Karen and I finally made it into Morocco Monday 8th November, a whole month later than we originally planned. We bought our ferry tickets from Carlos (exit 112, behind Lidl/Carrefour) for 170 euros and headed to Algeciras port for the 6.30pm ferry to Tangiers, which now uses the new TangierMed port.
This is approx 40km from Tangiers but the main route out of the port puts you straight onto a new motorway (A4) which heads down the west coast towards Rabat. This is a big port with very few signposts but there are plenty of people to point you in the right direction. New custom booths look promising but still the usual Moroccan inefficiency at the moment. Took us 30 mins to clear customs, so an improvement on the old port.
At the port there are Bureau de Change and a place to get insurance but we didn't see any ATMs. However if you continue down the A4, about 30km, there is a new service station that accepts cards for fuel payment AND has an ATM to get your cash.
We decided to head for Larache and spent our first night at the Aire de Repos there, popular with French campervans and not bad facilities for 20 dhirams, which you pay to the "gardien".
Currently working our way through the High Atlas to Khenifra. Been raining for 24 hours. Hope to find some sun and drier weather soon. We'll keep you posted.
Tony and Karen
This is approx 40km from Tangiers but the main route out of the port puts you straight onto a new motorway (A4) which heads down the west coast towards Rabat. This is a big port with very few signposts but there are plenty of people to point you in the right direction. New custom booths look promising but still the usual Moroccan inefficiency at the moment. Took us 30 mins to clear customs, so an improvement on the old port.
At the port there are Bureau de Change and a place to get insurance but we didn't see any ATMs. However if you continue down the A4, about 30km, there is a new service station that accepts cards for fuel payment AND has an ATM to get your cash.
We decided to head for Larache and spent our first night at the Aire de Repos there, popular with French campervans and not bad facilities for 20 dhirams, which you pay to the "gardien".
Currently working our way through the High Atlas to Khenifra. Been raining for 24 hours. Hope to find some sun and drier weather soon. We'll keep you posted.
Tony and Karen