There are 5 ways to get from Basel to Essaouira by train, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Marrakech, bus
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Marrakech (RAK)plane ZRH - RAK
- Take the bus from Marrakesh to Essaouirabus
11h 11mMAD 1,767–4,659Fly Basel to Essaouira
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Essaouira (ESU)plane BSL - ESU
8h 21mMAD 1,181–4,306Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Marrakech, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Marrakech (RAK)plane GVA - RAK
- Take the bus from Marrakesh to Essaouirabus
12h 54mMAD 1,589–5,476Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Agadir–Al Massira Airport, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Agadir–Al Massira Airport (AGA)plane ZRH - AGA
- Take the bus from Agadir 3 - Agadir Airport to Essaouira 1 - Bab El Mechouarbus
12h 26mMAD 1,583–6,009Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly to Marrakech, bus
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Marrakech (RAK)plane SXB - RAK
- Take the bus from Marrakesh to Essaouirabus
11h 22mMAD 1,349–4,529
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Marrakech (RAK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Essaouira is to train and fly and bus which costs MAD 1,500 - MAD 5,500 and takes 12h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Essaouira is to fly which takes 8h 21m and costs MAD 1,100 - MAD 4,400.
The distance between Basel and Essaouira is 2536 km.
It takes approximately 11h 11m to get from Basel to Essaouira, including transfers.
Essaouira is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 9:01 AM in Basel and 8:01 AM in Essaouira.
There are 1418+ hotels available in Essaouira.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Essaouira, Morocco?
easyJet, Ryanair, and Vueling Airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Essaouira (ESU) 4 times a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,200–4,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- MAD 550–2,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Marrakech via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 550–2,100
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,200–4,200
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Marrakech via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,200–5,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Agadir–Al Massira Airport via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,400–6,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- MAD 2,000–5,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,200–3,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Agadir–Al Massira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 2,100–6,000
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,200–7,500
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,200–7,500
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- MAD 2,000–5,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Agadir–Al Massira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 2,100–6,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Essaouira via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,300–4,400
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Basel to Essaouira via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,100–4,200
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,200–3,900
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- MAD 330–1,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- MAD 650–1,900
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- MAD 230–700
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- MAD 230–550
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- 2255
- contact@supratours.ma
- Website
- supratours.ma
Bus from Marrakesh to Essaouira
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- MAD 80–130
- Schedules at
- supratours.ma
- Second Class
- MAD 100–130
- First Class
- MAD 80–120
- info@souktosurf.com
- Website
- souktosurf.com
Bus from Agadir 3 - Agadir Airport to Essaouira 1 - Bab El Mechouar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 210–240
- Schedules at
- souktosurf.com
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