Morocco
Licensed rides where available, offline medina pins, and official train tickets
Check visa eligibility only through Acces Maroc and make sure the approval and passport details match before travel.
The essentials
What to know before you go to Morocco
Bring a travel-enabled Visa or Mastercard, a backup card, and Moroccan-dirham cash. Cards work at many hotels and larger businesses, but souks, small cafés, taxis, and rural stops often need cash. Orange Money can technically be opened with a passport and Moroccan mobile number, but a foreign card cannot fund it, so tourists do not need it. Uber now uses licensed vehicles in selected cities; inDrive is broader but may connect you with an unlicensed private car.
Verify the driver, plate, fare, and payment in the app, and avoid pickups beside taxi ranks where conflict is reported. Save your riad's live pin and nearest vehicle-accessible gate before entering a medina. Do not follow unsolicited guides claiming a street is closed; licensed guides carry official identification. Save intercity tickets offline and keep a station-counter fallback.
Drones require prior civil aviation permission.
Ride Hailing
inDriveEssential
Negotiated-price rides with broader city reach than Uber, including useful coverage in Fez.
UberEssential
Licensed app rides in selected major cities, using an existing Uber account and supported saved cards.
Careem
A secondary ride option in larger cities when Uber or inDrive supply is poor.
Bolt
An additional ride app officially listed for Marrakesh, not a countrywide option.
Food Delivery
GlovoEssential
The broadest verified restaurant and convenience delivery coverage across Moroccan tourist cities.
Kooul
A current Moroccan delivery alternative serving several major cities and resort areas.
Bolt Food
A verified food delivery alternative in Marrakesh, with no official nationwide footprint.
Messaging
WhatsAppEssential
The standard channel for riads, drivers, guides, restaurants, live locations, and booking coordination.
Navigation
Google MapsEssential
Best for offline city maps, saved riad pins, road navigation, landmarks, and cross-checking pickup points.
Transit
Blassty
Official multimodal planning and live information for buses and trams around Rabat, Salé, and Témara.
CASABUS
Casablanca bus routes, stops, arrival information, and network service notices.
Language
Google TranslateEssential
Offline French and standard Arabic text, camera, and basic conversation help, with limits for spoken Darija.
Intercity Transport
ONCF VoyagesEssential
The current official app for Moroccan trains, Al Boraq, and connected Supratours journeys.
marKoub.ma
A Moroccan multi-operator marketplace for comparing and booking intercity coach tickets.
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Internet in Morocco
Mobile internet eSIM Best option when traveling
Guac
RecommendedReliable mobile internet at better prices than most travel eSIMs, with polished iOS and Android apps and support for making and receiving phone calls.
Airalo
One of the biggest travel eSIM brands, with a very large destination catalog.
Holafly
Known for unlimited-data plans in many destinations, at a higher price per gigabyte.
Buying a local SIM card ID registration required
- A passport is required by Moroccan law. Shop staff complete the registration on the spot in about 2 to 5 minutes, and some shops photograph the passport. There is no device or IMEI registration.
- Around 200 MAD (roughly $20) buys about 50 GB with inwi or Maroc Telecom, while Orange sells validity-based tourist plans from around 120 MAD (roughly $12) for 7 days. City shops also sell much smaller local bundles for a few dollars, so ask what you are getting before paying.
- Official Maroc Telecom, inwi and Orange kiosks sit in arrivals at Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir, Fes and Tangier airports, with the Casablanca counters reported open for all arrivals. In town, official carrier shops and teleboutiques are everywhere. Avoid street vendors entirely.
- Little to none by most accounts: airport kiosks charge broadly the same as city shops, so there is no strong reason to wait. One recent report claims city stores are 20 to 40 percent cheaper, so if you skip the airport you may save a bit, but the safer conclusion is that the airport is fine here.
- Airport shops reportedly offer eSIM alongside physical SIMs, and Orange Maroc lists prepaid as available on SIM or eSIM. Expect the passport registration requirement to apply to a locally issued eSIM just as it does to a physical card.
The street-vendor trap is the one to know: hawkers in Marrakech and Casablanca sell SIMs from all three carriers without asking for a passport, and haggle hard (a quote of EUR 20 for 40 GB dropped to EUR 10 on refusal). With no passport registration the SIM is not legitimately registered, it is unclear what plan is actually active, and the activation texts arrive in Arabic, so data can run out far sooner than promised. Also, every carrier loses signal on Sahara dune tracks, so do not count on any network out there.
Local carriers
Maroc Telecom
Broadest reach in the Atlas, the Sahara and small villages. The coverage-first pick.
inwi
The most reliable network in remote regions by several accounts, and the best value at Casablanca airport.
Orange Maroc
Strong urban 4G with competitive city bundles.
Frequently asked questions
What are the must-have apps for traveling in Morocco?
The essential apps for Morocco are inDrive, Uber, Glovo, WhatsApp, Google Maps.
How many travel apps does Morocco have?
We've curated 14 apps across 8 categories for traveling in Morocco, including 7 essential apps.
What is the best ride hailing app in Morocco?
inDrive. Negotiated-price rides with broader city reach than Uber, including useful coverage in Fez.
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