Free walking tours in Essaouira

Really cool experience to guide yourself through Essaouira with the guide of this map. Showing you really authentic places and feeling like a local. Also what I really loved the most is that you can take your time and make it at your own peace. With the help of this map we managed to discover hidden places in Essaouira that we would never have found by ourselves. One of the highlights was the women’s cooperative in the medina. We were lucky to meet Hakima and try their tea with amlou, slilou and homemade honey - such a warm and authentic experience. Highly recommended if you want to see the real side of the city.

Ilya was great! As an expat he really ingrained himself into the community and knew a lot about the culture and hip spots. He also supports locals, which I appreciated.

I would definitely recommend to everyone who’s visiting Essaouira to do this tour. It was the best city tour I have every done. Thank you so much!

I really enjoyed this tour because it was a mix of some historical facts and non typical interests. Ilya provides an expat's view and therefore shares some really interesting businesses and places to visit. I've been on a lot of these tours in other countries and while many are guided by trained historians, those people share the same kinds of things you can read on Wikipedia. Ilya's tour felt more underground and original to me. History is interesting but modern culture is more useful.

Merece la pena, Llya explica las cosas tal y como las ha vivido en Essouira estos años, da muy buenos consejos y habla muy claro y pausado, muy buena elección,

Ilya was a great guide that brought me in very authentic places and made me discover some more underground places. Very kind and friendly too, super recommended!

Es war die beste Free Tour die ich jemals hatte. Ilya kannte jede Ecke von Essaouira. Er gab mir mehr als nur die üblichen Touri-Informationen zu Kunst und Kultur. Durch die Begegnungen und Gespräche mit den Einheimischen hat er die Tour zu einem unvergesslichen Erlebnis gemacht. Ich freue mich schon auf weitere Entdeckungen in Essaouria und hoffe, dass noch viele in den Genuss der Freetour kommen werden. Danke nochmals Ilya! 😊

Ilya es un muy simpático guía que hace el paseo por essaouira muy entretenido e interesante. Es simpático verlo caminar y saludar a todos los locales a pesar de solo llevar 3 años en la ciudad. Muy agradable paseo

This is a great walk to do on your first day to get your bearings. It was the perfect start to my trip with Ilya providing tips and recommendations you wouldn't normally get from your hotel or hostel. He's a friendly easy going guide and shows what life for a young local looks like.

A nice, genuine insight into the city. A tour to do at the beginning of your time here so you're able to use all the tips given!

If you want to see the real Essaouira and learn local knowledge, get great tips for where to go, what to see, eat and drink, this is the tour to do at the beginning of your stay. I loved every aspect of it, I'd been self exploring for a month, and had managed to walk past all the hidden gems! Ilya balanced the right amount of places making sure it was always interesting and relevant to the guests. One of the best street walking tours I've been on. Thank you Ilya.

El tour más original que he hecho jamás.

Recorrido interesante pie los rincones de Essaoira, sincero y sencillo con buenos consejos

I just wished I took this tour on my first day in Essaouira. It opened my eyes to things I did not see.

It was a lovely walk and I saw and visited places I would never have otherwise seen! Ilya was great to talk to and full of interesting facts.

We just had An interesting tour in Essaouira. Our guid leaded us to several interesting places. It was great!

Highly recommended!

Thanks Ilya for a great tour!

Very nice tour!!! Really liked it. Also went to drink tea at local shop and eat local bread incl herbs. We bought argan oil and herbs.

We really appreciated our tour with Ilya in the hidden streets of Essaouira. Ilya gave us a lot of informations about the city, and really nice places to eat or have a drink, that we absolutely loved ! Thanks again ☺️

You can tell that Ilya loves the place. Very friendly host, showed us some hidden gems, and gave us good tips to enjoy the city as well as the people. Book the tour at the beginning of your stay ! Which… we didn’t. But we’ll come back anyways !

Enjoyed this tour, especially the taste of berber snacks in the cooperative.

This tour was nice but with very few historical and cultural facts wich IS mostly thé reason why you would Take a tour. Mostly a collection of recommandations of places to visit that you usually have AT thé end of a Real tour. If you only need some recommandations of places to sée, this IS for you. Also expecting a specific amount of money AT thé end of a "freetour" was unfair. Nevertheless lots of good recommandations spécialy for Gnawa music.

Die Tour hat unsere Erwartungen übertroffen. Ilka hat uns sehr gute Informationen und Plätze gezeigt. Eine absolute Empfehlung. Lieben Dank… 👍🤓🙏

Very nice tour to get to know the city and some nice places that otherwise would be hidden for a tourist. Strongly recommended !