Morocco is the easiest place in the world to overland a desert with your own vehicle. It’s a short ferry from Spain, the paperwork is light, and you can be on a real Saharan piste within a couple of days of leaving Europe. Every year plenty of people drive their own 4×4 down and have the trip of… Read More »
If you’re looking for a fixed Careem “per kilometre” rate in Morocco, here’s the honest answer: there isn’t one you can look up. Careem uses upfront pricing. You enter your pickup and drop-off, the app works out a set price, and it shows you that price in dirhams before you confirm. No published per-km tariff, no meter ticking,… Read More »
Ten days is the trip most people wish they’d booked. A week makes you rush; ten days lets you add a second imperial city and the blue town in the north without the drives feeling brutal. If the 7-day plan felt too tight, this is the one. The key idea is simple: run it as a line, not… Read More »
This is the classic first-timer week, and it works because it flows as one clean loop out of Marrakech and back. You get the city, the kasbahs, the mountains, and a night in the Sahara, without doubling back on yourself. If you’ve already read the how-many-days guide and settled on a week, this is the exact plan to… Read More »
Short answer: 7 to 10 days is the sweet spot for a first trip. That’s enough to see a couple of cities, get out to the desert, and not spend the whole time in a car. Five days is the realistic minimum to feel like the trip was worth the flight. Two weeks lets you add the north… Read More »
For an American, Morocco is one of the easiest big trips you can take. No visa to sort out. A nonstop flight from the East Coast that’s shorter than the one to Hawaii. Prices that feel cheap after Europe. And a country that’s genuinely welcoming to US visitors. Fun fact for the trivia pile: Morocco was the first… Read More »
Mohammed V Airport sits about 30 km south of Casablanca, a 30 to 50 minute trip depending on traffic. And here’s the thing most guides skip because they’re trying to sell you a transfer: Casablanca is the only airport in Morocco with a train station right under the terminal. So in most cases, the answer to “how do… Read More »
Marrakech Menara Airport sits about 6 km from the medina, a 15 to 25 minute ride. It’s one of the shortest airport runs in North Africa. And yet it’s where a lot of visitors get overcharged, because they don’t know what a fair price looks like when a driver names a big number after a long flight. So… Read More »
If you’re trying to work out what a Careem ride costs in Casablanca, here’s the short answer: there’s no fixed printed tariff you can look up. Careem shows you the full price in the app before you confirm the ride, in dirhams, and that’s what you pay. No meter, no surprise at the end, no haggling. That said,… Read More »
Haggling is the thing most travelers dread about Morocco, and it’s the thing they end up loving once they get it. In the souk, nothing has a fixed price. The number a seller first says is not the price — it’s the opening line of a conversation. Learn how that conversation works, and roughly what things should cost,… Read More »