ESSAOUIRA MOROCCO COST OF LIVING | One Month of Expenses for Digital Nomads in Morocco

We spent an amazing month living in Essaouira Morocco In this video we break down our total cost of living in Essaouira Morocco, it's probably cheaper than you think, and definitely much less than we spend at home.
You'll get details on our total cost of living in Essaouira Morocco including details:
- how much does rent cost? How much should I spend on an Airbnb?
- what can I expect to spend on food and groceries in Essaouira Morocco?
- how much do popular tourist attractions in Essaouira cost?
- what is the best way to get around Essaouira? How much do taxis cost?
If you're thinking of a longer term stay in Essaouira or anywhere in Morocco, this video will be a valuable guide to how much you might spend.
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0:00 Intro
1:32 Accommodations - Our amazing Airbnb in Essaouira Morocco - how much does it cost
2:06 Cell Phones - is data expensive in Morocco? Should you get a local sim in Morocco?
2:28 Groceries - How much do groceries cost in Morocco?
3:08 Activities - What is there to do in Essaouira? How much does it cost?
3:45 Dining - How much is a restaurant meal in popular tourist areas of Morocco?
4:00 Miscellaneous
4:18 Transportation - How much do taxis cost in Essaouria
5:08 Visas - Do you need a tourist visa for Morocco?
5:22 Grand Total....Thanks for Watching!
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[@simokora-sw7gs]

Welcome to morocco guys it's a such honor to have you in our country wish you all the best hope you enjoy your stay.

[@PureDetour]

Thank you so much!

[@user-qr9hr6to5z]

Essaouira is a famous destination for people looking for a quiet place with only the sounds of birds all day long. When it comes to costs, it's very cheap compared to Marrakech or Agadir. The people are super friendly and no one is going to bother you, just be respectful. One of the most important things is that it's safe for women at night, and all the people in the city know each other. The city vibe is completely different and very peaceful.

[@PureDetour]

Essaouria is a very special place my friend. Maybe the most relaxed time I have in 3 months in Morocco

[@AaronandKim]

Great info. Great video. Thanks.

[@PureDetour]

Thanks for watching!

[@likeicare300]

Cool video. You guys r awesome. Thanks 4 posting

[@PureDetour]

Thanks for watching!

[@sedoff1948]

Carrefour’s prices in Essaouira are sky high. Most that one can buy there one can buy in town. I always walked to Carrefour. Taxi back if loaded. Good video, at least not annoying. For Canadians. 😀

[@faroukessabbar2886]

I like your content also how cool you guys are probably gonna be there at Essaouira in June for gnaoua festival I hope we meet until then enjoy your time

[@PureDetour]

Hi Farouk! I hear that the Gnaoua festival is amazing! Enjoy!

[@user-ps9ui6ox4k]

فيديو رائع مليء بكل المعلومات المفيدة. بتوفيق أيها الثنائي الجميل

[@PureDetour]

شكرا جزيلا لتعليقك الجميل جدا ❤🇲🇦

[@edmund114]

Not expensive at all. Might be my next vacation. Thank you for the video 🙏

[@PureDetour]

Hi Ed! Yes, Essaouira may have been our favourite town in Morocco. If you're looking for a chill, calm side of Morocco, it's a good bet, and super affordable. Thanks so much for watching!

[@farromalik5417]

I have been to Essaouira three times in the last 11 months. My favourite place on to visit. Recently finished coming back from the Gnaou festival, a must. Between the chilled vibes, amazing french bouge dining to marvelous fresh fish, dancing away at Le Love, what more could a man want. Price is ridiculously cheap. Quality is super high.

[@PureDetour]

Thanks for sharing!

[@NULifeRetiringAbroad]

Congrats on being below the budget :) I think you wanted to have a Q&A session. My question for the live session is: What travel and health insurance do you have and how much are you paying? Thanks, Shahram

[@PureDetour]

Hi Shahram Thanks for the congrats on meeting our budget, it's been harder than we've anticipated! We actually finished filming the Q&A this morning, but thanks so much for the question! We actually addressed this question in a previous cost of living video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGTEqqFjm9Seq68&ab_channel=PureDetour. For our first year, we were able to extend our Canadian public health care coverage while we're out of country. It only covers the very basics, and isn't the best option, and we'll have to consider other options going forward. Who do you use and what are your thoughts on th at provider?

[@NULifeRetiringAbroad]

@@PureDetour Hi guys, Thanks for replying to my question. I just watched the video. I had watched it back then but didn't mind to watch it again. It was good to see the prices a few month ago and compare them to the prices now :) I am using Desjardins travel and health insurance for multiple trips per year for now. But it's more for frequent travelling rather than fulltime travels. I have been back to Canada since a few weeks and preparing for the next trip. Looking forward to watching the Q&A video. Keep doing your videos. I really llike them and you guys. :)

[@user-ut1js3bp2m]

Salam, I'm a Moroccan from Casablanca. I will give you advice about places near cities (better) that combine nature and history with a much lower cost anyway, an enjoyable trip

[@PureDetour]

Thank you! We've since left Morocco but would love to come back one day!

[@user-ut1js3bp2m]

@@PureDetour You are always welcome to Morocco. It is an honor for us to have your beautiful visit

[@user-ut1js3bp2m]

@@PureDetour ❤️

[@robertalexander2478]

What coastal cities do you advise?

[@abdulahmed738]

salam brother, is morocco safe?

[@tresordemogador5025]

مرحبا بكم عندنا في الصويرة في كل وقت وزمان

[@PureDetour]

شكرا جزيلا لك

[@mezzo6460]

Bonjour à vous deux , merci ce que vous faites , vous donner une bonne impression une envie a d'autres gens , pour visiter ce beau pays de 1001 nuits 👍

[@PureDetour]

Merci Beaucoup Mezzo!

[@mezzo6460]

@@PureDetour 😁👍👍

[@jonas1111]

Thanks!

[@PureDetour]

No problem! Happy to help

[@biladam1165]

Your welcome🇲🇦👍🏻

[@PureDetour]

Thank you!

[@sarsoura898]

I love Morocco 💕

[@PureDetour]

Moroccco is an amazing country

[@zousan1978]

Good for you

[@PureDetour]

Thanks!

[@riada_online]

Welcome to Morocco

[@PureDetour]

Thank you so much!

[@mohamedkhalid5460]

welcome to Morocco

[@PureDetour]

Thanks so much

[@mohamedkhalid5460]

I wish you another visit 🙃🙂

[@oothmane21]

The taxi within the medina is 7 Moroccan dirhams a ride not a person, so you and your husband should go from point A to point B both 7 MAD during the day and 8 MAD during the night … you pay by person if you’re leaving the city

[@PureDetour]

Oh no, we were told otherwise 🤣 I guess we paid double. Not the first time we've gotten things wrong, and it certainly won't be the last, lol. Thank you for letting us know Othmane and thanks for watching!

[@yassinelm1122]

Wellcom to morocco 🇲🇦

[@PureDetour]

Thank you! 🇲🇦🙏

[@striker0603]

thanks for responding, I have 2 more questions if you don't mind. Would you say essaouria is a lot cheaper than casablanca? And would essaouria be a good place to raise a family? Thanks again

[@PureDetour]

I wouldn't say it''s cheaper in fact it may be more expensive but Morocco in general is inexpensive. As to raising a family I would personally choose Essaouira but take that with a grain of slat

[@zouhair03]

My Country 😮❤❤🌹

[@PureDetour]

🇲🇦😍

[@sebtirachide8289]

I love Essaouira ans i love you too, i am an artiste ans i draw many portrait of this beautiful women

[@PureDetour]

Hi! We really loved Essaouira too. Are you saying that you drew a portrait? Please share with us on Facebook or Instagram!

[@FXHEROS]

$46 for transportation? is this a daily shared taxi? mines was $20-25 per day non shared.

[@PureDetour]

Sorry to say, it sounds like you got ripped off. Our total was $46 for the entire 4 weeks and that included a private car we shared with another couple to get to Essauoira from Marrakech. The local taxis were less than $1 per person anywhere within the city limits. I am sure prices have gone up since we were there though. We spent the month of March 2022 in Essaouira but I highly doubt they have gone that much

[@FXHEROS]

@@PureDetour how many journeys approx? short/long distance?

[@PureDetour]

Not many. We stayed within the Medina and you can walk to most places in Essaouira. If I had to guess maybe 10 trips max in a local taxi. Like I said the biggest chunk of that was the private car we hired to get to Essaouira from Marrakech and we split that with another couple.

[@jgvarea]

No hay que perdese Sidi Kaouki, a pocos Kilometros de Essaouira..

[@PureDetour]

Oh no, no lo vimos. ¿Qué hay que te haya gustado?

[@striker0603]

how would you compare essaouria and casablanca

[@PureDetour]

Night and day. Eassauira is a very relaxed small seaside town. Casablanca is chaotic and endless scams the moment you walk into the medina.

[@vercingetorix3086]

What is the cheapest and at the same time the nicest city to live in Morocco .

[@PureDetour]

Hi. We really liked Essaouira, but it's the only place in Morocco that we stayed more than a week, so it's hard for us to compare other places. Essaouira was very nice and very affordable

[@vercingetorix3086]

@@PureDetour thank you , I keep that in mind as I plan to go to Morocco next year and spend months . Love from Australia.

[@andrecamacho7660]

liked the video... but at the same time was very dissapointing. The costs are the totals for the month and not individual prices ... what you spend in a month can be totaly different of what i would spent ... it depends on individual life standards ... what i have learned here is that i can survive in morroco with 1600€. was that the point of the video ? EXAMPLE: what do i learn about eating out in moroco if you say to me you have spent 150 dollars in 1 month in restaurants ? .. basically nothing What i want to know is that in average a low grade restaurant meal costs 6 ...10...20 dolars for one person.

[@PureDetour]

This is a good point. We are trying to give an overall monthly cost for people like ourselves who spend a longer time in a destination. But, we should include a breakdown of the costs more directly. For example, we could have gone somewhere to eat only once at a really fancy place and spent 150, or gone out everyday, how would you know? So it's a deal, if you subscribe to our channel, the next cost of living we do (which probably won't be out until February), we're going to say that one of our viewers, Andre, gave us a great tip about food costs and then we'll break down the meal prices a little bit further. Then let us know what you thought of it. We're still kind of new to this so constructive feedback like this helps us get better. If you have any other suggestions on how to make the videos more helpful, we'd love to hear it!

[@PureDetour]

By the way, a cheap wrap or sandwich or breakfast on the street is about $2 USD while a nicer sit down meal (seafood, lambchops) is about 15 USD per person

[@luxurybyfaty]

Très bon voyage Au Maroc 🇲🇦 Y'a pleines de bonnes choses à faire et à faire (ville a visités), A petit cc de🗼🇫🇷😘 LUXURY-BY-FATY-OFFICIELLE

[@Iggyggfg]

😍❤️❤️❤️🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦

[@PureDetour]

❤🇲🇦❤

[@azzeddinefadil849]

Essaiera best place to go in Morocco

[@PureDetour]

We agree, we loved Essaouira. Such a nice quiet vibe compared to the larger cities. Beautiful town!

[@Insurgent-MockingBird]

Are home 🏡 sitting or pet 🐩 sitting homes 🏡 not cheaper and more in connection 🎉with th locals?

[@PureDetour]

Yes, of course house sitting would be cheaper, but finding consistent house sits on our schedule isn't always feasible.

[@amhilomar8417]

🇲🇦❤️😎

[@PureDetour]

Hi Amhil!

[@almasaid8025]

Welkommmmmmm

[@PureDetour]

Hi Alma! Thank you!!!

[@unknown-user]

I always wonder what the source of income is for all these people on the road travelling the world and making KZbin videos. It can’t be all AdSense revenue. I can’t even afford a single vacation abroad in my lifetime while working full time.

[@PureDetour]

Hi! We are new to KZbin and only monetized a month ago, so our adsense revenue is next to nothing, a few dollars a day. We did save for enough to last about 2 years on the road before we left, and Angela works part-time as a business consultant online/remote, which has prevented us from dipping into our savings. I'm sure that every travel vlogger on youtube has a different story, but this is ours and so far it's been working for us. Also, we are travelling very slowly, usually a month in each city (airbnbs get much cheaper per night rates when you book for 4 weeks), and moving very short distances between cities so so that keeps costs much lower on flights transportation. this helps it to make the costs much less than what we used to spend for 2 week vacations when we were working full time. Happy to answer any more questions you might have and thanks so much for watching!

[@unknown-user]

@@PureDetour Thanks for the feedback. Digital-nomading is very trendy and has accelerated in the last two years because of the pandemic as more people left the office. Enjoy the journey. Life is short!

[@PureDetour]

Thanks so much for your positivity! We are lucky to have this opportunity and yes, the pandemic has made it possible for many more people than before.

[@shabirkamran5399]

Come to Pakistan, but visit in October time as weather would be great

[@PureDetour]

Hi Shabir! We would love to visit Pakistan one day! Thank you for the tip about the weather!

[@OurstoryMa]

Please enjoy that city and keep it secret we don’t want it to be touristic because you make life there expensive for locals

[@PureDetour]

We enjoyed very much and we saw many tourists, I don't think it's a secret! Thanks for watching!

[@OurstoryMa]

@@PureDetour I am from there I know the first ad from M6 French tv that made essaouira well known

[@algae_rhythms]

Per day cost 500dh 🤣 Ridiculous!

[@Insurgent-MockingBird]

Expansive air b&b.

[@PureDetour]

We thought it was actually great value for the money. Other airbnbs of comparable prices were much less spacious and beautiful

[@algae_rhythms]

🤣🤣 Absolutely unnecessarily expensive + you're making it harder and less affordable for locals. I congratulate you not

[@algae_rhythms]

Dining... 2500 Dh 🤣 Are you insane? You went way above normal. You obviously have a lot of money to waste

[@monocle8868]

Actually a friend of mine did a budget tour for his student to visit Maroc by getting all meals from “Aswak Asaalaam (?)” and the food per person per month came to 220 euros, which is about 2400 Dirham. No alcohol. This was October 2023, so it’s up to date.

[@user-ut1js3bp2m]

Welcome to Morocco

[@PureDetour]

Thank you! 🇲🇦

[@user-ut1js3bp2m]

@@PureDetour ❤️