Getting from Marrakesh Menara Airport to the city

Bus 19, and the half of the ticket people throw away

• 30 MAD, as displayed on the official fare board at the airport bus stop.
• The ticket includes a free return journey, valid for 15 days.

That second point is the one worth carrying away. Visitors routinely buy a single into town, discard the ticket, and buy another to come back - doubling a fare that was already paid.

• The bus runs to the medina and Jemaa el-Fnaa area and on around the city.
• It is the cheapest way in by a wide margin.

Taxis: fixed, and negotiated

Marrakesh does not run the airport taxi on a meter.

• The fare is agreed before the journey, and that is the system rather than a scam.
• Roughly 100 to 150 MAD to the city centre, the medina or the railway station.
• A night rate applies from about 21:00 in summer and 20:00 in winter until 06:00, commonly around 120 MAD and up for the same trip.
• Agree the number before you put your bag in the boot. Once your luggage is in, your negotiating position is gone.
• Have small notes. "No change" is a standard closing move.

Getting to the medina itself

• The medina is largely closed to cars. A taxi drops you at a gate, not at your riad.
• Most riads will send someone to meet you at the gate if you tell them your arrival time - take them up on it. The lanes are genuinely hard to navigate the first time, and this is the single most useful thing your accommodation can do for you.
• The airport is about 6 km out, so even a taxi is a short ride.