Agadir to Essaouira Day Trip: UNESCO Medina, Fishing Port & Souk

Agadir, Morocco

9 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

It’s a 3-hour drive from Agadir to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Essaouira. Leave driving to the professionals and savor the ocean views on this door-to-door day trip. Tour the souk, old city walls, and port with a local guide, then explore independently at a pace that suits you. Along the way, see tree-climbing goats, a Berber village, and an argan oil factory, and inhale an ocean sunset.

Explore the UNESCO-listed old city of Essaouira on a day trip from Agadir
See the highlights with a local guide but explore independently as well
Stop off at an argan oil factory, a Berber village, a beach, and more
Enjoy door-to-door round-trip transfers from your hotel or the port

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle
Driver & Guide
Hotel Pickup & Drop off

Food and drinks
Personal Expanse

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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Pickup details

we pickup all travelers from all the hotels in agadir. please provide us with your hotel name and we will pick you up from the hotel.

Operating hours
.7:30 am

Itinerary

Essaouira Ramparts

9 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Infant seats available
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible

Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 32 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.1

based on 8 reviews

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Wish you were Essaouira.

Matt_H, Aug 2022

Our guide was waiting for us in the lobby (our fifth trip and the first company to be early), we were the first on the mini bus so grabbed forward seats near a window (we were at the back on a previous trip and the aircon was nonexistent), collected folk from a second hotel and we were off, our guide switched between English and French and was the most informative of the guides we have had, pointing out landmarks and recounting the history of various places. We stopped at a service station with a cafe for a break, clean toilets (don’t forget your toilet paper), then we spotted goats in argan trees and pulled over for photographs, and then about 20k out we stopped at an Argan cooperative, we had visited one previously, you are shown the process of nut extraction by local ladies, explained by the in-house guide, offered a taste of Argan oil and honey with some bread, then invited to browse their products, no hard sell. Then off to Essaouira. We pulled up near the square and were told we would be collected here. Our guide asked if anyone would like to go off and do their own thing (you miss out on the knowledge of the guide but have the autonomy to do your own thing in your own time), then led us round the medina and souk, stopping at a shop making wooden items (tours have set places where they will go, a quid pro quo thing, no hard sell). We were given set freer time to wander round the battlements, but felt we were pulled up for being late when we weren’t. Then to the terrace restaurant, we were given the choice of eating elsewhere at the start of the tour, but once outside were herded upstairs to a shared table, so the horse bolted rather quickly and the prices were high here, but without the Michelin quality - my wife had seafood noodles which were black with the amount of soy sauce in it! I would avoid this restaurant and go elsewhere to eat, as it’s the usual quid pro quo between the tour company and restaurant - the fish market looked amazing for eating! Our guide then took my wife and me back to the square as everyone else stayed on for dessert, we had an hour and a bit of free time till departure, so went back into the souk for a wander - it was if he didn’t trust us in the souk - then down to the port - i recommend this as all the fishermen were selling their wares here, very pungent smells and quite a steampunk image! Plus walking back you get the best view of Essaouira - see the photo of my wife by the blue boat. We met up promptly at 16:30, but again felt accused of being mate when we were bang on time to the minute, not our fault others weren’t interested in exploring as much as possible. We had a stop at the service station on the way back for a toilet break, getting back to our hotel just before 20:30. The tour itself was a lot better than our tour of marrekech in that our guide wasn’t rushing, but there’s so much more to see at Marrakech, just make sure you get free time if going to Marrakech. All in all a professional tour, skip the terrace restaurant,, take a spare top as it’s a windy town, see the port, and make sure you meet up early, as being on time is considered late!

Response from Host, Aug 2022

thank you for your honest feedback, that shows that at least we are better than the other operators, the only thing that i dont agree with you is lunch time is your own choice and we as company we dont have an agreement with the restaurant where you had lunch, second the meeting time to drive back to agadir is normally at 3:30 pm and the arrival time is estimated around 7pm, so i think you had enough time to explore Essaouira. all in all we are glad you had a piece of joy in Essaouira.

Excellent

Scottebutler, Sep 2021

We had a very good day with omar, he was very informative and responsive most of all very good driver, the highlight of the tour was the goats on tries and the old harbor of essaouira.