{"id":21688,"date":"2019-09-24T00:49:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T14:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=21688"},"modified":"2020-07-25T08:49:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T22:49:29","slug":"the-road-to-marrakesh-morocco-%f0%9f%87%b2%f0%9f%87%a6-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=21688","title":{"rendered":"The Road to Marrakesh, Morocco \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde6 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 20th September 2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 489 kms from Mekn\u00e8s to Marrakesh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: N8 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Parking Koutoubia Mosque \u20ac14, the usual services. N31.6238, W07.99534<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: xx days @ \u20acxx per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We enjoy another quiet evening in Camping Zerhoune. The air-conditioning making September in Morocco manageable. We service the Hymer and say goodbye to our host and turn for Mekn\u00e8s. We make a quick ice stop at the Carrefour, before continuing south on the N8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst I\u2019m not a Morocco expert, there appears to be only two ways to travel south to Marrakesh, the coastal road or the inland route. As we are intend returning north via Casablanca and the coast road, we take the inland route along the N8 skirting the Atlas Mountains. Its roughly 500 kms which we would not normally think of driving in a day, but there is only a single overnight spot listed at Beni Mellal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map of northern Morocco, the icons on Mekn\u00e8s, Beni Mellal and Marrakesh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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