Kingdom of Morocco
Area: 446,550 sq km
Population: 33,757,175
Population density: 70 per sq km
Capital: Rabat
Area: 446,550 sq km
Population: 33,757,175
Population density: 70 per sq km
Capital: Rabat
Morocco country information
Passport & visa | Getting there | Cycling & maps | Cost of living | Accommodation | Food | Bike shops | Climate | Distances
Passport & Visa
| Visa Required? | |
|---|---|
| British | No |
| Australian | No |
| Canadian | No |
| USA | No |
| Other EU | No |
Passports
Passport valid for intended
period of stay required by all nationals referred
to in the chart above.
Passport Note
Visitors should ensure that
their passports are stamped when they enter the
country.
Visas
Not required by all nationals
referred to in the chart above for stays of up
to three months.
Visa Note
(a) Visa extensions are possible
upon request at the nearest police station.
(b) Nationals not referred to in the chart above
are advised to contact the embassy to check
visa requirements.
Getting there
Getting There by Air
The national airlines are
Royal Air Maroc (AT) (
www.royalairmaroc.com
), and its twin low-cost carrier Atlas Blue
(8A) (
www.atlas-blue.com
).
Approximate Flight Times
From London
to Casablanca is 3 hours; to Tangier is 2 hours
30 minutes. From New York to
Casablanca is 6 hours 30 minutes.
Main Airports
Casablanca
(CMN) (Mohammed V) is 30km (19 miles)
south of the city (journey time - 35 minutes).
To/from the airport: There are
taxi services into Casablanca and train services
available to Rabat. Facilities:
Outgoing duty-free shop, banking and bureau de
change, restaurant, tourist help desk and car
hire.
Tangier (TNG) (Boukhalef Souahel) is 11km (7 miles) from the city (journey time - 20 minutes). To/from the airport: Bus and taxi services are available into Tangier. Facilities: Outgoing duty-free shop, banking and bureau de change, restaurant, bar, tourist help desk and car hire.
Other international airports include Fes (FEZ), Marrakech (RAK) and Rabat-Salé (RBA).
Departure Tax
Tangier (TNG) (Boukhalef Souahel) is 11km (7 miles) from the city (journey time - 20 minutes). To/from the airport: Bus and taxi services are available into Tangier. Facilities: Outgoing duty-free shop, banking and bureau de change, restaurant, bar, tourist help desk and car hire.
Other international airports include Fes (FEZ), Marrakech (RAK) and Rabat-Salé (RBA).
None.
Getting There by Water
Main ports:
Tangier and Nador in
Morocco proper, and the Spanish-held ports of
Ceuta and Melilla. Several
lines from Europe serve these ports.
Ferry operators include FerriMaroc (tel: (950) 274 800; www.ferrimaroc.com ) and Trasmediterranea (tel: (902) 454 645; www.trasmediterranea.com ). There are reasonably priced and regular car- and passenger-ferry links between southern Spain and Tangier and the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla on the north Moroccan coast. Most links are roll-on, roll-off car ferries except where shown. The routes are from Algeciras to Ceuta (Sebta) (car ferry); Algeciras to Tangier (hydrofoil and car ferry); Tarifa to Tangier (hydrofoil); Gibraltar to Tangier (hydrofoil and car ferry); Almería to Melilla or Nador (car ferry); Málaga to Melilla (car ferry); Almería to Nador (car ferry); Gênes (Italy) to Tangier; Alicante to Orán; and Almería to Al Hoceima.
There are also car ferries between Sète on the French coast (between Béziers and Montpellier on the Golfe du Lyon) and Tangier run by Compagnie Marocaine de Navigation.
Ferry operators include FerriMaroc (tel: (950) 274 800; www.ferrimaroc.com ) and Trasmediterranea (tel: (902) 454 645; www.trasmediterranea.com ). There are reasonably priced and regular car- and passenger-ferry links between southern Spain and Tangier and the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla on the north Moroccan coast. Most links are roll-on, roll-off car ferries except where shown. The routes are from Algeciras to Ceuta (Sebta) (car ferry); Algeciras to Tangier (hydrofoil and car ferry); Tarifa to Tangier (hydrofoil); Gibraltar to Tangier (hydrofoil and car ferry); Almería to Melilla or Nador (car ferry); Málaga to Melilla (car ferry); Almería to Nador (car ferry); Gênes (Italy) to Tangier; Alicante to Orán; and Almería to Al Hoceima.
There are also car ferries between Sète on the French coast (between Béziers and Montpellier on the Golfe du Lyon) and Tangier run by Compagnie Marocaine de Navigation.
Getting There by Rail
Rail links
between Morocco and Algeria are suspended. Trains
can be caught from London St Pancras to
Gare du Nord in Paris, and then Gare d'Austerlitz
to Algerciras in Spain. From here ferries can
be caught to Morocco.
Getting There by Road
The best
road link is from southern Spain or France via
passenger/car ferries. The road link on the north
Algerian border is closed. Eurolines
(tel: 0870 580 8080, in the UK;
www.eurolines.com
) runs services between Europe and Morocco.
Cycling & Maps
  |
Morocco Map |
  |
Morocco Map |
| or try any of these free and very detailed maps: Cartes du Maroc | |||
Cost of living
Morocco:
all prices in Morocco Dirhams (MAD)
| drinks and snacks | food: local markets; restaurants; and stores |
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| water (mineral) |
1.5 litre 1 litre 300ml 1 litre |
5.00 12.00 5.00 7.80 |
bread loaf-white |
600g 750g |
8.00 9.80 |
| local market food pizza-takeaway |
one serving one serving one serving med |
tba tba tba 75.00 |
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| beer-local wine |
330ml 750ml |
9.50 85.00 |
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| tea coffee (cafe / bar) Nescafe instant coffee-ground |
25 bags per cup 125g 500g |
11.00 4.00-8.00 35.00 45.00 |
rice (white) pasta eggs tinned tomatoes |
kg |
10.70 6.50 10.50 8.60 |
| milk yoghurt / curd cheese Magnum icecream |
1 litre 200g kg each |
7.20 |
potatoes onions tomatoes green beans |
kg kg kg kg |
4.30 3.50 4.80 18.00 |
| chips salted peanuts dried apricots |
200g pack kg kg |
tba tba tba |
apples oranges bananas |
kg kg kg |
18.00 12.00 9.50 |
| cornflakes chocolate biscuits-plain biscuits-chocolate |
375g pack 100g block 200g pack 200g pack |
22.50 9.20 7.90 12.00+ |
pineapple (can) oil (corn) |
500g can 500ml |
12.50 6.80 |
| peanut paste jam |
500g jar 400g jar |
tba 14.50 |
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| accommodation | personal | ||||
| budget city hostel budget city hotel matrass on rooftop |
70-100+ per dorm bed 250- 300+ double with ensuite 25+ |
deodorant - roll-on |
50ml 150g bar 200ml each 100ml 5 pack each |
23.00 4.20 24.50 tba 10.00 35.00 tba |
|
| camping wild camping |
40.00 2 person + tent |
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| internet | 3.00-10.00 per hour | ||||
| *
tba = price to be announced * January 2009: at time of writing 1.00 USD = 8.69 MAD all prices have been taken from internet resources such as wikitravel, hostel world, leading supermarket chains, travel blogs, forums and of course our own travel experiences and purchases of everyday products in food markets, bazaars and local shopping facilities. They are only an indication and designed to give you a general impression of the cost of living in Morocco. Items are geared towards the budget conscious traveller with an occasional craving for a bit of luxury. |
Source:www.exchange-rates.org |
Bike shops
Marrakech
Argan Extreme Sports
rue Fatima Al Fihria (
in between main police station and the sport complex)
Marrakech
06 22 27 86 10
http://fr.argansports.com
