Marrakech takes more arrivals than any other Moroccan city and is where most Latin American trips begin. There is no direct service from the region, so almost everyone routes through Madrid, Lisbon or occasionally Sao Paulo - typically eighteen to twenty-four hours in total, with a European stopover that many travellers extend into a few days.
One thing works strongly in your favour here. Spanish is genuinely useful in Morocco, far more so than most visitors expect - a legacy of the Spanish protectorate in the north and of Melilla and Ceuta, and reinforced by decades of Spanish television. In Tangier, Tetouan, Chefchaouen and Nador it is often the second language ahead of French. Our drivers on this side of the site speak it, and several speak Portuguese too.
What language does not solve is the medina, which admits no vehicle at all, or parking near Jemaa el-Fna, which is negotiated with an informal attendant rather than paid at a machine. Every booking is private, at a rate agreed before you travel that covers fuel, tolls and the driver.
Why hire a driver here
- Spanish is widely spoken, particularly across the north of the country
- Vehicles get no further than the wall; your driver carries the bags in
- The climb to Ouarzazate runs 30 km of hairpins and crests 2,260 m
- GPS cannot resolve a riad address; our drivers know the derbs by name
- Long-haul arrivals through Europe land tired, with no appetite for a rental desk
Included in every booking
- Fuel, tolls and the driver's fee for the agreed route
- Airport, riad, hotel or railway station pickup
- Spanish, Portuguese and English-speaking drivers available
- Bottled water and phone charging in the vehicle
- Child seats and extra luggage space on request, at no charge
