Safety in Morocco – How safe is a holiday in Marrakech?

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By |2017-10-28T14:05:36+02:00June 2nd, 2017|Africa, Morocco, Travel Guides, Traveldiary| 0

Safety in Morocco – How safe is a holiday in Marrakech?


It doesn’t really matter who I’m telling about my trip to, almost everyone asked me about the safety of this country and when I asked you about the topic Morocco people seem to mostly ask about the safety. How dangerous is it to go on a holiday in Marrakech? Can you be here without any worries? In this blogpost I can only tell you about my experiences. Informations you can find online at the Ministry of foreign Affair.

Safety in Morocco – How safe is a holiday in Marrakech?

» Information by the  Ministry of foreign Affair

I have to admit, when I booked this trip last year in october, I didn’t think about if this would be dangerous or not. This country has been on my Travel Bucket List for a very long time and since a lot of other bloggers have been here in the last time, I didn’t really think about it and just booked my journey. In general I have to say that I wasn’t really prepared for this holiday and that we had to change our route and one hotel a day before our departure. As you can see I didn’t really think a lot about this journey. Now the real question – How dangerous is it in Morocco?

„Morocco in general is a politically stable country with a good touristic infrastructure and a well developed security presence. Nevertheless there is a certain risk of terroristic acts with an islamic background, especially directed against foreign state officers. Without notice of the partial travel warning for the above described border regions – you can travel the usual routes (Royal Cities , Atlantic- and Mediterranean Sea, Dadès-Valley, Drâa-Valley, Ait Ben Haddou, Ouarzazate, Zagora with Mhamid, Erfoud with Merzouga when complying with the appropriate security arrangements.

It’s recommended to only book at the usual travel agencies and to not leave the tourism areas. Information which is provided by hotels or travel agencies as well as news should be considered. Single Traveling Women should be extra cautious. Partial Travel warning (Security Level 5) for trips into the inland – territory of the westsahara and saharazones of Southmorocco!“  Source.

We didn’t see anything weird, didn’t feel uncomfortable or scared. Everything worked out very well.

We say No! We usually stayed (except when driving) at places where a lot of tourists are. It was rare that you’d stay alone. We also adapted to the clothing standards. I covered myself by wearing floorlong dresses. That’s why we didn’t draw any attention to us. I can’t say how it’s when you wear Hotpants and a Spaghetti-Top.

There was only one situation when we were a little scared..
When we started our journey in Ouarzazate to Zagora in the Sahara the condition of the streets were really bad. You couldn’t really see if you were actually driving on the street or on gravel. We drove like this for some time, but I was really scared to loose my orientation or the way. Attention: the cities are very far from each other – it’s about 3 hours from Ouarzazate to Zagora. That’s why we returned. I’d avoid the border to Algeria in general. Apart from this there’s no need to worry.

Marrakech is a city like every other one and at certain areas a lot of people gather. Clearly there are pickpockets in these kind of cities. We didn’t see them, but we weren’t touched or threatened in any way. We were able to observe some differences in opinion, which were a little louder, but no no real brawls. According to the internet, criminality is bigger in Germany than in Morocco. I think it has something to do with the prohibition. If you’re in crowded areas, you should pay more attention your bag.

Morocco Safety

Morocco is such a beautiful country, do not let yourselves be insecure, but still be on the hut!

Summary of my behavioral tips PLEASE NOTE

1. As I already told you in my Do’s and Don’ts blogpost, I recommend you to cover your shoulders and knees. You don’t have to cover yourself completely but it’s good to adapt to a muslim country. Everything else is a little inappropriate and people would stare at you.

2. Stay at the tourist places. I’d avoid the Souks and also the Marktplatz Djemaa el Fna at night. Not because it’s dangerous, but because you can get lost and it’s hard to find your way back.

3. Don’t let other impose anything on you! Just be self-confident and say „No, thank you“ and move on. You don’t have to accept everything. If someone touches you, you shoule make it clear that it’s not okay and say NO! If you move on, most of the vendors will give up.

4. Bargaining! Don’t stop until you notice, that they really don’t want to give you the price you’re demanding. They’ll start telling you that it’s his exitstence! Don’t meet in the middle, but a little lower. We only paid 500 DH instead of 1800 DH for a lot of plates and we could have even paid 150 DH less.

5. What’s always helpful is to be polite and corteous, helpful and tactful. If you want to snap a picture, ask first. And also if someone annoys you and wants to sell you something, say thank you but no.

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