Driving to Morocco from the UK

Are you prepared for the highway journey of a lifetime? If you’re then fasten your seatbelts as a result of it’s time for an journey as we journey to Morocco!

A highway journey from the UK to Morocco has been on my bucket listing for years and one among my mates has just lately accomplished the journey so I’ve sat her all the way down to ask her every part! Huge because of Shelley for answering all of my questions..

There are 5 important questions I had about driving to Morocco and we’ll sort out all of them beneath.

1. What’s the greatest route? 
2. The place are the very best locations to cease?
3. How lengthy does it take? 
4. The place do you keep?
5. Do I would like a visa or particular paperwork? 
6. Is the drive protected? 

Let’s begin with that first query and I’ll hand you over to Shelley…

What’s the very best path to take when driving from the UK to Morocco?

There have been 6 sections to our drive and journey to Morocco is a mix of driving and ferries:

1. Dwelling to Dover
2. Ferry from Dover to Calais 
3. Drive by France
4. Drive by Spain to Tafira
5. Take the ferry from Tafira to Tangier
6. Tangier to your first vacation spot in Morocco

When it’s damaged up into these six sections it doesn’t really feel practically as daunting!

What are the very best locations to cease throughout the drive?

To make this epic drive actually satisfying you could make all of it concerning the locations you cease! It’s not nearly reaching your vacation spot, it’s about all over the place you go to alongside the best way.

1. Close to Dover – Relying on the place you’re travelling from within the UK you would possibly need to cease close to Dover to your first evening of journey. We dwell in North Wales so it was an extended drive all the way down to Dover and we determined to spend a day in Margate earlier than catching the ferry from Dover the subsequent day. Margate is a forty five minute drive from Dover and now we have mates there so it was alternative to go to!
2. Paris – The drive from Calais to Paris is about 3.5 hours so it’s an ideal place to your first cease in France. We stayed in an Airbnb on the outskirts of the town for 2 days.
3. La Rochelle + Ile de Re + Oreleron – It took over 5 hours to drive from Paris to La Rochelle so this was an enormous drive day however it was value it. We spent an evening in La Rochelle, one evening in Orleron and one evening in Ile de Re. It is a lovely space and I’m glad we spent 3 days right here.
4. Bordeaux – It was then a 2.5 hour drive to Bordeaux which was simply lovely. We solely stayed for one evening however I want we’d stayed for longer now!
5. San Sebastian – It was 3 hours to San Sebastian the place we stayed for 2 nights. 
6. Madrid – It was 5 hours to Madrid the place we stayed for 2 nights.
7. Seville – One other 5 hour drive and we stayed for 2 nights.
8. Marbella – It was a 3 hour drive to Marbella and we stayed for one evening.
9. Tarifa – And at last it was about 1.5 hours to Tarifa the place we caught the ferry to Morocco.

How lengthy does it take? 

The drive from the UK to Morocco can take so long as you need it to essentially!

Based on Google Maps, you possibly can do it in about 30 hours.

We actually loved taking a leisurely two weeks to get from the UK to Morocco. I’d give your self a minimal of seven days if you wish to get pleasure from it.

For our return journey we did it in 5 days.

The place do you keep?

We stayed completely in Airbnbs which I’d prebooked. I like Airbnbs as a result of you have got just a little extra space and it seems like dwelling. You’ve often bought a kitchen so you possibly can cook dinner your personal meals and a washer so it’s simpler to journey mild.

Should you’re in a campervan there are many campsites or parking spots you possibly can keep in.

Do I would like a visa or particular paperwork? 

No, probably not. As British residents we didn’t want any visas for the journey.

You clearly want your passport and driving licence (you probably have a contemporary plastic driving licence you don’t want a world driving licence). 

We bought breakdown cowl and automotive insurance coverage to cowl us for Europe and Morocco.

We made certain we had our V5C logbook.

Is the drive protected?

Sure, the drive by France and Spain was very protected and simple. As soon as we bought to Morocco we felt the distinction in how individuals drive however we nonetheless felt protected.

We at all times averted arriving in a brand new place late at evening. We favor to reach throughout sunlight hours to make it simpler to discover a protected parking spot and discover our lodging.

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