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From the UK and the rest of Europe Direct flights to Marrakech are operated by Royal Air Maroc (RAM), Air France and British Airways. Prices are highest over the end of year break and will be heavily booked during the two main Muslim holidays Aïd es Seghir (end of Ramadan) and two months after that for Aïd el Kebir. The direct scheduled flights from London cost anything from around £250-400). In winter flights are usually scheduled so that it is possible to leave London on a Thursday evening or Friday lunchtime and return on a Sunday or Tuesday afternoon.

Charter flights or package holidays can work out cheaper than buying just a flight. Some UK-based charter companies buy space on scheduled flights. In particular, try Safar Travel, 94-96 Seymour Road, London W1H 1ND, T 020-7724-2211; and Inspirations, Victoria House, Victoria Road, Horley, Surrey, RH6 7AD, T 01293-822244. See also the websites listed on the next page for more good deals.

French charter company Mondair runs direct flights from Paris – Charles de Gaulle and French provincial cities to Marrakech. Flights range from E300-500, depending on conditions and time of year. Flying time from Paris to Marrakech is around 3 hours 20 minutes.

The London or Paris to Marrakech services excepted, the vast majority of the RAM and other airline services from Europe to Morocco touch down in the country’s economic capital, Casablanca (Aéroport Mohammed V). There are flights from Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Brussels, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Madrid, Málaga, Marseille, Milan, Munich, Nice, Paris, Rome, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Vienna and Zürich. If you take a direct flight to Casablanca, followed by a RAM connecting internal flight, note that you may have a longish wait in Casablanca airport. (Two hours is not enough time to get into Casablanca, see the sights and get back through airport security, tightened up considerably since the bomb-attacks of May 2003.) With a connection at Casablanca, total flying and waiting time can be anything from 6-9 hours. On a long break, it is best to touch down in Casablanca and take the train to Marrakech.

From Canada and the USA As there are a large number of Moroccan emigrants in Québec, Royal Air Maroc (RAM) runs flights to Casablanca from Montréal and, for the moment, New York. (Flight time New York to Casablanca, 6 hours 40 mins.) Alternatively, travel to Europe with British Airways, Air France, or KLM all of which have flights to Moroccan destinations. The Tunisair flight between Tunis and Montréal also touches down in Casablanca.

From Australia and New Zealand There are no direct flights to Morocco from either country. Your best bet is a flight to Paris or London with Qantas from where you can pick up a connection.

Airport information Aéroport Marrakech Menara, T 044- 447862, Marrakech’s airport is 6 km outside the city and a 20- minute taxi ride from the médina or 15 minutes from Guéliz. The airport has been expanded since the late 1990s to cater for the growing number of passengers. In the arrivals hall after customs, there are several cash dispensers. Banks BMCE and Banque Populaire have bureaux de change which stay open until the last flight’s arrivals have gone through. Car hire stands are also in the arrivals hall. Taxis are the only really viable option for getting to town from the airport, as the number 11 bus stops too far (nearly 1 km) from the airport. A grand taxi should not set you back more than 50dh (60dh at night), for the run from airport to Guéliz, the modern town. Taxi drivers may accept foreign currency.

Aéroport Casablanca Mohammed V, Casablanca’s main airport, at Nouasseur, 30 km southeast of Casablanca, T 022- 339100, has all the features of a big international airport – bar hotels. As you come onto the main concourse after customs, there are cash dispensers and bureaux de change just ahead of you. Onward travel to the centre is by shuttle train or taxi. (The train station Casa-Port is under the main airport concourse.) For train travel to Marrakech, you must go to Casa-Voyageurs station. See below for further details. The CTM bus station (http://www.ctm.co.ma for timetables) for buses to Marrakech is behind the Tour Habous, on Av des FAR. Car hire companies, including Sixt, Budget, and Herz as well as local companies, are on the main concourse to your left as you come out through the frosted glass doors.

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