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Arriving at the
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, on the edge of the new town Gueliz, keep your wits about you as you emerge, or you'll immediately find yourself engaged with a guide or taxi driver. A regular petit taxi (beware unofficial taxis without meters) is a good idea in general, since it's quite a walk to hotels in Gueliz - and a long way to the Medina; the taxi fare should be no more than 10dh to the Medina, less to hotels in Gueliz. The #3 and #8 buses run from the station to the Place de Foucauld, alongside Place Djemaa El Fna. However, if you plan to stay at the youth hostel, you should, luggage permitting, be able to walk there from the train station in five minutes or so.
The gare routiere (for most long-distance bus services) is just outside the walls of the Medina by Bab Doukkala. You can walk into the centre of Gueliz from here in around ten minutes by following Avenue des Nations Unies; to the Place Djemaa El Fna it's around 25 minutes, most easily accomplished by following the Medina walls down to Avenue Mohammed V. Alternatively, catch the #3 or #8 bus, which run in one direction to the Koutoubia, in the other to Gueliz; or save yourself trouble by taking a petit taxi (about 10dh). Supratours arriving from Essaouira, Agadir, Laayoune and Dakhla pull into the new bus station next to the train station. The city's airport is 5km to the southwest. The #11 bus is supposed to run every half hour to the Place Djemaa El Fna, but it is very erratic. Petits taxis or grands taxis are a better option, though you will have to watch that you pay a reasonable fare. The grands taxis currently display a price of 50dh (day) and 60dh (night) for the trip from the airport to Gueliz. Arriving at the airport before 8am or after about 6pm any day of the week, you won't always find the BMCE or Banque Populaire kiosk open to change money or traveller's cheques; taxis, however, will accept pounds or dollars, at more or less the equivalent dirham rate Other useful information
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