Pharmacy, Night Depot Offline map Google map ( 0524 39 02 38; Djemaa el-Fna; 9am-
midnight) Central location; open late and covers all the basics.
Post & Telephone
Public card phones are widely available, especially near Rue de Bab Agnaou in the medina and
Ave Mohammed V in Guéliz, and cards can be bought from news vendors and téléboutiques
(private phone offices).
DHL Offline map Google map ( 0524 43 76 47; www.dhl.com; 113 Ave Mohammed Abdelkrim
el-Khattabi; 8am-6pm Mon-Fri, 8.30am-12.20pm Sat) International courier service;
insurance subject to surcharge.
FedEx Offline map Google map ( 0524 44 82 57; 113 Ave Abdelkrim el-Khattabi; 8am-6pm
Mon-Fri, to 12.15pm Sat) International courier service.
Main Post Office Offline map Google map (Barid al-Maghrib; Click here ; 024 431963; Pl du
16 Novembre; 8.30am-2pm Mon-Sat) Poste restante is at window 3 and the parcel office is
around the corner on Ave Hassan II.
Post Office Offline map ( Rue de Bab Agnaou) Branch office facing the Djemaa el-Fna.
Toilets
When nature calls in the medina, brave the toilets in cafes ringing the Djemaa or make an OJ
pit stop at the Café des Épices ( Click here ). Along Ave Mohammed V in Guéliz there are
dozens of spiffy cafes where you can nip to the loo.
Tourist Information
Office National Marocain du Tourisme Offline map Google map (ONMT; Click here ; 0524 43
61 79; Pl Abdel Moumen ben Ali) Offers boosterish pamphlets and numbers of licensed
guides.
Websites
Head to Lonely Planet (www.lonelyplanet.com/morocco/marrakesh) for planning advice,
author recommendations, traveller reviews and insider tips.
Getting There & Away
Air
Six kilometres southwest of town is the recently expanded Menara Airport ( 0524 44 78 65;
information desk 8am-6pm). The airport has an information desk in the check-in hall and
banks to exchange currency.
Several low-cost European airlines service Marrakesh – easyJet (www.easyjet.com) flies to
Marrakesh directly from London/Gatwick, Manchester, Paris/Charles de Gaulle, Milan and
Geneva. Ryanair (www.ryanair.com) offers flights to Marrakesh from London Luton/Stansted,
Bristol, Edinburgh and East Midlands airports in the UK, plus Rome, Brussels, Barcelona,
Frankfurt, Marseille and Madrid. British Airways (www.ba.com) offers low-cost
London/Gatwick–Marrakesh flights.
Last-minute deals are often available on Air France (www.airfrance.com) , which flies Paris–