Marrakech is the natural pairing with an Agadir trip — beach plus the big city — and the leg between them is about 235 km on the A7, the Marrakech–Agadir autoroute. By car that's roughly three hours. The thing to get straight before you plan: there is no passenger train to Agadir, so forget the rail option you might assume from elsewhere in Morocco. That leaves four ways to make the trip, each with a clear best use. If you've landed at AGA and Marrakech is your real destination, the airport-to-Marrakech route page has the door-to-door transfer prices.
The route at a glance
- Distance: about 235 km via the A7 toll motorway.
- By car / transfer: about 3 hours.
- By coach (Supratours / CTM): about 3.5–4 hours with stops.
- Train: none — the line stops at Marrakech.
Private car or pre-booked transfer
The fastest and easiest option: one car, door to door, in about three hours. You're picked up at your Agadir hotel or straight from the airport, you stop when you want, and you're dropped at your Marrakech riad rather than at a station on the edge of town. It's the priciest per head if you're travelling solo, but split between a family or a group it's competitive with the coach and far less hassle with luggage. For a fixed-price chauffeured run you don't have to negotiate, see the Agadir private driver guide.
Bus: Supratours and CTM
The two reliable coach operators are Supratours (the ONCF rail company's road arm) and CTM. Both run several daytime departures from the Agadir and Inezgane stations, take around 3.5–4 hours, and are by far the cheapest way to make the trip. The trade-offs are the fixed timetable, the need to get yourself to the station and from the Marrakech bus station to your riad, and selling out on popular high-season departures — so book a day or two ahead. For a budget traveller without much luggage, it's the obvious choice.
Grand taxi
A shared grand taxi — the six-seat inter-town sedan — runs the route too, leaving when it's full rather than to a schedule. Shared, it's cheap and roughly car-speed; hired whole as a "course" for your group, it's a flexible middle ground between the coach and a booked transfer. The catch is the when-full departure, no fixed price unless you settle it firmly first, and a car that may be older and tightly packed for a three-hour motorway run. Fine for the confident and budget-minded; less so with a lot of luggage or small children.
Why there's no train
People expect a train because Morocco has a good rail network — but it simply doesn't reach this far south. The line's southern terminus is Marrakech, and there are no current passenger services down to Agadir. Supratours coaches exist partly to fill that gap, connecting the railhead at Marrakech to the towns the trains don't serve. So the workable plan is coach, taxi, transfer or your own car for the Agadir leg, then the train onward from Marrakech if you're heading further north.
Which one fits you
Travelling on a budget, light on bags? Take the Supratours or CTM coach. A family or group who want door-to-door ease and stops on your terms? A private transfer wins once you split it. Confident, cheap and flexible on timing? The grand taxi. Want to make the journey part of the trip and explore at your own pace? Drive it yourself — the driving guide covers the A7, the tolls and the scenic alternative.