Driving to Morocco from the UK

Are you ready for the freeway journey of a lifetime? In case you’re then fasten your seatbelts because of it’s time for an journey as we journey to Morocco!

A freeway journey from the UK to Morocco has been on my bucket itemizing for years and one amongst my associates has simply these days completed the journey so I’ve sat her proper all the way down to ask her each half! Big due to Shelley for answering all of my questions..

There are 5 main questions I had about driving to Morocco and we’ll take care of all of them below.

What is the biggest route?
The place are the easiest places to stop?
How prolonged does it take?
The place do you retain?
Do I need a visa or explicit paperwork?
Is the drive protected?

Let’s start with that first question and I’ll hand you over to Shelley…

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

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

Dwelling to Dover
Ferry from Dover to Calais
Drive by the use of France
Drive by the use of Spain to Tafira
Take the ferry from Tafira to Tangier
Tangier to your first trip spot in Morocco

When it’s broken up into these six sections it doesn’t actually really feel nearly as daunting!

What are the easiest places to stop by means of the drive?

To make this epic drive really pleasing you should make all of it in regards to the places you stop! It’s not practically reaching your trip spot, it’s about all over the place you go to alongside one of the simplest ways.

Near Dover – Counting on the place you’re travelling from inside the UK you might want to stop near Dover in your first night of journey. We reside in North Wales so it was a protracted drive proper all the way down to Dover and we decided to spend a day in Margate sooner than catching the ferry from Dover the following day. Margate is a 45 minute drive from Dover and we have associates there so it was an excellent different to go to!
Paris – The drive from Calais to Paris is about 3.5 hours so it’s a super place in your first stop in France. We stayed in an Airbnb on the outskirts of city for two days.
La Rochelle + Ile de Re + Oreleron – It took over 5 hours to drive from Paris to La Rochelle so this was an unlimited drive day nevertheless it was worth it. We spent a night in La Rochelle, one night in Orleron and one night in Ile de Re. It’s a beautiful house and I’m glad we spent 3 days proper right here.
Bordeaux – It was then a 2.5 hour drive to Bordeaux which was merely beautiful. We solely stayed for one night nevertheless I need we’d stayed for longer now!
San Sebastian – It was 3 hours to San Sebastian the place we stayed for two nights.
Madrid – It was 5 hours to Madrid the place we stayed for two nights.
Seville – One different 5 hour drive and we stayed for two nights.
Marbella – It was a 3 hour drive to Marbella and we stayed for one night.
Tarifa – And finally it was about 1.5 hours to Tarifa the place we caught the ferry to Morocco.

How prolonged does it take?

The drive from the UK to Morocco can take as long as you want it to truly!

According to Google Maps, you would possibly do it in about 30 hours.

We really liked taking a leisurely two weeks to get from the UK to Morocco. I’d give your self a minimal of seven days when you want to get pleasure from it.

For our return journey we did it in 5 days.

The place do you retain?

We stayed solely in Airbnbs which I’d prebooked. I like Airbnbs because of you’ll have a little bit of extra room and it seems like home. You’ve usually purchased a kitchen so you might cook dinner dinner your private meals and a washer so it’s less complicated to journey mild.

Whenever you’re in a campervan there are a lot of campsites or parking spots you would possibly preserve in.

Do I need a visa or explicit paperwork?

No, unlikely. As British residents we didn’t need any visas for the journey. You’ll attempt the Morocco Visa Protection for UK Residents proper right here.

You clearly need your passport and driving licence (when you may have a recent plastic driving licence you don’t need a world driving licence).

We purchased breakdown cowl and vehicle insurance coverage protection to cowl us for Europe and Morocco.

We made constructive we had our V5C logbook.

Is the drive protected?

Positive, the drive by the use of France and Spain was very protected and simple. As quickly as we purchased to Morocco we felt the excellence in how people drive nevertheless we nonetheless felt protected.

We always averted arriving in a model new place late at night. We select to succeed in all through daylight hours to make it less complicated to find a protected parking spot and uncover our lodging.