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Safety & InsuranceMorocco does not ask for it at the border, but your US health plan may pay little there. What clinics expect, what a policy should cover and what to check before you buy.
Plan Your TripTrains for the big cities, buses for everywhere else, a driver for the desert — and the one situation where renting a car really pays off.
Tours & ExperiencesTwo days gets you to small dunes, three gets you to the tall dunes of Erg Chebbi. Here is how to pick the length, the camp and the operator — without spending the whole trip in a van.
Tours & ExperiencesThree hours of road each way for a 110-meter waterfall, about 300 steps down to the pools and a boat into the spray: how the day really goes, what it costs, and when the Ourika Valley is the better call.
Tours & ExperiencesTwo and a half to three hours each way for about four hours in a walled Atlantic port: how to spend them, how to get there without a tour, and when a night in town beats the round trip.
Tours & ExperiencesMountains an hour away, a stony desert at sunset, big waterfalls or the Atlantic coast: how far each day trip really is, who it suits and which to skip.
Tours & ExperiencesRiverside cafés and waterfalls, a village below Toubkal, or a sampler with a camel ride: how far each Atlas day trip goes, how hard the walking is, and who should skip it.
Tours & ExperiencesThree to four hours each way over the High Atlas for a UNESCO-listed earthen village: what the day really involves, what it costs, and who should skip it.
Tours & ExperiencesA stony desert under an hour from the medina, at its best at sunset: which Agafay trip to book, who should skip the quads, and what it can't replace.
Where to StayThe one decision that shapes your whole stay in Marrakech — atmosphere or quiet, riad or hotel — made simple, neighborhood by neighborhood.
ItinerariesOne week, three worlds: the medina of Marrakech, a night in the Sahara dunes and the old city of Fes — in an order that never wastes a day.
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