Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Rabat
Dh120/185, four hours, 10 daily
Safi
Dh62 (2nd class), three hours, one daily
Tangier
Dh310/205, 9½ hours, five daily
The last Tangier train travels overnight. Tickets cost Dh350 each for a sleeping-car com-
partment; book at least two days in advance.
Getting Around
TO/FROM THE AIRPORT
A petit taxi (local taxi) to Marrakesh from the airport (6km) should be no more than
Dh100 by night, but you may have difficulty convincing the driver of this. Airport trans-
fers to the Palmeraie or arranged through hotels or riad guesthouses in the medina or ville
nouvelle cost Dh170 to Dh250. Alternatively, airport bus 19 runs every 20 minutes from
outside the airport carpark to near the Djemaa el-Fna (Dh30), and local bus 11 runs irregu-
larly to Djemaa el-Fna (Dh3.50).
BUS
Local buses
(all fares Dh3.50)
leave for the ville nouvelle at seemingly random intervals from
Pl de Foucauld near the Djemaa el-Fna.
Key bus lines include the following:
No 1
medina-Guéliz (along Ave Mohammed V)
Nos 3 & 10
medina-train station
Nos 11 & 18
medina-Menara Gardens
Nos 4 & 12
Jardin Majorelle-medina
CALÈCHES
These are the horse-drawn green carriages you'll see at Pl de Foucauld next to the Djemaa
el-Fna. They're a pleasant way to get around, if you avoid the rush hours (8am, noon and
5.30pm to 7.30pm). One-way trips on set medina routes down Rue Debachi officially cost
Dh20 per person; otherwise, state-fixed rates of Dh120 per hour apply (rates are posted in-
side the carriage). Expect a tour of the ramparts to take 1½ hours, and allow three hours
for the Palmeraie.
CAR & MOTORCYCLE
