Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The circuit is signed 1.5km west of Rissani along the N13.
Sleeping & Eating
With the dunes barely 35km further south, few people choose to spend the night in Ris-
sani, instead visiting on a day trip either from Erfoud or Merzouga. Centrally located ho-
Khadra; s Dh80, d Dh140-160; )
near the grand taxi lot, are cramped and grubby and are
better suited to male travellers.
Eating options here are limited to a few cafes along the main road and around the souq.
Information
There's a post and phone office at the northern end of the medina, and two banks with
ATMs on Pl al-Massira (the last place to withdraw cash before hitting the desert).
Getting There & Away
and runs one bus a day at 8pm to Meknès/Fez (Dh140/150, eight to nine hours) via Erfoud
(Dh15, 20 minutes) and Er-Rachidia (Dh30, 1½ hours).
Supratours runs an evening service to Meknès (Dh135) and Fez (Dh135) via Er-
Rachidia (Dh50), a morning service to Marrakesh (Dh220, 12 hours) and an early morn-
ing and evening service to Merzouga (Dh25, 30 minutes).
Local buses leave from the central bus station 400m north of the square on the road to
Erfoud. There are services to Fez (Dh130, 13 hours) via Meknès (Dh100, nine hours) and
to Marrakesh (Dh180, 10 hours). Buses run occasionally to Tinerhir (Dh35, six hours);
check at the station for departures. There are six buses a day to Er-Rachidia (Dh20, three
hours) via Erfoud.
Grands taxis run frequently from opposite the Hôtel Sijilmassa to Erfoud (Dh8), Er-
Rachidia (Dh30), Tinerhir (Dh70), Merzouga (Dh13) and occasionally Taouz (Dh25).
You can also reach Merzouga by
camionette
(minivan; Dh10); they leave hourly from
outside Chez M'Barek on Rue Moulay Ali Cherif.
