Useful Information

Formalities
-Your passport must be valid up to 6 months after your trip. 
-You may need a visa, get in touch with the Moroccan embassy or consulate.

Public Holidays
All banks, post offices and most shops are shut on the main public holidays.
The nine national holidays are:

Society & Conduct:
Morocco is more relaxed than many muslim countries and therefore it is possible to wear clothing that exposes arms and legs in coastal resorts. However to minimize hassle, women are advised to cover themselves at social occasions and visits in traditional rural areas.

Moroccans are inordinately friendly and hospitable, so try saying ssalamu 'aleykum (peace be upon you) and insh'allah.

Do remember that Morocco is a Muslim country, so dress conservatively. During the holy month of Ramadan, do not eat, drink or smoke in public during daylight hours.

Do ask permission before taking pictures of anyone, and be sure to offer a tip in appreciation (a few coins). Some of the more photogenic scenes include the water sellers, trained monkeys, snake charmers and "dentists" with trays of teeth in front of them indicating their level of experience.

If you're harassed by a tout or a self-proclaimed guide (called faux guides) calmly but firmly decline their offers. If the harassment continues, do make an obvious attempt to seek out a policeman.

If it's your first visit to a medina, do consider hiring an authorized, official guide at the local tourist office or at your hotel. Not only will you not get lost, the presence of the guide will also discourage other would-be guides from approaching you.

If you're not Muslim, don't enter a mosque. Visit the ornate medersas instead. At smaller, less frequented mosques, custodians may allow you to enter outside of prayer times, if you ask politely.

Do take drug laws seriously - even though drugs such as hashish seem widely available, drug laws, particularly when foreigners are involved, are taken very seriously.

Conversation:
Moroccans love to talk. For the men, particularly, conversation forms a major part of life and hours are spent everyday arguing about current issues over a coffee in the towns' abundant cafés.

Some Greetings : 
- Ssalamu 'aleykum (Peace be upon you.)
- Wa 'aleykum as-salam (And upon you.)
Labas? (How are you? or literally 'No harm?'.)
- Labas, barak llahu fîk (Fine, thank you.)Kulshi bekhir? (Is everything OK?)
- Bekhir, llhamdu llah (Fine, praise God.)

Food & Drink
The finest of Moroccan arts is undoubtly its cuisine.
All over Morocco, the main drink apart from water is mint tea (Attay). A cheap, refreshing drink which is made with green tea, fresh mint and masses of white sugar.
If you want a reduced sugar tea, ask for (Attay msous) or (B'la sukar).
Coffee is commonly drunk black and strong (Kahwa Kahla). For a weak milky coffee, ask for a (Café au lait or kahwa hlib). A stronger milky coffee is a (Café cassé or kahwa mhersa).

Climate
October-December and March-May are really Morocco's best seasons, when temperatures average in the low 70s F/24 C.

January and February can be cool and rainy - bad beach weather - and only the best hotels have central heating (because it's usually so hot). 
The summer shouldn't be ruled out: Although the average summer temperature in Marrakesh and Fez can be around 100 F/38 C, the coastal cities (Casablanca, Rabat and Tangier) remain comfortable (low 80s F/27-29 C), if somewhat humid. 
South of the Atlas Mountains, temperatures increase greatly. Take along at least a sweater year-round for evenings in higher elevations and the desert, and take along warm and waterproof clothes December-March. 

Health
If the majority of the holidays don’t rise any significant holiday problem, it is necessary to respect certain precautions that will allow you to avoid concerns or to compromise your holidays. Obviously you can travel but you can think of taking with you some medicines, forecasting several days of late. But you don’t need to take all with you, as you had seen your physician before the departure.

 Several precautions

 - The aliments with high risk are prepared and cooked plates, the raw vegetables and the uncleanness fruits; 
 - The water must be boiled, filter or in eremitic bottles. The comprimates for decontamination aren’t enough efficient. But actually there are individual or collective purification systems that have an outstanding efficiency. 
 .- In certain cases your physician could prescribe you some antibiotics
 .- If a diarrhoea occurs, the solution is to drink (tea, fruit juice) plus salted cakes. 
 - You can use eventually anti-diarrhoea antibiotics. In some cases one pill is justified (by example diarrhoea with fever).

 Phone
Medical emergencies: 44 20 20
International access code: 212
International out code: 00

Currency
 The Morocco’s currency is the Dirham (DH) divided in 100 cents. There are banknotes of 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 DH and coins of 1, 5 and 10 DH and of 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents.  

 Exchange: you will be able to get the dirhams only in Morocco. The national currency will be change only in the official exchange offices (with a golden inscription); don’t change in the streets, it’s illegal.

There is no charge and the visitors receive a bill, that you’ll have to preserve till the end of your trip in order to be able to recovert the amont back, if necessary. You can retire money from a bank, with a card or cheques or directly to the ATM in some cities 

 Time  
Moroccan time corresponds to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The country does not observ Daylight Saving Time. Time differences in hours between Morocco and some major cities of the world are shown in the following table.

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