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 1,360–4,237Fly Basel to Marrakech, bus
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Marrakech (RAK)plane BSL - RAK
- Take the bus from Marrakesh to Essaouirabus
9h 57mMAD 731–2,537Fly Basel to Essaouira
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Essaouira (ESU)plane BSL - ESU
8h 15mMAD 1,182–4,207Train, 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 55mMAD 1,466–5,135Train 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 31mMAD 1,586–5,887
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Marrakech (RAK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Essaouira is to fly and bus which costs MAD 700 - MAD 2,600 and takes 9h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Essaouira is to fly which takes 8h 15m and costs MAD 1,100 - MAD 4,300.
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 8:11 PM in Basel and 7:11 PM in Essaouira.
There are 1396+ 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 Basel to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 550–2,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- MAD 440–1,900
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Marrakech via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,000–4,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Agadir–Al Massira Airport via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,100–4,700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,600–4,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- MAD 800–3,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Agadir–Al Massira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,600–4,400
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- MAD 700–6,000
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- MAD 700–6,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,600–4,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Agadir–Al Massira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,600–4,400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Essaouira via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,100–4,200
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Basel to Essaouira via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,100–4,100
- 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 330–950
- 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
- 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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