Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Away
AIR
Oujda's
Angad Airport
( 0536 68 32 61)
is 15km north of the town off the road to Saïdia.
Grand-taxi fares are set at Dh150, but any bus to Nador, Berkane or Saïdia can drop you
on the main road for a few dirham.
three) daily flights to Casablanca and direct flights to France. Ryanair operates flights to
Paris, Brussels, Marseille and Düsseldorf. EasyJet, Transavia, Jetairfly and Air Arabia all
have flights to Paris.
BORDER CROSSING
Few anticipate the Algerian border will be re-opening soon.
BUS
The main bus station sits in the shadow of the huge Mohammed VI Mosque. The
CTM of-
Pl du 16 Août selling tickets to Casablanca (Dh210, nine hours overnight), Taza (Dh65,
3½ hours), Fez (Dh120, five hours), Meknès (Dh120, six hours), Rabat (Dh180, 7½
hours), and Tangier (Dh210, 11 hours) also via Taza, Fez and Meknès. There is also a ser-
vice every other day to Figuig (Dh100, six hours).
Trans Ghazala runs several daily services to Casablanca via Taza, Fez, Meknès and
Rabat. You can also buy tickets for these services at the
Trans Ghazala ticket office
Numerous other companies with ticket offices in the bus station offer frequent depar-
tures for Taza, Fez and Meknès as well as Berkane (Dh16, 20 minutes) and Nador (Dh35,
three hours). There are two daily buses to Bouarfa (Dh66, five hours) and Figuig (Dh93,
seven hours). There are also several buses a day to Saïdia (Dh17, one hour) and Al-Ho-
ceima (Dh79, six hours). There are also two daily buses to Tangier (Dh195, 10 hours) via
Tetouan (Dh137, nine hours).
TAXI
Grands taxis leave regularly from the main bus station to Taza (Dh80, three hours).
Change here for onward connections. Grands taxis heading north to Nador (Dh60, three
hours), Saïdia (Dh25, one hour) and Berkane (Dh25, one hour) congregate north of town
near the junction of Rue ibn Abdelmalek and Blvd Mohammed Derfoufi.
