The new time table of the Supratour Buses as of March 2010:
Marrakech to Essaouira: 08.30, 10.45, 14.45, 17.00, 18.45
Essaouira to Marrakech: 06.45, 09.30, 11.45, 15.30,18.15
If you are booking a stay with us, we can arrange taxis to/from your hotel or the airport – whether you’re travelling to/from Marrakech, Agadir or elsewhere.
From Marrakech to Essaouira a taxi cost 600 DH and from Agadir 700 DH, from all other destinations please contact us directly.
To move around the new town you can take a petit taxi – these small blue cars can carry up to 3 passengers and in the urban zone they charge 6DH per trip; after 20.00, it is 7DH
The following low cost airlines fly to Marrakech:
easyJet from: London Gatwick, Manchester
Ryanair from: Bristol, East Midlands, Luton
Atlas Blue from: London Gatwick
First held in November 2005, the Arts in Marrakech (AiM) International Biennale is the major Trilingual (English,Arabic & French) festival in North Africa. Focusing on cutting-edge contemporary art and literature it heralded Marrakech as a new destination in the arts and literature world alongside Venice, Edinburgh and Miamy.
AiM International Biennale 3rd Edition:Opening Thursday 19th-Monday 23rd November 2009.
This year’s edition promises to be full of innovation, inspiration and intrigue with newly commissioned works by Francis Alys, Loredana Longo, Seamus Farrell, Franck Bragigand, Faouzi Bensaidi & Yto Barrada. Attendees will also include Turner-nominee Isaac Julien, Al Jazeera English presenter Rageh Omar, BBC TV arts executive Alan Yentob, award-winning Moroccan film director Faouzi Bensaidi, among others.
Trains in Morocco are efficient and comfortable and the fares cheap. The long distance ones have air-conditioning, comfy seats and a trolley service with food and drinks.
The railways links Tangier, Meknes, Fes, Oujda, Rabat, Casablanca and Marrakech. Agadir and Essaouira have no railway station but are linked to Marrakech by bus.
You cannot make reservation or purchase a ticket from outside Morocco.
For schedules and fares visit the ONFC (the Moroccan national train service) website at www.oncf.ma
A really good website on train travel to morocco is the Man in Seat Sixty-One…
Flights from Manchester to Marrakech will start in October…for more details visit www.easyjet.com
Flights start in October…for more details visit www.easyjet.com