Morroco borders Open on 7th April. 🙂

[bobandjanie]

Posted on the Portuguese motorhome forum, I suppose it's a bit late for most jongood and others. Bob.

 

[jongood]

Great news Bob. Any idea whats changed? Is it just covid levels? Western Sahara man left Spain last year.

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

Sounds good, 80 days in Spain 90 in Morocco and 5 days each way to get there and back.

 

[bobandjanie]

jongood Not a clue what's changed, nothing on the Spanish motorhome forum this morning when I had a quick scan, @ our legal team member Richard gus-lopez might have seen something.
I don't watch TV in any country. Bob.

 

[chrisandbev]

lets hope the ferries keep rolling

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[Carpmart]

Sounds good, 80 days in Spain 90 in Morocco and 5 days each way to get there and back.

Hopefully make it a little less ‘congested’ in Spain next winter…

 

[jumar]

I do hope this news is true......not that I want to go, but I want those poor souls who have had to winter here in Spain to be able to get some decent Winter Sun next year.....

 

[gus-lopez]

jongood Not a clue what's changed, nothing on the Spanish motorhome forum this morning when I had a quick scan, @ our legal team member Richard gus-lopez might have seen something.
I don't watch TV in any country. Bob.

I haven't seen anything?
Just looked on the external gov.es site & last post on there was 31st March & stated that the land borders with Morocco , including ceuta & melilla, remained closed ? Mind they might just be slow?

 

[Pugsy]

Hopefully all true, as i have just renewed my van insurance yesterday and changed to LV as they will issue a green card for Morocco.

 

[jongood]

Hopefully all true, as i have just renewed my van insurance yesterday and changed to LV as they will issue a green card for Morocco.

I would love to change to LV but they wont recognise N&b or MAN as a motorhome .

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[Portland]

Great news Bob. Any idea whats changed? Is it just covid levels? Western Sahara man left Spain last year.

I hope this is true Jon, however I had several opening dates from Carlos last year but they all proved wrong. I have looked at the Moroccan site today and it said the border remains closed to maritime tourist's, that said I will keep a close eye on this as from now.
On LV , I had to cancel Safeguard because LV became their under writers and would not give Green card for Morocco

 

[Stewart J]

Update this morning. Ferry service from Tarifa restarting 7th April. https://atalayar.com/en/content/mar...9IjdaiUWtXYLy9yQ5RlaosEUebWdpj25MBeKxLhzZxL30

 

[jumar]

Update this morning. Ferry service from Tarifa restarting 7th April. https://atalayar.com/en/content/mar...9IjdaiUWtXYLy9yQ5RlaosEUebWdpj25MBeKxLhzZxL30

Good news for next winter season, this unlocks the 90/180 day ruling that many find too difficult to live with and will make Morocco a must visit Country again......

 

[Carpmart]

Anyone know the ferry operators and or whom to book with? Interested to understand approximate transit costs if anyone knows?

 

[Oscar]

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[TerryL]

Well this looks promising, it was always a political problem that stopped the maritime traffic which just happened to coincide with, but probably was initiated by, Covid. It definitely puts Morocco back on the map for us next winter - too late in the year for us now, it'll be too hot.

As regards ferry crossings, Carlos (Guitterez) in Algeciras is the man every time - he's got it all sorted and most all Europeans use him. He even organised an unofficial overnight stopover close by his office. It's been 200 eu for a number of years but quite easy to get it discounted to 180 - see my old Morocco info.

 

[Stewart J]

Lots of activity around the booking office next to Lidl’s this afternoon, shutters off windows etc

 

[bobandjanie]

I did hear today that Morroco agreed to stop blowing sand if Spain opened the border. Bob.

 

[Pugsy]

I hope this is true Jon, however I had several opening dates from Carlos last year but they all proved wrong. I have looked at the Moroccan site today and it said the border remains closed to maritime tourist's, that said I will keep a close eye on this as from now.
On LV , I had to cancel Safeguard because LV became their under writers and would not give Green card for Morocco

From the website and I confirmed it when taking out the policy. The policy is directly with LV so don't know if that makes a difference. You have to give them the actual dates of travel,I gave an example of Jan and Feb and was quoted another £38 for this period but will organise and pay when I know exact dates, presuming it goes ahead.

 

[jongood]

Well this looks promising, it was always a political problem that stopped the maritime traffic which just happened to coincide with, but probably was initiated by, Covid. It definitely puts Morocco back on the map for us next winter - too late in the year for us now, it'll be too hot.

As regards ferry crossings, Carlos (Guitterez) in Algeciras is the man every time - he's got it all sorted and most all Europeans use him. He even organised an unofficial overnight stopover close by his office. It's been 200 eu for a number of years but quite easy to get it discounted to 180 - see my old Morocco info.

Carlos has been the man for years but the Acciona service is pretty poor and I hate 'the pit'. We have previously managed to get the same deal for FRS Tarifa - TangerVille which is much more pleasant and reliable but the boat is quite small. I'm thinking of trying FRS online Algeciras to Tanger Med next time

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[TerryL]

You can actually ask Carlos for a preferred ferry company, although not sure if the price would be the same, or availability. We've been on 2 or 3 different lines but really can't differentiate between them.

But let us know how you get on. Often wondered if going to Carlos is really the best way? At least he has always got us across on the day/time we want though.

 

[DorsetDrifter]

Reported that borders have reopened.

Morocco, Spain Agree on Immediate Border Reopening for Passengers, Goods

Spain and Morocco have taken a number of bold decisions as part of plans to open a new phase of bilateral relations, including the full restoration of the movement of people and goods.

www.moroccoworldnews.com