Casablanca handles most of Morocco's long-haul traffic, so if you have flown from Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Doha, this is almost certainly where you land. Mohammed V sits 30 km outside the city, which means clearing immigration after a seven-hour flight and then facing a genuine drive before you see a hotel.
The city is Morocco at its most commercial and least touristic - a working port, a financial district, wide boulevards and traffic that behaves like any large business capital. For Gulf visitors it is also the most familiar Moroccan city, closer in rhythm to Dubai or Riyadh than to the imperial towns, with the Hassan II Mosque as its one great monument.
It is the hardest place in the country to drive comfortably. Lane discipline on the main axes is loose, the port and rail approaches are congested through most of the day, and downtown parking is scarce enough that hotels quietly advise against a car. A driver who waits between appointments and knows which way into Sidi Maarouf works at four o'clock is worth more than the vehicle. Every booking is private and the rate is fixed in advance.
Why hire a driver here
- CMN is 30 km out, so the transfer is a real leg rather than a hop
- Business districts run from the Twin Center through Anfa to Sidi Maarouf
- Downtown parking is scarce and largely attendant-managed
- The Hassan II Mosque admits non-Muslim visitors, unusually for Morocco
- Arabic-speaking drivers make meetings and site visits simpler
Included in every booking
- Fuel, tolls and the driver's fee for the agreed route
- Airport, hotel, port or Casa-Voyageurs station pickup
- Arabic and English-speaking drivers as standard
- Waiting time between meetings at no extra hourly charge
- Bottled water, phone charging and Wi-Fi on request
