About Morocco

• The currency in Morocco is Dirhams. 1€ is around10 Dirhams.
• The language is French and Arabic. Many people in the north speak Spanish and overall there is a lot of English as well.
• Pictures of the King can be seen everywhere. In hotels, shops, and stands.
• You need to bargain everywhere. The price they tell can probably be divided by 2 or 3.
• Hotels and eating can be cheap. We had hotels from 10€ to 30€. Of course we didn’t stay in luxurious hotels. Restaurants were also cheap, around 5€ to 10€ for the both of us.
• We liked the food. We ate a dish called tagine a lot. This is a ceramic plate with a cone shaped lid. They cook potatoes, veggies, lamb, or chicken inside and you also eat from it. They use coriander and cumin among other spices. Mint tea is the national drink, and they sweeten it a lot. The orange juice is fresh and costs around 30cents. Round bread is sold everywhere, also dates, dried figs, nuts, and fruits. Strawberries and mandarins seemed to be in season. Moroccan people eat with their hands, but the restaurants have cutlery for the tourists.
• The cities have an ancient part which is called the medina. This is like a maze of markets and little roads; it’s pretty easy to get lost. The biggest and most ancient one is in Fez.