Page 367 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Morocco

TR A VEL INFORM A TION  365

break your journey so long as com fort of their buses is DIRECTORY
you collect a form (bulletin often minimal and journey
d’arrêt) at the station where times painfully long. Railway Company
you alighted. This form makes ONCF
your ticket valid for an extra
five days. Grands Taxis 8 bis Rue Abderrahmane
If you have to board a train This is the most flexible way El-Ghafiki, Agdal, Rabat.
without having bought a ticket of travelling from one town Tel (0890) 20 30 40.
at the station ticket office, ask to another. Grands taxis are ∑ oncf.ma
for a boarding ticket (ticket mostly found at bus stations,
d’accès), which is issued free of parked according to their Bus Companies
charge at the entrance to the destination.
platform, or tell the inspector Grands taxis are not fitted CTM
before you board the train. A with meters, and fares must Tel (0522) 54 10 10
ticket bought on the train is be agreed by bargaining. The (for travel in Morocco).
always more expensive than main factors involved are ∑ ctm.ma
one bought from a station the length of the journey and
ticket office before boarding. how many people are to be Supratours
The train is a relatively carried. If the taxi is full (with 65 Avenue Fal Ould Oumeir,
inexpensive means of getting seven or perhaps eight people), Bureau No.1.
around. A second-class ticket each person’s fare will be only Tel (0537) 68 62 97
on an express train from slightly higher than for the (for travel in Morocco).
Casablanca to Marrakech or same journey made by bus. ∑ supratourstravel.com
Fès costs about 125 dirhams, If you do not wish to share
and from Marrakech to Tangier the taxi, expect to pay the Airlines
about 250 dirhams. There are equivalent that the driver
various concessions for families, would receive for a fully loaded Air Arabia
young people and groups, car. This allows you the option Mohammed V Airport,
and season tickets are also of a tailor-made route. Any Casablanca.
available, although these are stops along the way, to visit Tel 080 2000 803.
economical only for regular places of interest, should be ∑ airarabia.com
travel on a parti cular route. agreed beforehand, since they
will lengthen the journey time Royal Air Maroc
and add to the fare. Tel (0890) 00 08 00
Coaches (for travel in Morocco).
Many coach (bus) companies Domestic Flights ∑ royalairmaroc.com
operate in Morocco. The best
known is CTM, the national The most economical way
company that runs services of making longer journeys of which has a rail link. The one-
between towns in Morocco between Morocco’s largest way fare to either place is about
and also abroad. A private cities is often on one of the 700 dirhams, although prices
company, Supratours, also internal flights provided by may vary according to the time
covers long-distance routes. Royal Air Maroc, especially to of year. Air Arabia also operates
Coaches are comfortable and Agadir or Ouarzazate, neither internal flights.
air-conditioned, and are very
convenient, especially in the
South. They depart from bus
stations, which are usually
well signposted. A combined
train and Supratours coach
will take you from Casablanca
to Dakhla in the far south.
It is advisable to buy your
ticket, and thus reserve a seat,
at least 24 hours in advance
since coaches are often fully
booked at time of departure.
Luggage is checked in ahead
of departure and is carried
in the hold. Make sure that
yours has been loaded.
Many small local coach
companies also operate in
Morocco, although the An air-conditioned CTM coach parked near a fuel station

364-365_EW_Morocco.indd 365 09/08/16 11:21 am