Women visiting morocco: Travel tips and advice

Women visiting morocco: Travel tips and advice

" Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness ".

Mark Twain, Innocents Abroad

In recent years, Morocco has put in place a number of travel and tourism reforms to make the visitors experience in the country as carefree as possible. This has affected transportation, security, guides and lodging.

Morocco is a country of unique lifestyles and is different from your whereabouts. Don’t fall into the comparison trap. Rather, open your mind to the culture, and approach Morocco with an appreciation of cultural differences. Consider yourself an alien visiting another planet and enjoy the exploratory learning. Till you’re back home, you know zip.

Foreign women can travel freely as solo and it is quite safe. A companion can be helpful but is not necessary.

Dress

Dress conservatively, and you can demand respect. If you already dress unprovocatively, you will find you will not even need to alter your regular clothing style by much. In larger cities, many women adopt western styles, so jeans and t- shirts are common.

You do not need to cover yourself completely, wear a veil (hijab), scarf, abaya or a djellaba. The only exception is when visiting Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca. In this case, you need to dress conservatively as you would for a church. You will get assistance for that at the entrance of the mosque as they do gently provide veils and instructions.

Elsewhere,women can wear pants, short sleeves and longer skirts.
Wear a bikini or swimsuit only on the beach or at a pool. You may attract attention and looks out of curiosity in rural areas but that’s harmless, just ignore it and move on. Opt for the one piece. A sundress or shorts to cover up when out of the water is also a good idea.

Remember, the more revealing clothes you wear, the more unwanted attention you get.

Prancing down a Moroccan street in a short skirt and tank top is not the best idea unless you want to be explored instead of exploring. You want to fit and integrate to explore the place. The easy way to do that is to adopt the "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" mindset.

Smoking

Smoking in public is something "good women" don't do. Moroccans consider smoking a manly border that western women sneaked in and crossed at some point in history just to show men that they can(a gesture of feminist liberation movement). Moroccan men are not impressed by their women doing the same. As a foreigner, the restriction does not apply to you and you can smoke, just you don’t get their respect if you care.

In fact, most Moroccan men don’t smoke either. And those who do are looked at with pity as “trapped” into a bad addiction.

Some Moroccan women have chosen to rebel against this tradition and you can find a few smoking mainly in large cities. By now, they are regarded as “loose women”.

If you are approached for a service or unsolicitted help, just kindly say "Non,Shukran" (Arabic for No,thank you - Non is pronounced like nong not like nun). Don't react in a dispising/snobbish manner. Those who are trying to make a buck are still dignified. Many tourists fall into this snob trap.

Being nice still works

Have a wonderful trip !

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