Morocco 2019

[jongood]

I'm gutted if merzouga, has closed we couldn't get there this year, keep us posted

AFAIK they are not talking about campsites, They are closing down the 'desert camps'.

They sell overnight camel/quad trips where you go into the desert and stay overnight at a tented camp, the poor old punters don't realise that they are only a short car ride from where they started because they ve been driven round in circles, have a night under the stars and then next morning they are promptly returned to their hotels and they are so relieved that it was all right that nobody complains, and the next lot get on the camel/quad for their '2 day trip'.

I don't think you will have any problem finding a campsite in Merzouga, in fact you will be beating off the touts as you roll into town.

Jon

 

[jongood]

It's empty, word must of got out you where coming

He has been there before so they do know!

 

[Hotelman]

Now at Erg Chebbi, on camping pyramid, wow wow what a great setting. We stayed last night in the town of erfoud, we went into town on the scooter, pestered everywhere for trips into the desert or visit my shop etc etc and this was at the traffic lights !!!, the first ones since Marrakesh!!!!, . We were slightly apprehensive about how touristy it would be here, but so far so good.
SWMBO flies home on the 29th from Marrakesh, I guess I’ll be sailing from tangier med 2 weeks today.

Not sure about the changes to the ‘tent villages’ which have been removed, if I find out I will report in.

But rest assured, camping pyramid is open and I need to keep pinching myself that we are experiencing it.

I need to do a little research to see if we can get a photo of the Algerian border, to go with our many others

 

[horshamjack]

Now at Erg Chebbi, on camping pyramid, wow wow
Not sure about the changes to the ‘tent villages’ which have been removed, if I find out I will report in.

But rest assured, camping pyramid is open and I need to keep pinching myself that we are experiencing it.

I need to do a little research to see if we can get a photo of the Algerian border, to go with our many others

I’ve been informed that only the unregistered/unlicensed camps are being pulled down and closed which makes sense

 

[webby1]

Heads up for those going to Chefchaouan.
After suggestions from others, we drove further along the N13 and cut back to Chefchaouan on the R412 and followed the red route to the campsite which was easy enough.

However it is a long slow slog up from the N13 and we saw two yoots had put a barrier in the road to slow down the traffic and then climbed onto the towbar of a giant MAN truck, that luckily seemed able to take the weight. I dread to think of the possible damage if they had hung on to a Fiamma bike rack.

Oh....pleeese ask me what's a yoot......................Cousin Vinny one of our favourite films

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[PhilandMena]

Mine too.

 

[PhilandMena]

Good morning one and all. Our 4thday at Camping Takat and the pool is being made full use of. Dipped my toe in yesterday and it was cold but not freezing. They have increased their prices here
Now 85 Dirham a without lecce and another 20 Dirhams with. Very tidy place,quiet and not much to do other than relax and enjoy the very good weather we have. A little misty first thong on the morning and then the day heats up very quickly, night 20"s low 30's. Will move onto next campsite in a couple of days, Paradie Normade anyone accessed this from the Matakesh Toll road direction? Sent an email to the campsite asking if road was ok got an automatic reply that their email system was faulty due to iffy WiFi ???

 

[canopus]

Trying to picture you in a 'misty thong' Phil . Is it one you've borrowed from Mena?

 

[PhilandMena]

Trying to picture you in a 'misty thong' Phil . Is it one you've borrowed from Mena?

Well and truly got me with that one Ken me ole fruit pastel ? WTF is a 'misty thong ! Don't tell me ! I bet it's a pair of Yorkshire speedo's with a flap on the front to keep the sun of your jewels. In your case, a very teeny, weeny, pokadot flap.
Put my name down for the plumpton festival and never even made it on to the reserve list. Not sure if we will catch up with you this year. Anyway, you 3 have a great time.

 

[River gypsys]

Heads up for those going to Chefchaouan.
After suggestions from others, we drove further along the N13 and cut back to Chefchaouan on the R412 and followed the red route to the campsite which was easy enough.

However it is a long slow slog up from the N13 and we saw two yoots had put a barrier in the road to slow down the traffic and then climbed onto the towbar of a giant MAN truck, that luckily seemed able to take the weight. I dread to think of the possible damage if they had hung on to a Fiamma bike rack.

Oh....pleeese ask me what's a yoot......................Cousin Vinny one of our favourite filmsView attachment 290300

We saw a few yoots strutting their stuff in the middle of the road when we were there, Andy just kept driving, they soon jumped out of the way, we liked it down south much better ,in seville now, 27 degrees , bliss

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[sylvester1954]

Just about to board the car ferry back to Spain. Had a fabulous 4 weeks in Maroc and exceeded all of my expectations and drowned by fears built on ignorance. Best bits.. the Moroccan people, the ever changing landscapes, the flat bread, mint tea, towns and villages that we travelled through, the hundreds of pallid swifts we saw, the history.. I could go on and on... I'm not going to offer any contrary observations because the pluses outweigh the negatives. Thanks to the many on this thread who offered their thoughts and knowhow when we sought all kinds of advice.
In the words of General McCarther, "l came through and I will return"

 

[sylvester1954]

Just about to board the car ferry back to Spain. Had a fabulous 4 weeks in Maroc and exceeded all of my expectations and drowned my fears built on ignorance. Best bits.. the Moroccan people, the ever changing (wow) landscapes, the flat bread, mint tea, towns and villages that we travelled through, the hundreds of pallid swifts we saw, the fantastic history. .. I could go on and on... I'm not going to offer any contrary observations because the pluses outweigh the really few negatives that we came across . Thanks to the many on this thread who offered their thoughts and knowhow when we sought all kinds of advice.
In the words of General McCarther, "l came through and I will return"

 

[Hotelman]

Good morning one and all. Our 4thday at Camping Takat and the pool is being made full use of. Dipped my toe in yesterday and it was cold but not freezing. They have increased their prices here
Now 85 Dirham a without lecce and another 20 Dirhams with. Very tidy place,quiet and not much to do other than relax and enjoy the very good weather we have. A little misty first thong on the morning and then the day heats up very quickly, night 20"s low 30's. Will move onto next campsite in a couple of days, Paradie Normade anyone accessed this from the Matakesh Toll road direction? Sent an email to the campsite asking if road was ok got an automatic reply that their email system was faulty due to iffy WiFi ???

We stayed for a couple of nights at the beginning of our trip and drove from the motorway, it was fine. 2 weeks later we drove the back way from Agadir, that was fine but the site was full, it was hosting a motorbike team, so check,

 

[PhilandMena]

We stayed for a couple of nights at the beginning of our trip and drove from the motorway, it was fine. 2 weeks later we drove the back way from Agadir, that was fine but the site was full, it was hosting a motorbike team, so check,

The, that is helpful, as per my post, I did send them an email and got a reply to the effect their WiFi system was broken ?????

 

[webby1]

Enjoyed the last few days in Chefchaouan and it's been one of the highlights of the trip. But unlike others on here we have not been offered any illegal substances.

Now either we are just too old for them to even consider or we are wondering about the streets with such a glazed look in our eyes that they don't think we need anything else.

A night in Martil tomorrow and then the ferry back. Again, thanks to all those regulars whose posts made us think "we could do that" and a big hallo to all the friends we made on the way.

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[Hotelman]

Whilst down in erb chebbi this morning we got a call to say our daughters father in law had died, not a suprise, so as we were at the end of our trip we decided to travel home. Now in Meknès, a long drive but just like all Morocco a fantastic one. Onto tangier med tomorrow for the afternoon sailing. SWMBO is flying home from Malaga on Wednesday morning. I tried to amend my Brittany ferry booking, from Spain but all full for 10 days ...due to earlier weather cancellations and bloody b****t !!, so I guess a long drive through France. But how great to explore the inland of Morocco and great to have plans for next year ....inshallah

 

[TerryL]

Sorry to hear you're having to cut short your trip, unfortunately at our time of life these things seem to happen more frequently - our condolences.

But of course it would happen when you probably were about as far from Tangier as you could get - that's one hell of a drive so well done for doing it so quickly. Take care too on the rest of your return.

Glad you enjoyed yourselves and keep those plans going - you're the "Morocco 2020" expert now!

 

[horshamjack]

After 26days at Tafroute finally dragged our selfs away, was great to catch up with so many funsters many old faces and many new, was great to meet you all, hope to catch up with some on the road possibly Portugal, Now at Ait Mansour 20dh a day great spot in the gorges road in narrow with few drop offs

 

[PhilandMena]

Like many other, we too are edging up towards Tangier and over to Spain. It's been a fantastic trip and we have found another delightful campsite with a mind blowing restaurant and some wonderful places to relax in their gardens. close to Marrakesh too.

 

[Mr Ed]

Horshamjack it was great to meet up with you at long last.
Looks like a great spot to add to your list.

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[Mr Ed]

Phill,Thats the place we stayed on the way down,but the pool was empty.
What was your opinion on camping takat.?

 

[Dazzlin]

View attachment 290770 View attachment 290772 View attachment 290770 View attachment 290773 After 26days at Tafroute finally dragged our selfs away, was great to catch up with so many funsters many old faces and many new, was great to meet you all, hope to catch up with some on the road possibly Portugal, Now at Ait Mansour 20dh a day great spot in the gorges road in narrow with few drop offs

We loved Ait Mansour. Parked in the Palmerie..... Guardian told us to move 6 feet over to the left, I said "yeah sure, why?"
"because that 40 foot tall palm might fall in these winds"
There's me thinking, moving 6 feet will help?

 

[TerryL]

I'm sure other "old hands" will have noticed too but there does seem to be an increase of very acceptable new campsites springing up in Morocco, no doubt due to the King's initiative a couple of years ago to allocate funds to individual regions for developing tourism.

We're currently at L'Oceane Bleu at Mohammedia, an old favourite, and having been out for a short walk earlier the amount of development, mainly holiday apartments, is astonishing. On the next beach north they've even built a small breakwater to form a lagoon next to a beautiful beach, right in front of a whole raft of the apartment blocks.

Sadly L'Oceane Bleu doesn't seem to be keeping up - whilst the site itself is excellent and the welcome couldn't be better, the facilities haven't been upgraded for a while, are totally inadequate and are letting the place down.

Planning on crossing back to Algeciras on Friday, probably overnight Thursday at Asilah (campsite for the facils) to be in a good position for a reasonable ferry.

 

[horshamjack]

Like many other, we too are edging up towards Tangier and over to Spain. It's been a fantastic trip and we have found another delightful campsite with a mind blowing restaurant and some wonderful places to relax in their gardens. close to Marrakesh too.
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Looks familiar

 

[PhilandMena]

Phill,Thats the place we stayed on the way down,but the pool was empty.
What was your opinion on camping takat.?

Four days was enough for us Martin. They have put another 5 dirham on the price so now 85 dirham without lecce and 105 with. It's fine for a few days but very little to do other than lounge by the pool or inside the big lounge/restaurant. On the whole I would say it's good for a short stop and handy if your heading north and need somewhere to stop near Agadir.

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[Hotelman]

Yesterday we arrived at tangier med for the 2pm sailing, but it never happened, and the 5pm sailing left at 6.30 !!!, once we arrived, a quick shop at carrefour in los barrios, then a drive to wild camp near Malaga airport, a late night, SWMBO flew home at 7 this morning, I’ve driven up to San Sebastián and parked up at the cider factory, opens at 8pm , alarm clock set !!!!camper contact 60116

 

[abforfun]

Yesterday we arrived at tangier med for the 2pm sailing, but it never happened, and the 5pm sailing left at 6.30 !!!, once we arrived, a quick shop at carrefour in los barrios, then a drive to wild camp near Malaga airport, a late night, SWMBO flew home at 7 this morning, I’ve driven up to San Sebastián and parked up at the cider factory, opens at 8pm , alarm clock set !!!!camper contact 60116

Our 2pm sail never happened and having spoken to others they have said the same

 

[webby1]

OH..............................we're going for the 2pm sailing tomorrow ?????

But given the ferocious winds in Martil today and predictions to get worse at the weekend,we'll be happy to sail sometime tomorrow....................shhh don't tell them.

 

[Dazzlin]

Wild camp near Malaga airport, a late night, SWMBO flew home at 7 this morning, I’ve driven up to San Sebastián.

Malaga to San Sebastian. Respect!

Have to try the cider spot when next up there.

 

[billym]

Our 2pm sailing was also non existant.
Can recommend the chicken sandwich from cafe at the booking in area!

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