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AIR: Morocco’s national airline is Royal Air Maroc (AT) (website: www.royalairmaroc.com). Other airlines serving Morocco include Air France, Alitalia, British Airways, KLM, Lufthansa and Swiss. There are frequent direct flights from all major European cities, from North America and from the Middle East.
Approximate flight times: From Casablanca to London is 3 hours; from Tangier is 2 hours 30 minutes. From Casablanca to New York is 6 hours 30 minutes.
International airports: Casablanca (CMN) (Mohammed V) is 30km (19 miles) south of the city (travel time – 35 minutes). Airport facilities include outgoing duty-free shop (closed after last arrival), post office, banking and bureau de change facilities (open 24 hours), restaurant and bar (0800-2300) and car hire (Avis, Hertz and Europcar). There are taxi services into Casablanca and train services available to Rabat.
Tangier (TNG) (Boukhalef Souahel) is 12km (7.5 miles) from the city (travel time – 20 minutes). Airport facilities include outgoing duty-free shop, banking and bureau de change facilities, restaurant and bar (0900-2100), car hire facilities (Avis, Omnium, Starc-Hertz and Moroccan Holidays). Bus and taxi services are available into Tangier.
Other international airports include Rabat-Salé (RBA), Fez (FEZ) and Marrakech (RAK).
Departure tax: None.
SEA: Principal ports are Tangier, Casablanca and Ceuta. Lines serving these ports are Transtour, Compañía Trasmediterránea, Limadet, Bland Line (from Spain and Gibraltar), Polish Ocean Lines (from Northern Europe) and Comanav (from France, Spain and Italy).
Car/passenger ferries: Ferry operators include FerriMaroc (website: www.ferrimaroc.com) and Trasmediterranea (website: www.trasmediterranea.com). There are cheap and regular car- and passenger-ferry links between southern Spain and Tangier and the Spanish enclaves on the north Moroccan coast. Most links are roll-on, roll-off car ferries except where shown. The routes are from Algeciras to Ceuta (Sebta) (car ferry); Algeciras to Tangier (hydrofoil and car ferry); Tarifa to Tangier (hydrofoil only); Gibraltar to Tangier (hydrofoil and car ferry); Almería to Melilla (car ferry); Málaga to Melilla (car ferry) and Almería to Nador (car ferry).
There are also car ferries between Sète on the French coast (between Béziers and Montpellier on the Golfe du Lyon) and Tangier run by Compagnie Marocaine de Navigation.
RAIL: Rail links between Morocco and Algeria are currently suspended. The main international routes are from Oujda to Algiers or from Oran to Algiers.
ROAD: The best road link is from southern Spain or France via passenger/car ferries (see above under Sea). The road link on the north Algerian border is currently closed. Eurolines, departing from Victoria Coach Station in London, serves destinations in Morocco. For further information, contact Eurolines (4 Cardiff Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, L41 1PP; tel: (08705) 143 219; fax: (01582) 400 694; website: www.eurolines.com or www.gobycoach.com).
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