Marrakech is pure magic. With sunshine 350 days a year, incredible golf courses, 1,000-year-old culture, and people with irrepressible smiles, it is one of the best places to visit. Where else can you go with such a short flight from Europe and experience a culture, the scent of spices, so different from one’s own. Join us in this mystical and magical country and let us show you our Marrakech.
Useful information to help you plan your visit to Marrakech, Morocco:
ATM, Cash, Traveller’s Cheques: You will find ATM machines all over Marrakech. There are also many foreign exchange offices, and we also can exchange money for you at the hotel. The Moroccan Dirham, MAD, is pegged to a basket of currencies, and has varied comparatively little over the past 10 years. Exchange rates have varied between the following narrow bands over the past decade: €1 ˜ 10-12 MAD; $1 ˜ 8-10 MAD; £1 ˜ 14-16 MAD.
Phone and Internet: There are internet cafes all over Marrakech, and you will generally find them easily throughout Morocco. Broadband is now widely available in the cities.
- Mobile phones with GSM work throughout Morocco.
- When calling Morocco from Europe: 00 + 212 + regional prefix
- When calling Morocco from elsewhere: Intl code + 212 + regional prefix
- When calling out of Morocco: 00 + country code + number without the first zero
Time differences: Morocco is on Greenwich time all the time; there is no daylight savings time. One or two hours' difference with France depending on the season (daylight savings or standard time); one hour or no difference with the UK and Portugal.