sbaa. Walking along this street, from the madina to the harbour, you can't miss it.
A very interesting place to visit in Essaouira is the house of AFBK - Association Feminine de Bienfaisance el Khier.
It is an organisatation providing help for women and children with social difficulties -- for instance left alone without husband or family.
AFBK has started a production of patisserie (moroccan cakes) - to create work for some of these women - and has also a small shop in the Madina, selling for instance craft made by the women.
In AFBK's house you can have a very fine course in making patisserie or in Moroccan cooking -- and if you are interested learn a little about the work of the organisatation.
Among other things AFBK has courses in French, English and Arabic.
It is very interesting to visit the house - located in Rue Regraga, near Avenue Al Masira, near Cinema RIF. Avenue Al Masira is one of the streets outside Bab Doukkala.
When you are there -- take your time to enjoy life in Ave Al Massira and the streets in the neigbourhood - take a cup of tea or coffee in on of the many small cafees - it's real Moroccan life here!
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