it's so easy to get into essaouira whether you have a rental car or take the shuttle bus which runs back and

easy access to town via their free shuttle

they have a free shuttle service (approx 20mins each way) at set times but you had to prebook this which could

is a good 20min journey - but they run a shuttle bus 5-6x a day which was free so it was really easy to get into

the lodge provides a free regular shuttle to the medina/beach which is about 20mins away