uk to morocco
 

i new to this forum planning a trip to morocco for about 2 weeks in november, december or january , taking ferry to santander then onwards ive travelled a fair bit of europe on motorbike but not ventured into africa before. any advice re morocco much appriecated , when best time to go ? places i must go or places to avoid? costs of hostels / camping? and how much to budget a day in morocco for food and accomodation and cost of petrol?
many thanks
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Have a search around on here. There is loads of info.

Also, Tim's
Morocco GS Knowledgebase - ::. UKGSer.com .::

Should give you most of what you need.

One thing you might be unprepared for is the temperatures riding through Spain. I've made the mistake before of looking at the midday temperature forecast at Santander, but of course, that's next to the relative warm sea and is a sea level.

As your departure date gets closer keep an eye on the overnight low temperature forecast for places like Valladolid which normally falls below zero. In the winter I normally ride through Spain with heated jacket, handlebar muffs, heated grips and gauchos.

Of the routes down through Spain, going via Madrid is the easiest for accommodation as there are so many little hostels immediately off the free motorways.

The 1° november i'm leaving with my (bikes in van ) van from Belgium to Z.Spain (Almeria) . I take the ferry there to Morocco. If you want i can pick you and your bike up at Calais.
Peter Penson
peter.penson@telenet.be

thanks for the advice people. pete that is a great offer will look into date of this trip and keep u posted if thats a possibility thanks mate ;)