Essaouira Transportation

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.

Bus to Marrakech leave Essaouira at 17:00pm and arrives into Marrakech CTM bus station at 19:30pm.

Journey time about 2hr 30mins cost is around 60 dirhams plus 5 dirhams for luggage.

Please use times and prices for a rough guide only.

There are more local bus companies at the bus station leaving for Marrakech but they stop at the main Bus station in Marrakech not at the CTM bus station.

CTM have two buses departing Essaouira for Casablanca, one at 11:15am and arrive into Casablanca at 17:15pm.

As for the second bus I don't know the time of departure.

Journey time is about 6 hours.

Price is around 110 dirhams plus 5 dirhams for luggage.

Please use times and prices as a rough guide only.

CTM has Two buses leaving Essaouira for Safi, One bus departs at 11:15am and arriving at 13h15 daily. 40 dirhams plus 5 dirhams for luggage.

Just a warning, these buses go to Casablanca & Rabat, so you might want to book your ticket a day or two before leaving.

Please use time and prices as a rough guide only.

Supratour buses leave for Marrakech from Essaouira at these times:

Depart 06h00, Arrive 8h30 - 55 dirhams
Depart 12h00, Arrive 14h30 - 55 dirhams, summer only
Depart 16h00, Arrive 18h30 - 55 dirhams
Depart 18h30, Arrive 21h30 - 55 dirhams, summer only

Please use times and prices for a rough guide only.

All Supratour buses leave from there own office on Ave Lalla Aicha near the main post office and the beach.

CTM have one bus to Agadir leaving at 14:00pm and arriving at 17:00pm - 60 dirhams plus 5 dirhams for luggage.

Journey time is 3hrs.

You can also travel to Inezgane a few km away and there are many buses to Agadir or further south.

Inezgane is a huge transport hub and a grand taxi there is about 75 dirhams.

Please use times and prices as a rough guide only.

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We travelled by grand taxi and paid 900 dirhams for the whole day (£72) which was good value given how long we were out and how helpful Mokhtar was in making accommodations for my restricted mobility. With more people sharing the taxi it would of course be cheaper, and I believe you can also book tours by minibus, or of course hire a car to drive there yourself.

We stopped several times en route – for coffee in a small town called Sidi Moktar (did our driver choose it because it shared his name, we wondered), to visit a carpet co-operative (and succumb to temptation there!) and to see the local oddity known as “goats in trees”.

Altogether the drive there took four hours with these stops but coming back we didn’t stop at all and completed the journey in less than three hours.

9 buses depart Marrakesh daily for Essaouira between 0400 and 1700hrs for the 3 hour plus journey.

However, I decided for convenience I'd book through my travel company (with the idea to probably do this trip again by local transport).

Our mini bus arrived on time at my hotel, and wasn't too crowded. Our guide was friendly and knowledgeable.

One stop off for tea/toilet break (about 30 minutes) on each stage of the journey.

Ok, I paid more, (400Dh) and lost out on the 'local travel experience' but I probably saw and learnt more about Essaouira than I would have in such a short time. If I'd travelled by public bus, I wouldn't have visited the Argan Oil Co- Operative for example- which I found to be very interesting.

My 2nd trip to Essaouira was as part of an organised tour (Exodus-Marrakech and the Sahara), so I travelled in a 16 seater mini bus.