anyone found any cheap hols to morocco?

aliyah

hi,
we are looking for a cheap deal to morocco (preferably marrakech) around easter.
anybody got any tips?
also, heard that morocco have signed an 'open skies' agreement with the british government, so that should mean cheaper flights........has anyone found a good price flight from this yet??
many thanks, :blushing:

saveapenny

You mentioned the magic word EASTER I dont think you will get anything "cheap"
Whats your budget and first and last date you can travel, how long do you want to stay, would you consider Agadir?
Finaly how many is it for

saveapenny

06-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Marrakech 7 nights £579
08-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Marrakech 3 £512
10-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Marrakech 3 £489
11-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Marrakech 7 £554
13-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Marrakech 7 £579
15-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Marrakech 3 £512
15-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Marrakech 7 £592
17-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Marrakech 3 £385
17-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Marrakech 7 £465
18-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Marrakech 4 £390
18-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Marrakech 7 £450
20-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Marrakech 4 £415
20-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Marrakech 7 £475
22-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Marrakech 3 £408
22-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Marrakech 7 £488

These are all from https://www.panoramaholidays.co.uk/AniteNextPage.asp?p=HOME&s=150043022

saveapenny

These are cheaper

16-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Agadir 7 S/C£449 2*£584 3-4*£414 AI£600
23-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Agadir 7 £254 £404 £224 £370
30-Apr-2006 London Gatwick - Morocco - Agadir 7 £269 £404 £214 £370

sloppychops

Outbound BA6928 Gatwick (London),United Kingdom Marrakech,Morocco Economy (Traveller) Tue 18 April 2006 ,15:55 Tue 18 April 2006 , 19:45
Inbound BA6923 Marrakech,Morocco Gatwick (London),United Kingdom Economy (Traveller) Thu 27 April 2006 ,10:20 Thu 27 April 2006 , 14:45

Total for 2 adults £449.40

https://www.britishairways.com

Hotel Ayoub ( 3 Star) in Marrakech
Half Board
Total for 2 adults £349.00

Transfers- £62 return taxi transfers https://www.travelrepublic.co.uk (under holiday extras)

Grand Total for 2 adults £860.40 for 9 nights including transfers

Or same flight as above

Amine Hotel 4* in Marrakech
Half Board
Total £474.00
Transfers- £62 return taxi transfers https://www.travelrepublic.co.uk (under holiday extras)

Grand total for 2 adults £985.40 for 9 nights including transfers

Hotels bookable through
https://www.wintersunshineholidays.com

saveapenny

Looks like wintersunshines site is down or is it my PC?

sloppychops

Must be your pc.Saying that mine is running so slow today,i could easily pick it up and hoy it out the window.Think i need to consider changing isp.

saveapenny

Services.WinterSunshineHolidays.co.uk Thats what im getting in big bold letters when I try and sign on to it...I know the feeling this ones nealry gone through the window more than once

aliyah

thanks sloppychops and saveapenny,

these prices sound quite good.

am hoping to travel on 7 or 8 of april for 7 nights.
probably just for 2 adults, but would ideally like to take the kids too , but having 5 of them......think its gonna be just a touch expensive!! :grinheart

would like to visit agadir someday, but am looking for marrakech or essaoiura as we are hoping to buy a holiday property or land some time soon,
all advice very greatfully received

thanks, aliyah

martindow

I've just come back tonight. I flew to Malaga very cheaply, then a bus to Algeciras (about 10 Euros) and a ferry to Tangier (36 Euros). From there there's an excellent overnight train 1st class air-con with couchettes (290dh uder 20 pounds) to Marrakech. http://www.oncf.ma/ (in French horaire is timetables and tarif fares). Unfortunately you can't book that from the UK so you'd have to take your chances, you can book in advance once you're there for the return - there is only one couchette carriage but there are lots of seats in the conventional train if they are all booked. I'd thoroughly recommend Hotel Toulousain http://www.geocities.com/hotel_toulousain/indexie.html (doubles with en suite 190dh - about 12 pounds a night - plus 70dh for an extra bed) including a good breakfast. It's fairly basic but very clean and well run. This is a bargain for Marrakech where you can pay a lot more for a lot worse. There's an excellent Italian almost next door. It's in the new town but very convenient. Bus 1 or 16 (every few minutes) will take you to Place Djemm el-Fna where it all happens for 3dh each way. Marrakech is a wonderful place for a few days - just avoid the hassle with 'guides' and haggle hard in the medina.

This is a very useful site http://www.triotours.com/faq/ma/index.htm and I also recommend the Lonely planet guide to Morocco.

A good day out from the madness of Marrakech is to Setti Fatma a village in the mountains about 60km south. It is 25dh a person in a grand taxi (a shared taxi). These run to a fixed route like buses and leave when full from a place near Bab er Rob outside the town. They are a bit of a squash as they take 6 people in an ordinary Mercedes - 4 in the back and 2 next to the driver but you can buy all the seats and have one for yourself (25dh per person). You will have to get a petit taxi to there ask the driver to drop you for the taxis to Setti Fatma and insist he uses the meter. In Setti Fatma refuse all offers of guides to the waterfall (hardly worth it) and just head on through the village, the road turns into a track and continues down a very pretty valley. At the end it zig zags up the side of the mountain - if you go up a bit there's a lovely view into the valley.

Hope you get there and enjoy yourself.

tonys_3

You could look at https://www.atlasblue.com that fly out of Gatwick to Marrakech.
Flying out on the 9th of April, returning on the15th would cost £278.10 per person.

Another alternative is to fly to Gibraltar via Luton with Monarch and then follow an earlier post and take the ferry across the Med. Flying there and back on the Saturday inc taxes is £173.57