Travel planning
Accessible Travel in Morocco
The honest position is that a medina is difficult and a modern Moroccan city is not. Planning around that difference is what makes the country workable.
Every Echoes of Africa guide and essay filed under Morocco: entry rules, safety, money, transport, packing, food, culture, festivals and heritage.
Heritage
Morocco and Diaspora Reconnection
UNESCO records Gnawa as beginning with people taken in the slave trade. Morocco is where the Sahara met the Atlantic, and its heritage list says so plainly.
Events and Festivals
Morocco Festivals and Celebrations
Morocco marks its year with moussems, harvests and horses. Tbourida and the cherry festival at Sefrou are both inscribed by UNESCO in their own right.
Culture
Morocco Culture and Etiquette Guide
Morocco is Amazigh and Arab, and both languages are official. Knowing which greeting, which hand and which moment to photograph is most of what a visitor needs.
Food
Morocco Food Guide
A tagine is the pot, not the dish. Moroccan cooking runs on slow braises, bread used as a utensil, and mint tea that arrives whether you asked for it or not.
Travel planning
Morocco Travel Safety Guide
Morocco is US Level 2 and carries no Do Not Travel area. The realistic risks are theft, confidence tricks and laws that differ sharply from home.
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Getting Around Morocco
Morocco kept and extended its railway, so trains link the imperial cities. Where the line stops, coaches and two kinds of taxi take over.
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Morocco Packing List
Morocco asks you to pack for three climates at once. The coast, the High Atlas and the pre-Saharan south are not the same country in the same week.
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Morocco Currency and Money Guide
The dirham is a closed currency. You cannot buy it before you go or take it home, which changes how you plan the first and last hours of the trip.
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Morocco Visa and Entry Requirements
Most visitors enter Morocco without a visa for up to 90 days. The rule that catches people out is passport condition: damage has cost travelers entry.