http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26454 There are two suites and two rooms, well-decorated. The dinner offered on the first evening was the best one we had in Marrakech.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26454 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26452 I will recommend it to all my friends]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26452 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/23117
We met some interesting characters on the train, who were eager to talk to us and help us when it came to switching trains. Perhaps the best thing though is that you get to see the countryside and small towns along the way that you would normally be flying over! Well worth the slight more effort involved!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/23117 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/21158
What I discovered, though, is a vast difference in condition of buses. Some look quite together and well, if creatively, maintained. The one we got on was falling apart – and that's by Moroccan standards. It's typical to see some quite creative repairs on Moroccan cabs and buses but this thing had repairs on top of repairs to the point where it was hard to tell what was holding what together. It seems the same buses tend to do the same journey times day in day out. We were on the same bus on the way back two days later (it was later in the day but this made sense as it was the return leg of the journey). This time the dilapidation started to show up big time. The windscreen shattered, showering everyone at the front in glass and, ten minutes later one of the side windows fell out. Even the locals were a bit perturbed by the state of the bus in question! If this kind of thing worries you it may be best to go to the bus station a day before you plan to travel. Find the bus that's going where you are headed and talk to the driver or ticket man to ask if the same bus will be running at the same time the next day. If the bus looks sufficiently knackered that you don't think you can stomach a trip in it you can then change your plans accordingly.

In the end we all got back in one piece but it wasn't a trip of the feint of heart.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/21158 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19952
The main reason why we recommend it was that one of the routes took us out to the Palmeraie area (palm trees, camels etc) which we would not otherwise have seen.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19952 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17460 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17460 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10601
The only ones you negotiate with are the Grand taxis. Petit taxis only take three people. Taxis can be difficult to get during rush hours, 8 - 9.30, 12 - 2 (that’s when they change over drivers too) and 5 - 6.30.

At night, they charge 50% more. Rides in the medina are generally about six dirhams, from the New Town to the medina generally about ten dirhams.

Make sure you have small change.

Getting a taxi from the medina to the airport on the meter is about 25 dirhams, but getting one from the airport to the medina is negotiable. Published tarif is about 60 dirhams, but you may have to pay 100, depending on number of people and amount of luggage and time of day.

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