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Ancient city of Ait Benhaddou, Morocco

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Travel to Morocco

Flying to Morocco

Flights to Morocco are served by the national airlines of Royal Air Maroc (AT) (www.royalairmaroc.com), and its twin low-cost carrier Atlas Blue (8A) (www.atlas-blue.com). British Airways (www.britishairways.com) also flies regular charters to Morocco from the UK, as do many UK budget airlines, including easyJet (www.easyjet.com), Ryanair (www.ryanair.com) and Thomsonfly (www.thompsonfly.com).

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.

Departure tax:

None.

Travel 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.

Driving to Morocco

The best road link is from southern Spain or France via passenger/car ferries. The road link on the north Algerian border is closed due to ongoing political dispute. Borderlinks with Morocco’s other neighbour Mauritania in the south are still open. This is a route only for the very determined. There are warnings for landmines and higher insidences of banditry in the country’s far south-west, but the roads are generally well-maintained tarmac. However this turns into sandy ‘piste’ immedeatley on entering Mauritania, and with the added risk of landmines, a guide is strongly recommended. The border closes at 1800 daily.

Getting to Morocco by boat

The main ports are Tangier and Nador in Morocco proper, and the Spanish-held ports of Ceuta and Melilla. Several lines from Europe serve these ports.

Ferry operators:

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.

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