9am-1pm Sun)
Crédit du Maroc (cnr Ave Mohammed V & Ave Bir Anzaran)
Post & Telephone
There are numerous téléboutiques in the centre.
Main post office ( Ave Mohammed V; 8.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri)
Tourist Information
Délégation Régionale du Tourisme (ONMT; 0524 88 24 85; Ave Mohammed V;
8.30am-4.30pm) Unusually sharp, helpful tourist office.
Travel Agencies
Désert et Montagne ( 0524 85 49 49; www.desert-montagne.ma) Morocco’s first female
mountain guide and her company organise trips to meet Berber families in the mountains,
walking and 4WD trips in the desert and High Atlas, and longer trips following caravan routes.
Operates from Dar Daïf ( Click here ).
Desert Dream ( 0524 88 53 43; www.sahara-desert-dream.com; 4 Blvd Al-Mansour ed-
Dahbi) Budget-minded, friendly agency offers fixed-rate, all-inclusive excursions to deserts or
gorges by camel, 4WD or on foot.
Ksour Voyages Offline map ( 0524 88 28 40; www.ksour-voyages.com; 11 Place du 3 Mars)
Books flights and organises trips from mountain hikes to 4WD desert excursions with English-
speaking drivers; also rents mountain bikes.
Getting There & Away
Air Two kilometres north of town is Taourirt airport ( 0524 88 23 83). Royal Air Maroc
Offline map (RAM; 0524 88 51 02; 1 Ave Mohammed V) has daily flights to Casablanca
(direct or via Marrakesh) and on to London or Paris, plus charter flights from Belgium, France
and Germany.
Bus The most convenient way to arrive is with CTM Offline map ( 0524 88 24 27; Ave Moulay
Rachid; 7am-10pm) , with buses to Marrakesh (Dh80 to Dh100, 4½ hours, four daily),
Casablanca (Dh160, 7½ hours, three daily), Agadir (Dh130, 6½ hours, two daily), Er-Rachidia
(Dh90, 4½ hours, one daily), M’Hamid (Dh60, five hours, one daily) and Zagora (Dh40, two
hours, two daily).
From the main local bus station, 1.5km northwest of the town centre, buses head to
Marrakesh (Dh65, four to five hours, six daily), Er-Rachidia (Dh75, six hours), Agadir (Dh115,
four to five hours, six daily), Boumalne du Dadès (Dh25, five daily), Taroudannt (Dh75, five
hours, five daily), Tazenakht (Dh20), Foum Zguid (Dh45, four hours), Tata (Dh60, five hours)
and M’Hamid (Dh70, seven hours, four daily) via Zagora (Dh45, four hours).
Car For desert detours at splendid ksour along the Drâa Valley, you might want to rent a car
(from Dh350 per day). Car hire with a driver runs Dh900 (car) to Dh1250 (4WD).
Avis Offline map ( 0524 88 80 00; www.avis.com; cnr Ave Mohammed V & Place du 3 Mars,
plus airport)
Budget Offline map ( 0524 88 42 02; www.budget.com; Ave Mohammed V & airport)