Practical information for Ouarzazate
Useful numbers, transport, money, weather and holidays to prepare your stay in Ouarzazate. Fares and contact details can change, so treat prices as indicative and check before you travel.
Booking a ride or tour with us
Choose your ride or tour and send a reservation request with the online form or on WhatsApp. A request is not yet a booking: our team replies to confirm availability, the details of your activity and the final price.
Nothing is paid online on this website. Hotel pickup in Ouarzazate is included on the day trips and desert tours where it is listed on the tour page. For quad, buggy and horse rides, the meeting or pickup point is confirmed with your booking.
- Phone and WhatsApp
- +212 719 199 219
- contact@quad-ouarzazate.com
Emergency numbers
Keep these numbers at hand during your stay. SAMU is the provincial emergency medical aid service.
- SAMU (emergency medical aid)
- 0524 888 888
- Police
- 190
- Ambulance
- 150
- Royal Gendarmerie
- 177
- Firefighters
- 150
- Moroccan Red Crescent (Rabat)
- 037 65 14 95
- Poison Control Center
- 05 37 68 64 64 or 08 01 00 01 80
- CTM Ouarzazate
- 0524 88 24 27
- ONCF (rail)
- 0890 20 30 40
- National Airports Office
- 05 22 53 90 40 or 05 22 53 91 40
- Anti corruption line
- 08 00 100 76 76
Police and gendarmerie
The tourist police office is located in the tourist district, on Boulevard Moulay Rechid.
Regional tourism delegation
The Ouarzazate Regional Tourism Delegation is on Avenue Hassan II.
- Phone
- 05 24 88 24 85
Health
Ouarzazate has two hospitals and private practices for general medicine, cardiology, gynaecology and dentistry.
- Medical delegation
- 0524 882 202
- Sidi Hssain Bennaceur Hospital, Sidi Hssain district
- 0524 882 122
- Bougafer Hospital, Av Mohamed V
- 0524 882 444
Languages, postal code and airport code
Tamazight is the native language of the region, and most people speak Darija, the Moroccan Arabic dialect. Because Ouarzazate welcomes many visitors, a lot of people also speak French, and some speak English.
The name is easy to say in four beats: WAR ZA ZA T. The post office is opposite the town hall.
- Postal code
- 45000
- Airport code
- OZZ
Electricity
Bring an adapter if your devices use a different plug type.
- Voltage
- 220 to 230 V
- Frequency
- 50 Hz
- Plug types
- Type C (CEE) and type J (SEV)
Currency
The currency in Morocco is the Moroccan dirham, written DH or MDH locally. Exchange rates change, so check the current rate with your bank or an exchange office before you travel.
- Coins
- 20 and 50 centimes, 1 DH, 2 DH, 5 DH, 10 DH
- Banknotes
- 20 DH, 50 DH, 100 DH, 200 DH
Public holidays
Religious holidays follow the lunar calendar, so their dates move each year: Eid al Fitr at the end of Ramadan, Eid al Adha on the tenth day of Dhu al Hijja, the Islamic New Year on the first day of Muharram and the Prophet's Birthday on the twelfth of Rabi al Awwal.
- New Year's Day
- 1 January
- Anniversary of the Independence Manifesto
- 11 January
- Yennayer, the Amazigh New Year
- 14 January
- Labour Day
- 1 May
- Throne Day
- 30 July
- Revolution Day
- 20 August
- Birthday of King Mohammed VI and Youth Day
- 21 August
- Green March Day
- 6 November
- Independence Day
- 18 November
Weather
Ouarzazate stands 1,119 m above sea level and has a desert climate with little rain during the year. Average temperatures are around 29.8 °C. July is the hottest month, at around 38 °C, and January the coolest, with temperatures dropping to around 3 °C.
Getting to Ouarzazate
By air: Royal Air Maroc flies to Ouarzazate from Casablanca and Marrakech, and low cost airlines such as Ryanair and Transavia operate international flights. Routes and schedules change, so check the airline websites.
By bus: CTM and Supratours both have offices in Ouarzazate. The national bus station on Avenue Moulay Abdellah hosts several transport companies, with departures around every hour, and tickets can also be searched on markoub.ma.
By grand taxi: the grand taxi station is next to the bus station. A taxi leaves once its six seats are filled; if you are in a hurry you can pay for the remaining seats. The fares below are indicative and subject to change.
- Royal Air Maroc
- royalairmaroc.ma
- Ryanair
- ryanair.com
- Transavia
- transavia.com
- CTM
- ctm.ma, 05 24 89 07 92
- Supratours, Av Bir Anzarane
- supratours.ma, 06 61 08 26 56
- Bus tickets
- markoub.ma
- Grand taxi to Agadir (indicative)
- 130 DH
- Grand taxi to Marrakech (indicative)
- 100 DH
- Grand taxi to Zagora (indicative)
- 60 DH
- Grand taxi to Tinghir (indicative)
- 60 DH
- Grand taxi to Agdz (indicative)
- 30 DH
From Marrakech to Ouarzazate
Ouarzazate is about 200 km south east of Marrakech. The road crosses the High Atlas mountains and the drive takes 4 to 5 hours.
- By bus: many buses run from Marrakech to Ouarzazate. Check the CTM or ONCF websites for times and tickets, or ask other companies at the Marrakech bus station.
- By grand taxi: share a taxi, or hire one for yourself, from the taxi station near the Marrakech bus station.
- By air: Royal Air Maroc operates direct flights, with fares and booking on its website.
- By car: rent a car in Marrakech and drive over the mountains.
Getting around Ouarzazate
Petit taxis are for short trips inside the city. They carry up to three passengers and cannot leave the city limits. Indicative fares are 5 DH per passenger during the day and 8 DH at night, with around 70 DH for an airport transfer.
Grand taxis carry up to six passengers and are allowed to travel outside the city, to anywhere in Morocco. You will find them near the bus station. The city is also served by urban bus lines 1 and 2.