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[referring to motorcycle insurance]: It's expensive too: 600dh for 10 days*or*955dh for a month for car or bike.
Hi Chris:

I don't recall Moroccan motorcycle insurance being that expensive last time I was there (about 3 years ago, pre-pandemic). I seem to recall that it cost me somewhere around USD $100 for a month of motorcycle insurance. That's more or less consistent with what a month of European green card insurance costs if purchased in the least expensive country, which is Bulgaria. I believe that there were different prices in Morocco for motos vs. automobiles.

Perhaps someone who visits Morocco this spring could come back to this discussion and let us know what the current prices are.

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I may be missing something, but at 10 dirham to the US dollar I believe you're agreeing on the cost. And for whatever it's worth, that's about what I paid ten years ago, too.
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Insurance prices haven't changed in the last decade
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For those that may wonder what we decided to do about visiting Morocco via our two motorcycles… We just didn’t have the luxury of waiting for a decision to be made (90-day Schengen limit and such), so we continued our travels through Corsica and Sardinia. We would love to return and visit Morocco but this will have to wait for us until late this year or early next year. Hopefully things return to some sense of normalcy over the next couple months. We’ll be watching the thread… Thanks to everyone who continues to provide first hand information and advice. Much appreciated!

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7) Credit cards are widely accepted in Morocco at the more upscale facilities, but are not commonly accepted at small stores, restaurants other than high-end ones, and simple hotels. There are ATMs at the port in the same shopping plaza where you get the insurance. Take out a good hunk of Moroccan money from one of those ATMs before you leave the port. No point in getting Moroccan funds before reaching Morocco - you will get the very best exchange rate at an ATM, not at a moneychanger. Just use your home ATM card if it is Cirrus or Maestro or one of the other big networks.

Hope this helps you. Morocco is a delightful place to visit.

Michael
A lot of good tips in your post!
Is there a Bank ATM in the Tanger med port? I only passed there once, quite fast and didn't notice.
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I'm Heading to Spain on Wednesday, planning on catching a ferry to Morocco late Saturday.

I had read that a pcr was required regardless of vaccine passport and within 48hrs, but read here that may not be the case. Can anyone confirm this? as it will save a route via malaga Airport to get one.

I'll be buying a ferry ticket somewhere en route in Spain when I have a better idea of what time I'll make Algeciras. Crossing still seem plentiful at the moment.
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ATMs are at Tanger med next to the insurance booth.

Requirements for entry by ferry are either Vaccination Cert or negative PCR within 72hrs
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...I'll be buying a ferry ticket somewhere en route in Spain when I have a better idea of what time I'll make Algeciras.
Hi Alex:

Not much point in buying a ferry ticket until you actually get to Algeciras. There is nothing to be gained by buying a ticket in advance, it's not peak season when ferries sell out.

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Hello again,

I just booked my ferry from Séte to Nador for the 8th of May.
I thought I drop these two points here to help other people.

- As confirmed by others before, it is either vaccination or a pcr test. I found another source of confirmation for this on this moroccon tourism website.
https://www.visitmorocco.com/en/trav...ely-to-morocco
It states "Before boarding, passengers must present a valid vaccination pass or a negative PCR test less than 72 hours old. It should be noted that all vaccination passes issued by other countries are accepted provided they are valid in their country of issue."

- second, the GNV Website provides a Fiche Sanitaire du Passager / Public Health Passenger Form - Coronavirus - which seems adjusted a little bit to suit the maritime travel. The one I have seen so far ask for a flight number. This document asks for the Name of Boat. Surely not a huge deal i believe. But I want to share the link here to help others:
https://www.gnv.it/-/media/gnv/files/pdf/fsp-navire.pdf


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Is the Nador border going to be open then? I thought they were still building it?
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Nador is Morocco.
It is adjacent Spanish enclaves Melilla (and Ceuta) which are being upgraded.
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I know there are always a bunch of people selling SIM cards at the exit of Tanger Med port but never picked one up before.

Are they any good? Worth buying from them or keeping going elsewhere?
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Maybe I've been doing it wrong all these years but I find it's better to go to a telecom boutique and get the tech-savvy young bloke to install the card, call the magic number (often in Arabic) to set it up and crucially, tell you what your PIN and phone number is.
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SIM card should be free. As Chris said go to a shop and get them to set it up, they may charge a little bit for this. (I paid 50dH for 10 activated SIM cards a few years ago).

Once activated you can use the networks app to add credit using your debit/credit card.
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Hi,i left uk two weeks ago and im in seville with my motorbike planning to go to morocco in 5 days,ive just realised i dont have my original v5 with me,just copies and a pdf,does anyone know if this will be ok at tangier med customs?paul
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