Once in the medina, everything can be seen on foot, though you'll be doing a lot of walking. For exploring more of the city, buses and petits taxis are plentiful.
By Caleche
An alternative and romantic way to travel is by caleche - pronounced kutchee - a small horse-drawn carriage. They can be hired at Square de Foucauld the small park at the bottom of Djemaa El-Fna. It's wise to agree on a price before setting off. As a guide price, you should pay around DH 80 per hour, per carriage.
By bus
Almost all buses stop at Djemaa El-Fna and Place Youssef Ben Tachfine and fares range from Dh 2 - 5 depending on the distance. Important municipal bus lines are:
No 1 - Towards Gueliz
Nos 3 and 8 - Stops at the central train station, and bus station Gare Routiere Voyageurs Marrakech
No 10 - Stops at the long distance bus station
No 11 - Will drop you off at the gardens of Menara
No 18 - Outside of Airport to Djemaa el-Fna.
No 19 - Airport express to Djemaa el-Fna one way Dh30/return for Dh50
Bus No 19 leaves Djemaa el-Fna every half an hour, starting at 6:15AM in the morning until 9:15PM. The trip to the airport takes about 25 minutes.
There is an open-topped City Sightseeing bus that will take you around the outskirts of the city, with commentary provided via headphones supplied with your ticket in any of 8 different languages. The best place to catch it is from the coach stops by Square de Foucauld. Tickets cost Dh 145 each and are valid for 24 hours from the time of issue, no matter how many times you get on or off. However, check the timetable carefully, as the buses can stop running earlier than you might think.
By taxi
If getting around by taxi, just bear in mind that taxi drivers will make up many excuses to rip you off; for example:- They don't have change.- They will hustle you to charge for everything such as bags. But you don't need to pay for extras.- For petit taxi, the maximum number of passengers is three plus the driver. Sometimes you need to share with other passengers. If you are a group of two or three people, you just pay the one price and share with others example, 10Dh for three passengers.- The meter starts from 1.70Dh before 8pm and 2.40Dh after 8pm. No need to negotiate the price. Basically they have to use the meter even if it is midnight. Each 100m, the meter will up 1.20-1.40Dh. - The minimum charge is Dh7 before 8pm and after will be 10Dh. - Dh 20 is a good price for a 10 min ride.- For Grand Taxis Regular Mercedes Taxis there are no meters. Typically the set rate from Marrakech Airport to the Medina or Jemaa el fna Main square is 150Dh. There also appears to be no limit to the amount of people they'll attempt to squeeze in! Outside of the airport if you are a group of more than three, the maximum for a Petit Taxi, then do negotiate you fee before you enter the Grand Taxi.
Always ask to use the meter compteur in french; otherwise, you are just contributing to a culture of ripping off people.However, Taxi drivers will in nearly 95% of the cases refuse to take you if you insist on using the meter.Even locals often have troubles with drivers in Marrakesh, thatâs how it is. Your only option to avoid this is using the buses which serve most destinations of interest see above.