Emergency numbers
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 | 08 01 00 01 80
CTM (Ouarzazate): 05248-82427
ONCF: 0890 20 30 40
National Airports Office: 05 22 53 90 40 | 05 22 53 91 40
Fight against corruption: 08 00 100 76 76
Police, Gendarmerie stations
Police Prefecture of Ouarzazate
Tassoumaat, Bv Mohamed V
190
Tourist police
Quartie touristique, Bv Moulay Rechid
Royale Gendarmerie of Ouarzazate
Bv Mohamed V
177
Tourist Information Office
Avenue Hassan II
Tel : 05 24 88 24 85
Fax : 05 24 88 52 90
Hopitals
Sidi Hssain Bennaceur
Sidi Hssain District
Bougafer Hospital
Av Mohamed V
Polyclinique Ouarzazate
N° 24 Sidi Hssaine
05 24 88 23 23
Clinical Chifa
05 24 88 52 76
Doctors Offices
General Medicine
Cardiologues
Gynecologists
Dentists
Useful information
How to pronounce ouarzazate
An Amazigh word, not hard to remmember , easy to spell, and fun to say, War za za t.
Languages
Tamazight is the native language of the region, but Most people speaks the Moroccan Arabic dialect “Darijja“. Because Ouarzazate is a tourist destination, lot of people can speak French, and some speaks English.
Postal Code
45000, The post office is located beside CTM station.
Ouarzazate Airport Code
OZZ
Voltage : 220-230 V
Frequency : 50 Hz
Electrical outlet :
- type C CEE
- type J SEV
The currency used in Morocco is the Moroccan Dirham (MDH or DH).
0.20 Cnt \ 0.50 Cnt \ 1 DH / 2 DH / 5 DH / 10 DH / 20 DH / 50 DH / 100 DH / 200 DH
New Year’s Day: Wed, Jan 1, 2020
Anniversary of the Independence Manifesto: Sat, Jan 11, 2020
Labour Day: Fri, May 1, 2020
Eid al-Fitr: May 23 – 25, 2020*
Throne Day: Thu, Jul 30, 2020
Eid al-Adha: Jul 30 – Aug 1, 2020*
Oued Ed-Dahab Day Fri, Aug 14, 2020
Islamic New Year: Aug 19 – 20, 2020*
Revolution Day: Thu, Aug 20, 2020
Birthday of King Mohammed VI and Youth Day: Fri, Aug 21, 2020
Prophet’s Birthday: Oct 28 – 30, 2020*
Green March Day: Fri, Nov 6, 2020
Independence Day of Morocco: Wed, Nov 18, 2020
1119 m above sea level Ouarzazate’s climate is a desert one. During the year, there is few rainfall. The average temperature is 29.8 °C, July is the hottest month of the year at 38°C. The lowest average temperatures in the year occur in January, when it is around 3 °C.
How to get to Ouarzazate
Flight in
Casablanca to Ouarzazate
Marralesh to Ouarzazate
www.royalairmaroc.ma
Paris Orly to Ouarzazate
www.transavia.com
Marseille to Ouarzazate
Bordeaux to Ouarzazate
www.ryanair.com
By Public Bus
CTM
AV Mohamed
www.ctm.ma
05 24 89 07 92
Superatour
Av Birnazaran
www.supratours.ma
06 61 08 26 56
Bus stations National line
Av Moulay Abdellah
Several transport companies have their office inside the station.
One bus every two hours to Marrakesh.
www.laguare.ma
By Grand Taxi
Grand taxis station is located near the bus stations.
Departures are made once the 6 seats are in the car are completed, if you are in a hurry you can pay the rest of seats.
Ouarz
azate to
Agadir: 130 Dhs
Marrakesh: 100 Dhs
Zagora: 60 Dhs
Tinghir: 60 Dhs
Agdz: 30 Dhs
How to get From Marrakech to Ouarzazate?
There is Three option to travel from Marrakech to Ouarzazate
Option 1: by Bus, there are many buses departs from Marrakech to Ouarzazate, you can check CTM, or ONCF website for time and tickets booking. Also, you can find other companies in Marrakech Bus station.
Option 2: You can share a Taxi (or not), from Taxi station in Marrakech, located near Bus Station.
Option 3: Direct flight provided by Royal Air Maroc, check RAM website for fates and Booking.
Option 4: You can rent a car from Marrakech and drive to Ouarzazate.
How far is Ouarzazate from Marrakech?
Ouarzazate is 200 KM south of Marrakech. The road goes into the high Atlas mountains, it takes 4 to 5 hours to drive. The government is rebuilding the road so it will be safer to use.
Urben Transport
Taxi
Petit Taxi
Petit Taxi (small taxi), is only for short distances and carry 3 passengers max. Petit taxi cannot leave the city limits, they are just for short trips around Ouarzazate.
The price is fixed at 5 DH / passenger during daytime, and 8 DH at night. (expect Airport transfer 70 DH)
Grand Taxi
Buses
Line N 1
Line 2