Marrakech, Morocco

Getting around Marrakech

How to travel around Marrakech — 5 options, what they cost, and which booking apps fix the fare before you go.

Last updated 2026-08-08

1. Walking the medina

The old city is a pedestrian maze where no car can follow; walking is not optional but essential.

Tip: Offline maps struggle in the souks. Note landmarks rather than street names.

2. Petit taxi

Small beige taxis for trips inside the city, metered by law.

Cost: Meter from ~7 MAD

Watch outMeters are routinely refused for foreign passengers. Insist, or use an app.

3. Careem and InDrive

App booking that fixes the fare and removes the negotiation.

Watch outThe single most effective defence against the petit taxi meter problem.

4. Calèche

Horse-drawn carriages with officially posted rates.

Watch outDrivers quoting per-person or adding 'tour' charges above the posted municipal rate.

5. Grand taxi

Shared long-distance cars to Essaouira and the Atlas towns, leaving when full.

Tip: You can buy all six seats to leave immediately — ask for a 'course entière'.

Booking apps in Morocco

Agreeing the fare in an app before you travel removes the argument at the end of the journey, which is where most transport scams happen. Links go to each app's official page — lookalike apps are themselves a scam.

Careem

Ride-hailing with fares set in-app, operating in Moroccan cities.

Coverage: Casablanca, Rabat, Marrakech.
Why it helps: Petit taxi drivers routinely refuse the meter for foreign passengers; app pricing sidesteps it.

InDrive

Fare-negotiation ride-hailing, widely used in Morocco.

Coverage: Major cities.
Why it helps: Fare is agreed in the app before the trip, and the route is recorded — which removes the refused meter, the tampered meter and the fixed 'foreigner price' in one move.