Shuttle bus in Casablanca?

[Norwegian Cruiser 73]

Good evening from Norway :)

 

We are sailing on the Armonia in January and the ship stay overnight in Casablanca, Morocco. Does anybody if there is a port shuttle bus or if MSC provides a shuttle bus from the port?

 

Any inputs appreciated:)

[moomoocow]

There will be especially if docked overnight.

 

The positive thing is that one ticket works for multiple trips so it will be worth the purchase.

 

Especially as the alternative is a walk through a working dock, a gamut of very insistent taxi drivers and a main road with nothing substantial for a pavement/sidewalk.

 

Average taxi cost from medina to cruise port and vice versa is about 6 euro a trip. 10 euro from blue mosque to port. Pay no more.

 

 

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[Skipper Tim]

 

Especially as the alternative is a walk through a working dock, a gamut of very insistent taxi drivers and a main road with nothing substantial for a pavement/sidewalk.

 

From my ipad

 

Are you trying to tell me you didn't enjoy my excursion?

[moomoocow]

Are you trying to tell me you didn't enjoy my excursion?

 

 

It was a highlight of the Armonia repo for the 12 of us that were lucky enough to experience it.

 

I would suggest that Norwegian Cruiser might find it slightly less delightful :-)

 

 

From my ipad

[Norwegian Cruiser 73]

Did you guys BTW visit the Morocco Mall? As we have plenty of time in Casablanca we plan to visit the biggest mall in Africa which happens to be in Casablanca :)

[AmoMondo]

Did you guys BTW visit the Morocco Mall? As we have plenty of time in Casablanca we plan to visit the biggest mall in Africa which happens to be in Casablanca :)

 

No, didn't even know there was one. We walked to the large open air market and then went to the Hassan II Mosque by taxi - so worth a visit, then just grabbed a taxi back to the ship passing by Rick's enroute. We were back onboard for a very nice lunch.

Edited December 10, 2014 by AmoMondo

[Mtim42]

Good evening from Norway :)

 

We are sailing on the Armonia in January and the ship stay overnight in Casablanca, Morocco. Does anybody if there is a port shuttle bus or if MSC provides a shuttle bus from the port?

 

Any inputs appreciated:)

 

Didn't see a shuttle bus - walk to the port gate is a good 15 minutes.

Many taxis hustling for business, be prepared to haggle for prices.

Casablanca is dirty and smelly - Medina is good for a bargain but be prepared for hassle from the market traders.

[sidari]

When we were there one of the taxi drivers told us that there is a new shopping centre but it is quite someway out of town, he tried his best to get us to go there but my other half was adamant that she wanted to go to the main market.