Travel to Morocco, Morocco Travel Information, How to get to Morocco?

Morocco is a fascinating country. You’ll be amazed how diverse it can get and how incredibly safe it is. Morocco stands, nowadays, for one of the most promising tourist destinations in the world.

Moroccan government is quite open to the west and its people are well known for their sympathy and practice religion in a smoother way than in many other Muslim countries. It seems religion, to Moroccans, is not even an issue and usually only comes up in conversation when westerners actually speak about it.

King Mohamed VI is the “father” of modern Morocco, and his visible efforts to improve the country conditions are visible all over the country. Morocco diversity on travel destinations is enormous and you can travel from the beach to the desert on the same day for example. Therefor Morocco is the perfect exotic holidays destination. Welcome to Morocco!

Where is Morocco?

Morocco is located in Northern Africa and its borders Algeria and Mauritania.

One of the most interesting facts about Morocco is that it is the African country closest to the European continent.

Morocco and Spain are separated by the Gibraltar Strait only at a distance of 14 km (8.6 miles) from the areas near Algeciras and Tarifa to Tangier in North Africa.

From south Spain in Tarifa you can look and see Africa and one of the most interesting ways of getting into the country is taking the epic boat from Europe to Africa.

Map of Morocco, Morocco Google Map

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How to get to Morocco?

Traveling to Morocco from Europe is very easy, either by airplane, bringing your own car and drive by yourself, or, using buses and trains.

Major airlines fly to Morocco and already several low budget air lines fly to Marrakesh airport: Vueling ( flying from Spain ), Easy Jet ( flying from England ) and Atlas Blue ( flying from France and Germany ).

The ferry-boat company FRS in Tarifa get you from Spain to Morocco in just 35 minutes of a comfortable journey through the Gibraltar strait. These boats to Morocco can take car, motorbikes, trucks and 4WD’s.

There are plenty of train and bus connections between Moroccan cities at an affordable price and secured roads.

Travel Morocco by Airplane

Major airlines fly to Morocco and already several low budget air lines fly to Marrakesh airport: Vueling, Easy Jet and Atlas Blue.

In Morocco you have several International airports: Casablanca, Tangier, Rabat, Marrakesh, Fez, Agadir and Ouarzazate. Most of them fly to destinations such as England, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Holland, Italy, etc. If you’re flying from outside Europe and want to get a cheaper flight, we advice you to switch flights in order to get a best deal as usually direct flights from outside Europe to Morocco are more expensive than a flight change in Madrid for example.

Low Budget Airlines Morocco

Easy Jet: Flies out of cities like London, Paris, Madrid and Barcelona to Marrakech. Price ranges from 50 Euros to 200 Euros per flight round-trip ticket. Price depends of season and available seats. Booking in advance usually gets you the best deals. Easy Jet, www.easyjet.com

Atlas Blue: This is a subsidiary company of Royal Air Maroc. Connects European cities such as Paris and Madrid to Marrakech, Casablanca and Agadir. Atlas Blue, www.atlas-blue.com

Travel Morocco by Car

Getting your car into Africa is as easy as driving it into any other country in Europe. Tarifa Port in south Spain is the perfect connection to Tangier city, where you can easily start your journey in Morocco.

FRS company offers good quality 35 minutes ferry-boat trips from Tarifa to Tangier where you can easily make all passport procedures inside de boat. Every 2 hours there are boat trips, starting at 9am and ending at 11pm (please visit FRS website for accurate information as there might be seasonal schedule change).

Ticket Price Ferry-Boat Spain to Morocco

Adult 1 way = 37 Euros

Child (3-12 years) 1 way = 20 Euros

Car up to 6 m length 1 way = 93 Euros

Caravan 1 way = 143 Euros

Motorbike 1 way = 31 Euros

Travel Morocco by Train

It’s very simple to travel in Morocco using trains. Trains run from the coastal line from Tangier south to Marrakech

Ticket Price Train Marrakech to Tangier / Tangier to Marrakech

You can chose to travel in 2 beds wagon, 4 bed wagon, 1st class seat or 2nd class seat.

1st Class seat = 310 Dirhams (31 Euros)

2nd Class seat = 205 Dirhams (20 Euros)

Couchette 4 beds in the room (only night train) = 350 Dirhams (35 Euros)

Train Schedules Marrakech – Tanger

4 trains per day. Only the night train is direct trip, all other trains must be connected.

05h00m – 15h25m | Change at CASA VOYAGEURS

09h00m – 18h45m | Change in Sidi Kacem

13h00m – 22h35m | Change at CASA VOYAGEURS

21h00m – 07h25m | Direct train

Train Schedules Tanger – Marrakech

4 trains per day. Only the night train is direct trip, all other trains must be connected.

08h00m – 18h05mn| Change at CASA VOYAGEURS

11h00mn – 20h05mn| Change in Sidi Kacem

14h00mn – 00h00mn| Change at CASA VOYAGEURS

21h05mn – 08h05mn| Direct train

Cities in Morocco, Moroccan Cities

Morocco is a big country and with a population passing 30 million people, there are many big cities mostly in the north, the center and on the coast with cities as Casablanca, Rabat, Fez and Marrakech. The south, passing the Atlas Mountains tend to be less populated and with smaller cities like Ouarzazate and Errachidia.

Morocco biggest cities

Casablanca 3 million people

Rabat 1.6 million people

Fez 950.000 people

Marrakech 830.000 people

Agadir 680.000 people

Tangier 670.000 people

Meknes 540.000 people

Oujda 400.000 people

Kenitra 350.000 people

Tetouan 320.000 people