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Best route to Morocco
Mon, 08/02/2004 - 16:25
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I’m planning on heading over from Arizona in the U.S. next May (both Morocco and Tunisia) for 3 weeks. Is my best bet to fly directly into an international airport there (Tangier?) or head somewhere like Madrid and then train/ferry over? I’m definitely looking for the cheapest route. An open-jaw return is a possibility, possibly out of Italy if I can get a cheaper fare there.

Any recommendations?

Tue, 08/03/2004 - 15:52
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From Phoenix to Madrid is about 1,500, so if you wanna see a bit of Spain, that’s a good choice. But if your strapped for cash, you probably should just fly to Tangier or Marrakech

Tue, 08/03/2004 - 16:36
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How do you plan to get from Morocco to Tunisia or vv? You can’t exactly cross Algeria by land, you know…

Tue, 08/03/2004 - 19:12
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I can get from Phoenix to Madrid for $700 U.S. (so far). The cheapest I can find to Morocco is over a grand. I don’t know about adding in the cost of travel through Spain + ferry + etc. though. Seems like it’s always cheaper to fly to Western Europe than Northern Africa from the U.S.

As for getting to Tunisia, I’ll probably have to fly. I could also take a ferry to France and back down, but I don’t know about the cost and time committment of that.

Wed, 08/04/2004 - 10:28
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Royal Air Maroc flies JFK-CMN (Casablanca)

Air France flies to both CMN and Tunis from Paris.

Wed, 08/04/2004 - 14:59
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Thanks Sailor, you know anything about the ferry from Morocco to Tunisia (via southern France, Nice maybe)?

Fri, 08/06/2004 - 14:12
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I know nothing of a ferry liking the two countries. it sounds rather time consuming….Have you looked into airfares?