There are 8 ways to get from Edinburgh to Essaouira by plane, car, car ferry, bus, train, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Edinburgh Airport to Essaouira
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Essaouira (ESU)EDI - ESU
10h 45mMAD 912–3,177Fly Edinburgh Airport to Agadir–Al Massira Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Agadir–Al Massira Airport (AGA)EDI - AGA
- Take the bus from Agadir 3 - Agadir Airport to Essaouira 1 - Bab El Mechouar
12h 12mMAD 667–1,157Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Plymouth
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Drive from Santander to Tarifa
- Take the car ferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Ville
- Drive from Port of Tangier Ville to Essaouira
2dMAD 5,177–13,961Fly Edinburgh Airport to Marrakech, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Marrakech (RAK)EDI - RAK
- Take the bus from Marrakesh to Essaouira
10h 52mMAD 911–2,107Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Marrakech, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Marrakech (RAK)GLA - RAK
- Take the bus from Marrakesh to Essaouira
11h 35mMAD 910–3,214Train to Newcastle, fly to Marrakech, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Marrakech (RAK)NCL - RAK
- Take the bus from Marrakesh to Essaouira
12h 4mMAD 1,038–3,981Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Agadir–Al Massira Airport, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Agadir–Al Massira Airport (AGA)GLA - AGA
- Take the bus from Agadir 3 - Agadir Airport to Essaouira 1 - Bab El Mechouar
13hMAD 806–2,964Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Essaouira
5d 18h
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Essaouira (ESU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Essaouira is to fly and bus which costs MAD 650 - MAD 1,200 and takes 12h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Essaouira is to fly which takes 10h 45m and costs MAD 900 - MAD 3,200.
The distance between Edinburgh and Essaouira is 2803 km.
It takes approximately 10h 45m to get from Edinburgh to Essaouira, including transfers.
Essaouira is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 8:38 PM in Edinburgh and 9:38 PM in Essaouira.
There are 1355+ hotels available in Essaouira.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Essaouira, Morocco?
Ryanair, Ryanair UK, and Transavia France fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Essaouira (ESU) 4 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Essaouira via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,000–3,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Marrakech via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 600–1,700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Marrakech via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- MAD 700–1,700
Flights from Newcastle to Marrakech via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 850–3,300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Essaouira via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,000–3,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Agadir–Al Massira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 340–800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- MAD 750–1,600
Flights from Newcastle to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 800–2,800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Agadir–Al Massira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 850–3,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 850–3,700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- MAD 490–2,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Marrakech via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- MAD 490–2,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Agadir–Al Massira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- MAD 800–3,400
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- MAD 650–1,500
Flights from Newcastle to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,000–3,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Agadir–Al Massira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 950–3,000
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Essaouira via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,100–4,800
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- MAD 215–218
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 215–218
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 700–950
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- MAD 2,500–2,800
- Sleeper Seat
- MAD 700–950
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- MAD 2,800–3,200
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 750–950
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- MAD 2,600–2,800
- Sleeper Seat
- MAD 750–950
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- MAD 3,000–3,500
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- MAD 260–460
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- MAD 340–490
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- MAD 100–250
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- 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
- 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
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 800–7,500
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- MAD 800–1,100
- Car
- MAD 2,500–3,600
- Single Ticket
- MAD 1,100–2,400
- Car Single Ticket
- MAD 3,000–7,500
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- MAD 380–470
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
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