Morocco Tours from Costa del Sol
Written by Viator, August 2010
Morocco Tours from Costa del Sol Reviews
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Reply by Viator, April 2013
Doing what: Tangier, Morocco Day Trip from Costa del Sol
It was a great trip. Well organized great tour guides. Easy to contact while in the country, they picked us up right from our hotel and dropped us back there. You absolutely need a guide in old morocco and we had one at the front and one at the back of our group so I never felt like I would get lost
Reply by Viator, April 2013
Doing what: Morocco Day Trip from Malaga to Tangier
It was a great day. We felt like we hit all the highlights and our guide kept everyone on track with our schedule. It was a fascinating tour and one we'll never forget.
Reply by Viator, April 2013
Doing what: 5-Day Morocco Tour: Casablanca, Marrakech, Meknes, Fez and Rabat
Overall a good trip. Need to have a guide in morocco who can speak fluent english. Also, casablanca can probably be eliminated from the itinerary because there is hardly anything worth seeing in that city.
Reply by Viator, April 2013
Doing what: Tangier, Morocco Day Trip from Costa del Sol
The bus picked up at 6:30am and we had about a 2 hour drive to the port in Tarifa. Everything worked very smoothly, even though we had English, Spanish, and French speakers on our tour. I very much enjoyed our English-speaking Moroccan guide, a professor at the local university. He was extremely knowledgable and happy to answer our questions. On the other hand, the Spanish guide from Julia Travel did not seem to enjoy his work. He was not friendly and often very cold. I was happy to spend the majority of the day with the Moroccan guide instead of the Julia Travel guide. I recommend this tour - I liked it better than the previous Tangiers I had done. I don't know if it was the rain, but we were given minimal time with the camels.
Reply by Viator, April 2013
Doing what: Tangier, Morocco Day Trip from Costa del Sol
It was very enjoyable and added new experience. It was a chance to see and probably feel the history of Tangier. I think to explore the historical significance of the city needs more than one day tour.
Reply by Viator, April 2013
Doing what: Morocco Day Trip from Malaga to Tangier
For me, the time in Morocco was sufficient, however our daughter wished that we could have seen more of the city.
Reply by Viator, April 2013
Doing what: 5-Day Morocco Tour from Malaga: Casablanca, Marrakech, Meknes, Fez and Rabat
The overall experience of being in Morocco was amazing! However, i am sorry to say that the tour left a lot to be desired, primarily due to the fact that it was conducted in Spanish (when I signed up for an English tour :(. Of the 29 of us on the tour, 24 were native Spanish speakers. The 5 of us wishing to have detailed commentary, or even explanations of our agenda in English, were very much "in the dark" throughout the tour. The tour guide spoke poor English and would throw in half of a complete thought or phrase in English every several minutes after his Spanish commentary. This is an extremely critical point to review with the tour operator before signing up other English-speaking clientele for this tour.
I have traveled extensively and got the basics in Spanish, fortunately. The other really off-putting experience was in Marrakech where we spent a full 2 hours listening to a sales pitch in a pharmacy, observing our guide receiving his "kickback" following the group's purchases. Time wasted and offensive...I was also very disappointed by the transfer assistant who picked us up at the hotel, did not announce her name, nor the plan for the morning until nearly 2 hours into the trip toward the port and multiple hotel pickups later. Strange!
All that said, the local guides and the optional shows made the trip worthwhile. We all agreed that the amount of moving around was excessive, so perhaps reducing the trip to Marrakech, Fes and Casblanca would be a more manageable, pleasant flow.
Despite my constructive commentary, I would consider future bookings through Viator due to the ease of the process. I would only ask that you provide more historic knowledge to your team so that they may fully educate customers on the reality of what each tour offers, rather than simply the high-level points that can be found online.
Thank you!
Reply by Viator, April 2013
Doing what: Malaga Super Saver: Morocco and Granada Day Trips Including Alhambra Palace and Generalife Gardens
Outstanding destinations, mixed reviews. here's why: Morocco: If I had known we were traveling 2 1/2 hours by bus to the port in Tarifa, I would have stayed closer to Tarifa. 5am start and multiple stops along the way for a 9am ferry. So, you get to Tangier, greeted by a well-informed guide with good English. I think due to the nature of beggars and peddlers you are quickly whisked from place to place, restricting the time it takes to really soak it all in. Camel rides - lame, side of the road, sick looking animals. One peddler literally shoves the baby camel into you whilst thrusting the leash into your hands so that you now owe him money. The Kasbah should be so awesome, but you are assaulted by so many peddlers, it's really hard to enjoy the ride. Having just toured Seville and Grenada, Spain, the Moorish architecture was familiar, along with the rocky, curvy alleys. But the tour guide chooses the restaurant for the large group and you are, need to be, whisked through the entrance so quickly that you don't even know where you are. It's a shame, but a must-see at the same time. Excellent food. Excellent choice. I will say that. Shopping is near impossible. They escort you into upscale shops for hard-sell pitches on rugs, pots, and the like. But not as obnoxious as the street peddlers who then insult you for shopping from the rich. Next stop - Moroccan oil product hard-sell....as if we don't already get them in the US. I didn't like that, but wasn't allowed to leave. I guess, no I'm sure, one needs an escort though, so it's a necessary evil...I'm more accustomed to independent touring, but I don't recommend it here, despite the cons mentioned.
Grenada: Our tour guide reversed the itinerary and dropped us off for lunch prior to all the restaurants actually opening. Bad move. She must have known since she made it clear she's from Grenada. Alhambra is great to see, but I recommend a self-tour. It's safe and public transport door to door.
Reply by Viator, April 2013
Doing what: Tangier, Morocco Day Trip from Costa del Sol
While the transport and tour was well-organised, I was disappointed that we did not experience everything quoted in the trip description, particularly, "Continue with a short stop at Cape Spartel, where you can see the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean mix together. Then, sample traditional mint tea and learn about the mint tea rituals at a local shop. Next, visit the Cave of Hercules and stop by the white sand dunes that border the Atlantic." We did not experience any of these. While in the Kasbah, I truly was tempted to scream "leave us alone" at the pestering street vendors. Would I repeat? No but Tangier was to be experienced once.
Reply by Viator, April 2013
Doing what: Tangier, Morocco Day Trip from Costa del Sol
Overall this trip was good, however there were far too many pick ups from all over the Costa Del Sol, making this a very long day. The group size was also quite large. They take you to stores where the operators are obviously getting a kickback- boring and took up too much of the day.
Reply by Viator, April 2013
Doing what: Morocco Day Trip from Malaga to Tangier
It was exactly what you'd expect out of a day trip to Morocco from Spain: a lot of transportation (especially from Malaga -- you're the first to get on and the last to get off!), a lot of sales pitches, and a lot of unforgettable experiences... for better or for worse!
Reply by Viator, April 2013
Doing what: Tangier, Morocco Day Trip from Costa del Sol
The quality of the trip is so poor, I am amazed Lonely Planet allow their name to be used in conjunction with it.
On the plus side, its an interesting diversion from the Costa Del Sol, and the tour guides herd your through Moroccan customs painlessly. The guides are friendly and somewhat informed, and the ferry trip is nice. As Tangier is not a place to visit on your own for the first time, its worth being in the protection of the tour group.
Where to begin with the negatives.... the worst thing is the endless and aggressive harassment of tacky souvenir vendors. They don't just assault you in one particular spot in a streets, they follow the tour group for the entire day - be prepared for this, its relentless and very irritating, and the tour guides do nothing to discourage them. Another issue is key parts of the itinerary (Cafe Hafa, Cave of Hercules) were dropped without an explanation or reason. Instead, we had to endure 2 hours of hard sell in a carpet shop and a spice shop. The spice shop was particularly offensive, as the owner made wild claims without any scientific backing as to the "cures" that spices offer, such as saffron curing migraines, and then bullied you into purchasing. Given the total time in Tangier is 5 hours, this 2 hour hard sell where you are trapped in front of snake oil salesmen is a bit much and the tour guides were getting payment for this right in full view of us! The lunch is just about edible, but the service in the restaurant is abysmal. The "camel ride" that's offered is by the side of a road on a dirt track, where tourists get the pleasure of seeing animals are clearly abused and neglected - its a disgrace this is part of the trip at all. The snake charmer advertised was nothing more then some idiot slapping the head of a cobra for 5 minutes - there was noting "charming" about it, and he aggressively demanded money for this animal abuse show.
Avoid this tour if you can.
Reply by Viator, April 2013
Doing what: Morocco Day Trip from Malaga to Tangier
We were in the bus a total of 8 hours, 4 hours each way just to get to the ferry, and then the tour in Tangier was very short, they really rush you!
Reply by Viator, April 2013
Doing what: Morocco Day Trip from Malaga to Tangier
We were in the bus a total of 8 hours, 4 hours each way just to get to the ferry, and then the tour in Tangier was very short, they really rush you!
Reply by Viator, March 2013
Doing what: Tangier, Morocco Day Trip from Costa del Sol
Tour was excellent with very knowledgeable guides. They did an excellent job of expediting our way through customs. Lunch in Tangier was awesome. I would definitely recommend this trip.
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