Morocco in numbers

Morocco was truly a great adventure for us. A different culture, a different race, a different religion, a different language... Everything was new and everything was big, much more interesting and adventurous than traveling around Europe.

The top 3 experiences were, in order from best to still very good:
  1. Merzouga Desert , Erg Chebbi dunes, camel riding, a good three hours in the desert, sunset and childlike happiness and laughter at contact with so much sand.
 

2. Chefchoauen : blue city in the north.

 

3. Ait-Benhaddou, a mini film town. Hassan gave us a great tour of the town, including whiskey tea and selling carpets. 


Otherwise, we did quite well. Absolutely no health problems, but the hygiene standard in Morocco is quite low. With our panda We traveled over 2000 kilometers. It was very beautiful crossing the Atlas Mountains. 
The children enjoyed meeting countless animals, from city stray cats to donkeys grazing by the road, horses, sheep, goats, as well as monkeys and camels. 
I was grateful for the kindness of the people. Of course, they were also annoying and intrusive, but mostly willing, friendly, helpful, nice and hospitable. In some places we had a hard time understanding each other, and those who work with tourists have a basic knowledge of English. But they gossiped about us a lot in French (which we don't understand). I would definitely recommend this trip to families. Despite prejudices, Morocco turned out to be a safe and friendly destination, it is close to Europe and extremely cheap.  As for the costs, as a hungry and curious family of four, we spent €1,700 in fourteen days of travel. Of that, I paid €272 for plane tickets . And €305 for the car. When we picked up the car, we had to pay an abnormally high deposit of 17,000 DRM. We had one mini-car crash, which is not a bad statistic for so many hours of driving and considering the chaos on the roads.  We ate out in restaurants or on the street, I only cooked myself twice. The food was really tasty and good. Couscous, tajines ( tajine ) and meat skewers, and breakfasts with their bread and omelette and jam and butter. We slept in cheap accommodations, we paid a total of €506 for sleeping. 10 different accommodations. So we spent a good €600 on food, sightseeing (we only paid for the camel trip - €40, guided tour of Ait Benhaddou - €10, Volubilis, the film museum in Ouarzazate), gasoline (which is approx. €1/liter) and a few little things that we took home as souvenirs.  Salam aleikum Morocco and shukran! (Hello Morocco and thank you)
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