Getting Around Morocco: Trains, Buses & Taxis (2026)
Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you make a booking through these links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. ✅ Quick Answer Getting around Morocco in 2026 means combining four systems: ONCF trains for the big city-to-city legs (the Al Boraq high-speed line covers Tangier-Casablanca in around 2h10 for around 120-250 MAD, while the conventional Al Atlas line links Marrakech-Casablanca-Rabat-Fes in around 2h40-3h for around 90-240 MAD), CTM or Supratours buses for routes the railway skips, shared grand taxis for short inter-town hops like Marrakech-Essaouira (around 80-120 MAD per seat), and petit taxis for getting around inside a city (metered by law, a typical Marrakech ride runs around 20-30 MAD). Self-drive car rental fills the gaps into the Atlas and desert, and Morocco drives on the right. Getting Around Morocco: The System Nobody Explains Properly The petit taxi driver outside my riad in Gueliz reached for the door before I’d said a word, already naming a flat price that was roughly double what the meter would have shown. I’d read enough the night before to know the move: I smiled, said “compteur, s’il vous plaît” — meter, please — and pointed at the little box on the dash. He shrugged, flipped it on, and the ride to the Medina came in at around 25 MAD. No drama, no argument, just a driver testing whether I knew the rules. ...