Availability of ATMs and exchange places in Morocco

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The answer largely depends on how you will travel within Morocco. If you, like we did, rent a car and drive around. There is no reason for concern. We were always within 45 minutes driving of the next ATM.

This proved to be very handy. It happened more then once, that we went to a hotel which accepted credit cards, but due to poor telecom connections were not able to process the credit card payments. The owners were always helpful in directing us to the closest atm.

In case you are traveling by bus, it might be an issue. This is best explained by an example. We stayed in a very nice hotel close to the Ouzoud cascades. This was one of the cases where the communications required for payments weren't functioning properly. The closest ATM was in Azilal, which was reachable by car. If we were depending on public transport, I am not so sure if we would be able to pay (although I can imagine that the hotel staff would go great length to get paid).

So if you are renting a car, you could use the ATM as you would do at home. If you will be using public transport you might want to work with buffers.

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ATMs are easy to find in Morocco. Except for the really small towns, you'll have no problem withdrawing money.

Do bring some cash, just in case. Euros are by far the preferred currency. Morocco is after all just 14 kilometers from the Eurozone.

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