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Essaouira
Morocco · Marrakesh-Safi
Essaouira, known until the 1960s as Mogador, is a port city in the western Moroccan region of Marrakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast. It has 77,966 inhabitants as of 2014.
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Things to do in Essaouira
- Private transfer Marrakech to Essaouira or Essaouira toMarrakech · 40 min · from $109.61 · 4.8/5 (112 reviews)
- Marrakech Hot Air Balloon Ride & Breakfast · 4 h · from $101.61 · 5.0/5 (44 reviews)
- Paradise Valley excursion with botanical garden + Berber breakfast · 5 h · from $13.70 · 4.2/5 (91 reviews)
- Workshop Jewellery: Create your filigree ring in Essaouira · 2 h · from $87.91 · 4.5/5 (13 reviews)
- Paradise valley excursion · 5 h 50 min · from $5.19 · 4.0/5 (253 reviews)
- private transfer essaouira to casablanca or casablanca-essaouira · 5 h · from $279.72 · 5.0/5 (9 reviews)
Practical facts
- Local time
- UTC+0 · 6 h ahead of Costa Rica
- Region
- Marrakesh-Safi
- Main language
- Arabic
- On the map
- 31.51° N, 9.76° W
Near Essaouira
- Diabat · 3 km away
- Aourir · 113 km away
- Agadir · 121 km away
- Agafay · 148 km away
- Marrakech · 168 km away
- Tnine Ourika · 188 km away
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Where to stay
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