Essaouira's geography

Frequent questions about Essaouira

Where is Essaouira in Morocco?

Essaouira is in the Southern-western Moroccan region on the Atlantic coast and it's a 2 hours West of Marrakech and a 2 hours North of Agadir. It's an average city and has 70 000 inhabitants.

How to get to Essaouira ?

Either Essaouira's Royal Air Maroc airport, either Casablanca and Agadir airports have regular flights from all the important European cities with not very expensive companies, such as Easyjet. You can take the bus or the taxi, which are totally affordable, and get to Essaouira !

Where is the riad in Essaouira ?

The Dar Dayana riad is in the very heart of the medina, in the center, a 5 minute walk on foot of the great beach. You can check the exact location on this site.

How to get to the ryad?

You can check out this map street to get straight to the ryad. If you have already done the booking, one of our employees will wait you at Fort Bab Marrakech at Essaouira's gate which is a pedestrian town.