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City Buses

Marrakesh city buses

Marrakesh has a cheap and efficient city bus service, run by ALSA.

Fares & Hours

Fares are 4–5dh in town, or 7.50dh for out-of-town destinations. Hours of operation are usually around 7am–10pm, finishing later during Ramadan and school holidays (July & Aug plus a few shorter ones).

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The Main Hubs

In town the main hub for city buses is at Arset el Bilk (31.624039, -7.990937), on Place Foucauld between the Koutoubia and the Jemaa el Fna. Useful bus routes from here include:

  • #1, up Avenue Mohammed V to Place Abdelmoumen in Guéliz, then Avenue Mohammed Abdelkrim el Khattabi to Semlalia
  • #8, #10, #12, #14, #15, #16, #17, #66, to Bab Doukkala bus station
  • #8, #10, #14, #66, continue on from Bab Doukkala bus station along Avenue des Nations Unies and Avenue Hassan II to the train station, and one stop beyond that for Supratours buses and the CTM depot
  • #19, the official (30dh) airport bus
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Local Transport

Text © Daniel Jacobs

Images by Andrew Nash, Daniel Jacobs, Ministry of Environment - Rwanda