From Marrakech: Essaouira Day Trip

Hello, I had a horrible experience today and the service provider has conned and forced money out of me. I booked for 3 adults and 2 children. In the booking space on Booking.com, there was space for 3 adults which I paid £31.81 promptly. The children under 13 years were to be free and no payment was to be made. On arrival at the bus with the family, I was forced (at technically gunpoint) to make a payment of another MAD200 (£20) for the two children who were below 13 years old and who were meant to be free. No receipt was issued to me for this payment. Not only that, there was no guided tour service at the destination, the family were just dropped off with no lead and told to wander across the town with no guidance. I could have done this trip at far less cost if it was just to come to Essaouira and wander about for 3 hours.

All very well, the very nice guide, spoke some Spanish, we were put in a group with Italians and the guide mostly spoke Italian, but you understood very well.

Paid for a tour and a camel ride and ended up with just a few hours in Essaouria after being dropped off and shoved between vans. Never got a camel ride (or a refund ) and drivers made special stops while on the way back, whole thing was not professional at all!!! On the plus side, I did get to see the goats.......

Excellent value for money, roads were very good expected dirt tracks, stopped for a coffee along the way, then stopped for a photo shoot of goats standing in a tree !!! Arrived 2.5 hours later to a beautiful fishing town, our guide was speaking English, Italian and Spanish to our group, very informative, told us the history, very surprised to find that they learn 3 languages in school, Arabic, French and Hebrew, very strong Jewish settlement there, and they all live in harmony. Toured the markets and cannoned walls of there, went for lunch, where you pick what fish you want, they weigh it, price it and cook it, that was the most pricey food on the whole holiday, my friend hated it, I loved it, it comes as is with head tail and bones, salad and chips, so fresh. We stopped at the Co op argan oil factory, bit off a rip off don't buy from there. Buy in the souk market instead where you can haggle. A great value for money trip

Paid for guided your with option to camel ride. However, the tour I get was self guided with no camel ride. The Drive was very disengaged and never introduced himself or told the group his name. Grunts and hand gestured was his firm of communication.

Yesterday was amazing! The driver did his job excellently, explained to us everything he was about to show us and answered to every questions we had. The guide was very good, he speaks a lot of languages and tried to talk with every single person of the group and communicate in their language. He was also fun, so we had a great time with him, walking around Essaouira. My favourite part was seeing all that goats on the argan trees!! 😂

Our driver, Khalid, was extremely punctual and made our trip very pleasant. Big plus: free wifi in the shuttle. Essaouira is a charming city with a beautiful eyesight on the seashore. You should get seafood for lunch on the seaside! I strongly recommend this trip especially with Khalid, a very nice guy who did his best for us.

Amine was very friendly and gave us attention all the time. The transfer was puntual and safe. And he had very interested in we would be comfortable all the time.

We had a great day with lots of fun with our guide Amine. During driving he shared with us lots of info about daily life in the region. Second stop we were impressed by the trees with the goats. We did spend half a day in Essaouira. The city is for sure worthwhile visiting and we had a relaxing late lunch followed by a camel ride on the beach with a nice view on the town. It is about 180km from Marrakech but the roads are of good quality. One more plus... there is WiFi in the shuttle. Thanks Amine for the lovely day!

Unmissable visit despite the 3 hour drive The guide is very precise and takes us through very nice alleys Our driver Abbou 👍 is adorable and very accommodating and very attentive 🙂 A very nice day with him I recommend it ++++ The group of 5 😉