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Marrakech is 195 km and about 2 h 35 from Kaouki Hill in Sidi Kaouki, near Essaouira — a full day: leave after breakfast, souks by eleven, dinner back on the hill. We get asked this by almost everyone who lands at Marrakech, and by a good number who land at Essaouira and feel they ought to see the red city while they're in the country. The answer is yes, once, as a day trip. Marrakech is not a base for the coast, and the coast is not a base for Marrakech; it's a day, and this