Halal Casablanca

Central Casablanca is walkable around the old medina, the Habous quarter and the seafront Corniche, but the city is large and spread out. The Casa Tramway is the backbone of public transport — four lines (T1-T4, the newest opened in 2024) crossing the city at a flat, cheap fare every ten minutes or so. For door-to-door trips the small red 'petit taxis' are the everyday workhorse.

Two kinds of taxi: small red 'petit taxis' (metered, in-city, up to three passengers) and larger cream 'grand taxis' (shared or hired for longer and intercity runs). For petit taxis, insist the driver runs the meter ('compteur') or agree the price first — meter-dodging and 'commission' detours to shops are the usual hustle. Ride-hailing apps operate but in a legal grey area, so the metered petit taxi is the dependable default.

Moroccan dirham · MAD

The dirham is a closed currency — you cannot buy or exchange it outside Morocco, so change money on arrival (airport, banks, ATMs or bureaux de change) and convert any leftover back before you leave. It is a cash-heavy economy: cards work in hotels, malls and upmarket restaurants, but carry cash for taxis, the medina, small cafés and the tram.

Tipping is customary for good service — round up in cafés, leave around 10% in restaurants, and a few dirhams for porters, guides and parking attendants.

Maroc Telecom, Orange and inwi prepaid SIMs from the airport and city shops (bring your passport to register); cheap data bundles are easy to buy

Plug: Type C / E (two round pins, European) · 220V / 50Hz

General: 112 (works nationwide from a mobile)

Fire: 15 / 150 (fire & civil protection)

Hassan II Mosque: One of the largest mosques in the world, built out over the Atlantic with a 210 m minaret and room for tens of thousands — the city's icon and a major Friday congregation. It is also one of the only mosques in Morocco non-Muslims can enter, via guided tours (held outside prayer times; on Fridays, tours run only after the midday prayer).

Neighbourhood mosques: As a Muslim-majority city, mosques are on virtually every block and the call to prayer is audible across town, so finding a place to pray is never an issue wherever you are.

Airport prayer rooms: The airport has dedicated prayer rooms (musalla) in the terminal for travellers, as is standard across Morocco.