Cost to Travel in Morocco
Hey everyone, in this article we will share with you our complete budget breakdown and what it really cost to travel in Morocco.
We loved our time in Morocco, especially that we road trip all around the country for more than 2 weeks. In fact, we stayed 16 days and drove over 2 500km in a Fiat 500!
Our trip started and ended in Fes, and we made a loop to visit this magnificent country. Our itinerary went through the main cities, the Sahara Desert, the seaside and the mountains of Morocco.
As of today, this trip is one of the cheapest we have ever done. Yet it is one of our favorites. We are glad to be able to share our cost to travel in Morocco. Morocco has so much to offer. In truth, Morocco is one of the main tourist destinations around Europe as it combines an ancient history, breath-taking landscape, an unbeatable and unique hospitably and a delicious culinary experience.
Morocco isn’t what it was before and today is welcoming for tourist and is extremely safe to travel around.
We rented a car at the airport and did the following: Fes, Chefchaouen, Rabat, Casablanca, Essaouira, Marrakesh, Imlil, Telouet, Ait Ben Haddou, Ouarzazate, Tinghir, Merzouga, Ifrane.
During our time in Morocco, we never felt like our budget was tight and on the contrary, we were able to afford everything we wanted without really wondering about cost.
So, let’s get to the cost to travel in Morocco.
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What’s included in our budget
Our cost to travel in Morocco and complete budget breakdown covers what we spent on accommodations, transportations in the country, food, activities and other side costs.
We do not include our flights into Morocco as it is something that will vary significantly based on where you start your travel to Morocco.
However, all the cost in our cost to travel in Morocco article are for a couple, as this is how we travelled there.
The amount in our cost of travel in Morocco article are all in euros (€) but of course there we paid everything in Moroccan Dirham (MAD) so, you will also see some of those.
Our complete itinerary
To get some perspective, our detailed itinerary was the following:
- Day 0: Arrive in Fes (we arrived late, so we don’t count it as a real day)
- Day 1: Explore Fes
- Day 2: Road trip to Meknes, Volubilis, Chefchaouen
- Day 3: Explore Chefchaouen
- Day 4: Road trip to Casablanca with a stop in Rabat
- Day 5: Road trip to Essaouira + Explore Essaouira
- Day 6: Chill in Essaouira (Bonus)
- Day 7: Road trip to Marrakech
- Day 8: Explore Marrakech
- Day 9: Road trip to Imlil + Explore Imlil
- Day 10: 1-day hike in Toubkal national park
- Day 11: Road trip to Ait ben Haddou
- Day 12: Explore Ouarzazate, road trip to Tinghir
- Day 13: Road trip to Merzouga
- Day 14: Enjoy the Sahara Desert
- Day 15: Road trip to Ifrane
- Day 16: Explore Ifrane and return
This itinerary is a loop going around the country and the best spots Morocco has to offer. You can of course, do the opposite. And we could easily pack it in 14 days by skipping Rabat and our second day in Essaouira. Now, let’s talk about the real cost to travel in Morocco.
Cost of Accommodation in Morocco
Let’s start our cost to travel in Morocco breakdown with accommodation. We booked all our accommodations in Morocco on booking.com. There we found various type of accommodation, from Riads (local houses with an inner courtyard), Dar (like a Riad but smaller) to Airbnb, to glamping and even hotels. In any case, we were always warmly welcomed by Moroccan. And one thing is sure, they have an outstanding hospitality.
To be honest, we were always looking for accommodation ranging from 20 to 50€ depending on where we were in the country. What’s important to mention is that the we had to get out of our cost range in Marrakesh and in the Merzouga (Sahara desert Glamping half board).
Here is what Moroccan accommodations cost us:
- Fès: 48 €/night
- Chefchaouen: 31 €/night
- Casablanca: 42 €/night
- Essaouira: 50 €/night
- Marrakesh: 72 €/night
- Imlil: 28 €/night
- Ait Ben Haddou: 45 €/night
- Tinghir: 39€/night
- Merzouga: 86 €/night
- Ifrane: 47 €/night
We loved our experience. And in this trip, we wouldn’t recommend budgeting a little bit up to get an accommodation. But if you can, they are some pretty amazing accommodations in Morocco.
Here is a list of accommodations we recommend based on your budget.
- Fès: (€): Riad Farah, (€€): Riad Dar Borj, (€€€): Riad Laaroussa
- Chefchaouen: (€):  Casa Sabila, (€€):  Casa La Hiba, (€€€): Casa Amina
- Casablanca:(€):  Ryad 91, (€€):  StayHere Gauthier, (€€€): Art Palace Suites & Spa
- Essaouira: (€): Dar Halima ( Maison d’hôtes/Restaurant/galerie), (€€): riad bab essaouira, (€€€): Riad Perle D’Eau – Essaouira
- Marrakesh: (€): Riad Tahyra, (€€): Riad Helen, (€€€): La Sultana,Apartment: Sweet Jacob’s Appartment
- Imlil: (€€): Riad Atlas Toubkal
- Ait Ben Haddou: (€):  ksar lamane ait ben haddou, (€€):  Kasbah El Hajja, (€€€): Caravane
- Tinghir: (€): Retour Au Calme,(€€): Auberge Camping Atlas, (€€€): Auberge Le Festival Todra Gorge
- Merzouga: (€): merzouga activities camp, (€€): Sahara Desert Luxury Camp , (€€€): Sunrise Sahara Camp
- Ifrane: (€):  Gite du barrage, (€€): Ferme d’hôte la vallée, (€€€): Michlifen Resort & Golf | Ifrane – Maroc
If like us you mixed it a little bit but stay on the lower end, this first chapter of our cost to travel in Morocco ended up with a total cost for accommodation in Morocco of 822€ for two. Which represents around 48€ per night for two.
Cost of Transportation in Morocco
To continue with the cost to travel in Morocco, let’s talk about transportation. Transportation around Morocco can be a little bit tricky, especially if you plan on visiting all its unique and stunning places. There are public trains and buses, but it will not get you everywhere. And you may have to add taxi cost on top of it or spend lots of hours in transportation.
That’s the reason, we opted to road trip Morocco. It gave us so much freedom and driving in Morocco is super easy. You just follow the way other people are driving and take it slow.
Refuelling and cleaning the car was also so convenient. A full tank cost us around 45€, a complete handmade car cleaning some 3€. Â
Not to mention that parking was easy. Especially with a small car. We did however get a speeding ticket for 100 MAD, so around 9,5€.
We rented a car for 14 days in Morocco (as we arrived late in Fès, we couldn’t get the rental car and had to come to the airport later). We used rentalcars.com and booked it a few weeks in advance. For safety, we opted for their insurance (but we wouldn’t have need it in the end, as Morocco was a pretty chill country when it came to car condition)
All together the rental car costed 385€, so 27.5€ per day. The insurance was 82.5€ and the car hire charge 302.52€. So, without insurance it would have been 21.6€ per day.
If we add the fuel, the ticket, the cleaning, and so on, the cost to travel in Morocco when it comes transportation cost us in total 566,62€, which means around 31,5€/day.
Cost of food in Morocco
Let’s get to the yummy part of cost to travel in Morocco. We often like to cook our own meals, that way we reduce cost and do not need to worry about finding whole food plant-based food and vegetarian food. While traveling we are more flexible with what we eat.
In Morocco, we almost never cooked a single meal, ate all our breakfast at our accommodations and either ate at restaurants or in our accommodation for lunch and dinner.
We loved the food there and some of the best things to try in Morocco are:
- Vegetable Tajine
- Vegetable Couscous
- Harira soup
- Moroccan salad
Regarding cost, our meals in restaurant cost between 10 and 27€ for two. With most of them being between 12 and 20€ for two.
Including waters, drinks and all the food (except breakfast, that was always included in our accommodation), the food cost to travel in Morocco was 455€ for two. Which is about 25€/day.
Cost of Activities in Morocco
Travelling to someplace new, means that you will be doing some activities. The activity cost to travel in Morocco in an important part of the cost breakdown. Morocco has tons of things to do and see. From ancient ruins, religious buildings, hiking, visiting cinema studio and just chilling on the beach, there is a lot of fun and adventure to have in the country.
Our favorite things to do in Morocco was the Sahara Desert part. The road trip between Marrakesh to Merzouga is fantastic and so scenic, especially if you use the mountain road through the Atlas Mountains.
The glamping in the desert was another of one of the highlights of Morocco. 2 days in the desert was just the perfect amount to get the full experience.
But we also loved our time in Imlil, a less touristic location in Morocco. It felt nice to be in the mountain and our accommodation there was outstanding.
Here is a breakdown of some the cost: (Always for 2)
- Medersa attarine Fès: 3,8€
- Volubilis Entrance Fee: 13,2€
- Alcazaba of Chefchaouen: 11,5€
- Marjorelle garden Marrakesh: 22,7€
- Saadien’s tomb Marrakesh: 13,2€
- Bahia Palace Marrakesh: 13,2€
- Ibn Youssef School Marrakesh: 13,2€
- Badi Palace Marrakesh: 13,2€
- Guide to hiking Toubkal National Park: 20€
- Andrée Geller garden Anima: 22,7€
- Telouet Kasbah: 3,8€
- Ourzazate: 3,8€
- Atlas Studio: 21€
- Kasbah Amridil: 7,55
- Various desert activities: 145€
And the total activity cost to travel in Morocco goes up to 338€ for two. Representing about 19€/day
Other cost in Morocco
For that final section of our cost to travel in Morocco breakdown, we have:
VISA: As far as we have seen, some people will need a VISA to enter Morocco. As French, I didn’t need one. Tina however as Serbian needed one. We did it online before our travel which was easy and convenient but costed 73€
Souvenir: We love to bring some little souvenirs. In Morocco, we got great souvenirs like pillows, magnet, bowls, sleepers, silk scarf… Altogether costing around 280€.
SIM Card: One of our least favorite things to do when we arrive in a new country is to have to figure out how to get a good sim card. From finding where is the shop, in the airport, or the city center? To deal with the registrations, giving ID and even finding which operator is the best… Well, it’s a true headache.
In Morocco, I received a sim card from a friend and we got one for Tina in the airport for 10€ with 5Gb. However it wasn’t enough and the last few days we were without data as we didn’t want to top it up.
However, if you don’t  want to be bothered anymore, you can get an eSim from Airalo, Airalo is the world’s first eSIM store that gives you access to eSIMs (digital SIM cards) for 200+ countries/regions to be connected anywhere in the world the second you land.
For 5 GB, you will pay 29,5€. Plus, Airalo has a discount going on:
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- Existing one: Save 10% on eSIMs at Airalo.com. Use Code: AIRALOESIM10 (7/1 – 12/31/2024)
Travel Insurance:Â Frankly, we did not take a travel insurance. Our French credit card company is offering a full travel package that we have. So, if something happen to us, we are covered.
However, if you don’t have such coverage, a travel insurance is recommended for all. WorldNomads offers excellent travel insurance and covers most if not all that could happen during your time abroad.
Total Cost to travel in Morocco
It is time to sum-up everything and end our cost to travel in Morocco breakdown. In total for 2-week in Morocco, for two of us, it cost us 2 630€ which is 1 315€ per person and 148€ per day for two.
In detailed we have:
- Transportation: 566€ in total, 283€ per person, 31€ per day.
- Accommodation: 822€ in total, 411€ per person, 49€ per night.
- Food: 338€ in total, 169€ per person, 19€ per day.
- Activities: 338€ in total, 169€ per person, 19 per day.
- Others: 447€ in total, 223€ per person, 24,8€ per day.
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