Practical guides and checked advice to plan a trip to Morocco: Marrakech, the desert, itineraries, the railway and the real distances.

Marrakech airport transfer to the medina and your riad: counter taxi, bus 19 and a private transfer from $24 compared. Prices checked 6 Oct 2026, pitfalls.

Morocco eSIM: which network (Maroc Telecom, Orange, inwi), what it costs, where the signal drops in the Atlas and desert, and when an airport SIM pays off.

Car rental in Morocco as of 6 October 2026: from €15 a day, deposit €400 to €600, licence rules, police checks, asphalt-only roads and traps to avoid.

Things to do in Marrakech, 7 Oct 2026: Majorelle online only, Ourika, Agafay, Atlas and Essaouira with times and prices, plus hammam, guides and scams.

In Morocco what people fear rarely happens, and what does happen is commercial. The scripts are well known — naming them defuses almost everything.

Taghazout is a chain of rocky right-hand points, not a beach. Season, tide and skill level decide the spot — and beginners surf five kilometres further south.

In August Marrakech averages 37.4 °C and Essaouira 23 °C, 175 km apart. In Morocco the real question is not when to go, but where to be when.

The same train seat costs 49 or 300 dirhams depending on when you book. Why the average daily budget is the wrong tool for a trip to Morocco.

“Zagora” means two very different deserts, and rarely the big one. The desert that is further away is also the easier one to reach.

No vehicle reaches a riad’s door: the taxi stops at the city walls. The real criterion for choosing your neighbourhood in Marrakech.

A week in Morocco: the desert is 560 km from Marrakech over a 2,260 m pass, and the railway stops at Marrakech. Here is the itinerary that actually fits.