Riad eden: Practical informations to prepare your trip across Morocco and in your riad marrakech

Riad Eden
25, Derb jdid - Riad Zitoun Lakdim
Médina
40000 - Medina - Marrakech - MOROCCO

Phone French / English / Spanish: Emmanuel : 00212 (0) 672 046 910
Phone French / English / German: Hélène : 00212 (0) 653 052 255
Fax : 00 212 (0) 524 440 903
contact@riadeden-marrakech.com

We will never insist enough on that point : the passport document is an obligation. If you don't have it, you take the risk to be refused either by the customs of your country and/or the Airline company, or by the Moroccon Police upon arrival in a Moroccan Airport, wherver it is !
In any case, you won't have anyway to complain...

The official currency in Morocco is the :
Moroccan Dhirams ( Dhs ou MAD ).
You can exchange English Pounds, Us Dollars, Australian Dollars in each banks. They are using their own and daily rate but included in a range managed by the "Bank Al Maghreb", the Central Bank of Morocco. In different places, you will also find some small change offices which are practical althought the rates used can by a little bit lower than the banks.
Since 5 years, the rates has been fluctuating between 12-14 dirhams per 1 £, between 7 and 8 Dhs per US 1$, and roughly the same for the Australian Dollar.

The only currency you can withdraw from all ATMs/cash Machins in Morocco is the Moroccan Dirhams.

Wherever you come from, we strongly recommend to change Moroccan Dirhams in Morocco rather than changing currency in your country, where you will be charged a lot of fees.
The difference can be very important.

In Morocco, the rate used at the airport is the same as downtown in an equivalent bank

The climate in Morocco is fery fair regarding quantity of sun, and leave only about 30 days of rain within a year. Rain is more about the second part of the winter and sometimes goes on at the beginning of March. As we can have about 5°C within a winter night and more than 60° under the sun during the summer, the difference between both is very important...

Warmest periods: Mid-june up til mid-september => Temperature range under shade is 30°C up to 50°C

Coldest periods: Mid-november til end of February => Temperature range under shade is 5°C up to 20°C

Best périods: Beginning of march til end of may, then Mid-september til mid-November => Temperature range under shade is 15° up to 30°

Le Maroc est un pays Musulman dit "modéré". En effet si toute provocation dans le comportement ou l'habillement est à proscrire, les tenues légères ( débardeurs, bermudas...) liées à la chaleur locale sont courantes. Ne perdons pas de vue une règle de comportement universelle : le respect d'autrui.

Le Maroc ne demande pas de vaccination particulière.
Le pays étant très sec, la présence de moustiques est très limitée.
Vous trouverez dans toutes les grandes métropoles un système de santé efficace, répondant aux maladies les plus courantes.
Toutes les pharmacies vendent les médicaments les plus connus, y compris les antibiotiques, que l'on peut se procurer sans prescription médicale.

L'eau est généralement potable dans toutes les grandes métropoles.
Le traitement des eaux amène cependant un goût peu agréable, et c'est pourquoi nous recommandons l'achat de bouteilles d'eau minérale que vous trouverez dans tout le pays sans problème.

La norme de tension électrique est le 220 Volts. Certaines parties reculées du pays utilisent encore le 110 même si cela est de plus en plus rare.
N'hésitez pas à vous renseigner avant votre départ, et en fonction de votre itinéraire.