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Customs DIRECTORY
During your flight to Morocco,
or when you arrive at the Embassies in Morocco
border, you will be handed Canada
a customs declaration form 13 Bis, Rue Jaafar As-Sadik, Rabat.
which you should fill in and Tel (0537) 68 74 00.
hand over at passport control.
You are legally entitled to bring United Kingdom
28 Avenue SAR Sidi Mohamed,
into the country 200 cigarettes, Rabat. Tel (0537) 63 33 33.
75 cl of alcohol and small
quantities of photo gra phic United States
material and video equipment. 2 Avenue de Mohamed el-Fassi,
Drugs, firearms and Rabat. Tel (0537) 76 22 65.
pornographic material are Consulates in Morocco
strictly prohibited. Permission
must be obtained to bring in United Kingdom
hunting weapons. 36 Rue de la Loire, Casablanca.
Importing a vehicle for a Tel (0522) 85 74 00.
Entrance to the Dar Si Saïd Museum limited period is possible but 47 Avenue Mohamed V, Marrakech.
in Marrakech the formalities are lengthy. The Tel (0537) 63 33 33.
vehicle should be registered in United States
If you intend to stay in Morocco your first name and surname. 8 Boulevard Moulay Youssef,
for more than three months, Casablanca. Tel (0522) 26 45 50.
you will need to obtain a Australian and Eire citizens may use
resident’s permit. Travellers from Language the UK embassy; New Zealanders
some countries will need a visa The official language is Arabic, may use the Canadian embassy.
to cover the whole duration of which is spoken by almost all
their stay. Information on entry Moroccans. French, a vestige of Useful Websites
formalities is available from the the Protectorate, is also widely Adventures of Morocco
Moroccan Consulate in your used, at least in large towns. It ∑ lexicorient.com/morocco
home country. is less current in country areas,
The border with Algeria is except among older people. Office National Marocain
du Tourisme
closed, but visas for Mauritania In the South, Berber is widely ∑ visitmorocco.com
can be obtained quickly spoken, es pecially in rural and
in Casablanca. mountainous areas. Travel Safety Advice
Because of the city’s proximity
to Spain, Spanish is widely Australia: Department of
Travel Safety Advice understood in Tangier, and is Foreign Affairs and Trade
Visitors to Morocco can get spoken in the Spanish enclaves. ∑ dfat.gov.au or
up-to-date travel safety German is most often heard in smartraveller.gov.au
information from the Foreign Agadir, which attracts large UK: Foreign and
and Commonwealth Office numbers of Germans. English is Commonwealth Office
in the UK, the Department spoken only by those closely ∑ gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice
of State in the US and the involved in the tourist industry, US: Department of State
Department of Foreign such as guides and certain staff ∑ travel.state.gov
Affairs and Trade in Australia. in the larger hotels.

Trekkers following a high mountain trail in an arid region of Morocco

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