The weather

The daily amount of sunshine in Agadir, Fes, Marrakech and  Ouarzazate is often more than eight hours, and daylight hours more than eleven, with an average temperature of 21 degrees Celsius.

However, just covering a few kilometres can get you from the Sahara desert to the high mountains of the Atlas where you will find it several degrees cooler!

HOW TO GET THERE

By plane

There are twelve international airports in Morocco: Agadir, Al Hocelma, Casablanca, Dakhla, Fes, Laayoune, Marrakech, Ouarzazate, Oujda, Rabat-Sale, Tangier and Tetouan. The national airline is Royal Air Maroc and other international companies also fly to Morocco indirectly such as British Airways, Iberia, Swiss Air and Air France.  Low-cost airlines have started to fly into the capital Marrakech, where most of our properties are located.  Please see the chart below to find your local airport and the relevant airline websites :

www.atlas-blue.com, also have flights from Brussels, France and Spain

http://www.cheapoair.com. A company that provides cheap airplane tickets to all the tourism destinations of the world.

By car, by train and by boat

If you are driving down to Morocco or taking the train, you must go to Algeciras in the South of Spain. From there, you can get the ferry across the Detroit of Gibraltar to either Ceuta or Tangier. Depending on the type of ferry you are on, the trip can last 35 minutes if you are going to Ceuta, and 2 hours if you are going to Tangier. With “Trasmediterranea”, ferries cross over every three hours. If you are near the South East of France, you could also consider getting the ferry from Sète to Tangier (36 hours trip).

www.trasmediterranea.es

Currency

The currency in Morocco is the dirham (DH), which is divided into 100 centimes. There are bank notes of 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 DH, and coins of 1, 5, 10 DH and 5, 10, 20 and 50 centimes.

You will only be able to obtain dirhams in Morocco, as they cannot be imported or exported.  You shouldn’t convert your money in the streets, as it is illegal. You can easily change it in banks, airports or even hotels (the exchange rate is the same in all banks, they do not charge commission and they are open all the time). Don’t forget to keep the receipt they give you, this will enable you to change your dirhams back into your own currency. Be careful though as Irish, Scottish, Australian and New Zealand currencies will not be accepted. Some larger cities have ATM machines that accept international cards, such as BMCE, BMCI, Société générale marocaine de banque and Banque commerciale du Maroc. Credit cards generally work in hotels, shops and restaurants, but can sometimes be used in some souks!