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Are you traveling to Morocco? Morocco has long been on my “must-see†lists. The bright and colorful photos of the country always seemed to captivate me, and the Sahara desert was something I had only seen in movies. Due to Morocco desert tours proximity to Europe, more and more travelers are hopping on the next ferry out of Spain to visit Morocco for themselves.
As soon as you cross the border you will be taken back into another world. As enthralling as it is, here are 16 Morocco travel tips to know before you go.
One of my top Morocco travel tips is to have your guard up in Marrakech. Let’s just open up with the most obvious, Marrakech has been known for years to be a city full of scams and deceitfulness. Touts roam every corner waiting for a naive tourist to pass by to try and rip them off. You know when you read reviews online and think “Yea, this person is just paranoid, that will never happen.†Well after reading articles like this and this we thought that too.
Turns out, that every scam that we had read about and tried to prepare for was a real thing! Crazy henna ladies, constant short-changing, and intentional wrong directions became daily battles in Marrakech. However, it didn’t just stop there, almost every city we visited during our six weeks while traveling in Morocco had its own way of persistently trying to scam you. Do your research before, know what to look out for, and don’t let those scammers get the best of you. Just when you’re about to let your guard up—don’t.
An important Morocco travel tip is to be respectful of the language. Moroccan Arabic is the official language of Morocco. Berber is completely different than Arabic and is spoken by the Berber people. Next there is French, which many Moroccans can speak fluently. If you’re going to Northern Morocco, near Spain, you may find that many of the locals even speak Spanish.