Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Délégation Régionale du Tourisme
(
0535 52 44 26; Pl de l'Istiqlal;
8.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri,
8-11.30am Sat)
Limited tourist information and pamphlets.
TRAVEL AGENCIES
0535 52 19 95; 1 Rue Ghana)
A source for air, ferry and coach tickets.
Carlson Wagonlit
(
0535 52 09 63; 7 Ave Mohammed V)
Handles tickets for all major airlines.
RAM
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Getting There & Away
BUS
The
CTM bus station
( 0535 52 25 85; Ave des FAR)
is about 500m east of the junction with
Ave Mohammed V. The main bus station lies just outside Bab el-Khemis, west of the
medina. It has a left-luggage office and the usual snack stands.
CTM departures include Casablanca (Dh90, four hours, six daily) via Rabat (Dh55, two
hours), Fez and Marrakesh (Dh155, eight hours, twice daily), Tangier (Dh90, five hours,
five daily), Oujda (Dh130, 7½ hours, daily) via Taza (Dh70, three hours), Er-Rachidia
(Dh120, 5½ hours, three daily), and two buses to Nador (Dh130, five hours).
Slightly cheaper than CTM, other buses serve the following destinations from
numbered windows in the main bus station:
No 2
Midelt, Er-Rachidia, Ouarzazate and Rissani (daily)
No 4
Rabat and Casablanca (hourly 5.30am to 4pm)
No 6
Tangier (seven daily), Tetouan via Chefchaouen (four daily), Ouezzane (two daily)
No 7
Fez (hourly 5am to 6pm), Taza (one daily), Oujda (four daily) and Nador (four daily)
No 8
Moulay Idriss (hourly 8am to 6pm)
TAXI
The principal grand-taxi rank is a dirt lot next to the bus station at Bab el-Khemis. There
are regular departures to Fez (Dh20, one hour), Ifrane (Dh28, one hour), Azrou (Dh28,
one hour) and Rabat (Dh50, 90 minutes). Grands taxis for Moulay Idriss (Dh15, 20
minutes) leave from opposite the Institut Français - this is also the place to organise round
trips to Volubilis.
TRAIN
Although Meknès has two train stations, head for the more convenient El-Amir Ab-
delkader, two blocks east of Ave Mohammed V. There are 15 daily trains to Fez (Dh20, 45
