Morocco

I have been to Tunisia and Egypt on holiday and if they are anything to go by then I wouldn't tour there, I stayed in hotels and ventured out to see the sites and I did not feel comfortable away from there. They have a disregard for women in general and only men work, but it also applies to socialising in that apart from tourists there are no women to be seen and any there were about wore the full burka robes. Another thing to consider is the whole Arab spring/al shabab terrorist thing, some of the extremists hate westerners and their beliefs! Check carefully with the foreign office for travel advice before you book anything.

Apart from that! Have you planned how to get there.

There is a company called Desert detours do trips over to Morocco from Spain. may be worth looking them up.

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/morocco

How exciting! Looking forward to hearing more.

This months MMM motorhome magazine has an article on morocco.......site looks good and no bad reports.

Morrocco is no problem. There are a lot of overland trucks doing Trans Africa trips (trucks with a bunch of tourists camping on the back) and NW Africa trips, so there is a fairly good infrastructure for campsites and in good spots all across the country. The overland trucks have to get their visas for west and central africa there so usually they stay in the country for a month doing allsorts of things. My advice for the best and most honest upto date info, if you see one of those trucks (you will know them when you see them) on the ferry over or elsewhere, stop have a chat with the driver and tour leader, they will point you in the right direction and give allsorts of useful tips too. Beautiful country plenty to do, respect their customs they will respect yours.
Have fun Anna

Marakesh went saw would never go back! Worst holiday I have ever had. I was traveling with a female friend and gave up trying to leave the hotel due to being harassed (I was very respectful and covered my arms and legs but did not cover my head). I was spat at and had my hair pulled.
It may have been different if I had been with my partner but I would never go back. Sorry but that is my pennies worth. Oh and the food was awful - I never thought chicken had ribs!!!!!!!!

i am not defending Morocco and would not recommend anybody going there unprepared but in the spirit of fairness most of what is on that page could be applied to Belfast,London or New york.
Also, i forgot to mention that if you do go there and are visiting a city a very good idea is to hire a reputable guide for the day[not hard to find]they will stop you being constantly hassled and will show you around and are cheap for their time although they will no doubt want to take you to their uncles leather shop where they earn commission but it will make for a better experience.
a few words of french can be very beneficial also.
navigation can be tough as you can never be sure of whether an address will be in french,Arabic or have numerous spellings. i bought the Garmin Morrocco maps for navigation and had no trouble, as long as you can access google maps the night before travel and cross reference the address with your sat nav.to be honest i also prefer to do that in Ireland .the sat nav took us right to my sisters door in Casablanca and everywhere else we punched in.
To sum up Morocco is not a bad place to go and can be great when you are prepared and dont turn up with silly romantic or poetic/hippy type notions.from what i remember dihrams do not go in or out of the country and maps are not for sale[dont ask me].
in aaseouira my wife could walk around alone without being hassled.i would probably say the same for Rabat and Casablanca but as the lady in a previous post said i doubt i would say the same for Marrakesh or tangier.i often thought at the time that it would be such a brilliant destination but for the constant hassle of tourists and could not figure out why the authorities do nothing to stamp it out , but hard as it is for us to understand and counterproductive to their economy that is just the way things work there and you accept it or get out.the things that make sense to Moroccans in Morocco do not necessarily make sense to us.for example,my brother in law went to college in Holland and can work in the city of London, Belgium,Paris,Newcastle or where ever in any given month in some sort of computer/ it/comms job that after 20 years i still have no idea about ,but when he is in Morocco he would think nothing of driving in the middle of the road like everybody else he wouldn't see any problem while we are in the back seat quivering although he would not dream of doing this in London.it is just the culture and if you go there you will get plenty of that.best of luck Paul.
ps. i will have a look at my garmin account and see if the maps are authorized for more than one unit and if so will sell them for a consideration if anybody is interested.

I've only been down as far as Rabat. Didn't like it, wont be going again.
All I can remember is hassle, constant harrasment and a massive hustle & bustle of natives all trying to make a dime. The busy scenes you see in the likes of Indiana Jones are an ideal representation of just how I remember it. Some folks like that sort of thing, but not for me.

I hope all the information helps I think it depends on what kind of "holiday" you want!
I think everything said both positive and negative gives a good overview of the country.

Let us now the outcome!

go for it.you have been warned.the countryside from what i have seen is quite like california/texas.most of the negatives are associated with cities.

Remember France isn't the only country in Europe, it's a big place with loads of different cultures in each country never mind the number of countries so why not explore all of that first

I would just love to go off in the Motorhome get a ferry to France and then decide where to go as we go along.

Why not follow your thought process and do just that, it's what Motorhomes were designed for

Yeah FC to keep the peace I think that's what I might end up doing. Watch this space.

You will probably end up with your head spinning like I did

Paul I think we have decided to go for a few days by air possibly a week end to see what it's like. Then we will decide if we will go for a longer period in the Motorhome.

Yeah FC I think that's the wise thing as Liz is determined that she wants to go so I would rather put my toe in the water than my whole foot as it were. Holidays in hotels is not my cup of tea. But anyway....

Good Info. there Paul.
I think I will steer clear of the place, Its a holiday I want not Hassle!

I can see us going back to talking about 12v hair dryers again