Errachidia north view

Errachidia (ar-Rachīdīya) is a city of 92,000 people (2014) in the Saharan Morocco of Morocco.

Understand

Errachidia is of not much interest from a tourist point of view. It was shortly part of Rally Dakar in 2006 and 2007. The more significant tourist destinations of Erfoud and Rissani are about 78 km and 95 km respectively south of Errachidia.

Furthermore, the military use of this town gives it a clean and organized urban net.

Get in

Errachidia can be convenient hub between Ouarzazate and Merzouga on the national road 10. Otherwise, using the parallel route further south, you have to relay mainly on grand taxis between these two places.

Buses from Ouarzazate run once a day by CTM, 6 hours and from Merzouga every second day, 2½ hours. They stop at the 1 Gare routière (bus station). 

Year-round flights from Casablanca, and seasonal flights from Marrakech and Paris arrive to 2 Airport of Errachidia-Moulay Ali Chérif (ERH  ^IATA) (3 km north of the city centre).  

See

Bab Jdid

• 1 Sijilmassa Museum (Musée Sijilmassa). Closed for renovation. With photos of the old caravan city, textiles, everyday objects and a beautiful collection of carved wooden doors of the Berbers. (updated Dec 2023)

Nearby

La Source Bleue (Blue Spring) Oasis

• 2 La Source Bleue (Blue Spring) Oasis (Ain Zarqa Musky/العين الزرقاء مسكي منتزه) (green valley of the Oued Ziz, near the town of Meski, south of Errachidia). A water source in a cave. (updated Dec 2023)
• Grace oases in Kelmima, Errachidia province
• View of Oasis Walad Chaker (Ofus)
• 3 Hassan Dam (Barrage Al-Hassan Addakhil). (updated Dec 2023)