Morocco Overland ~ Guidebook Reviews
extracted from Morocco Overland and occasionally updated
Morocco Overland covers southern Morocco off the beaten track but by and large it leaves out the big towns, the listing of hotels and restaurants and accounts of ‘Things to See and Do’.
For the big picture of mainstream Morocco, a conventional travel guide book will greatly enhance your experience and background knowledge of the country. There are plenty of specialist and regional titles covering the country, but in English only the Rough Guide or Lonely Planet editions do a reasonably comprehensive job, while regularly releasing new editions. For practicality and ease of use, nothing else comes close. Both their 8th editions from 2007 were closely scrutinised while researching Morocco Overland. LP published it’s 9th edition in early 2009; the 9th Rough Guide edition came out in April 2010.
Lonely Planet Morocco
£15.99
9th edition (February 2009)
536pp
Guidebook section 320pp of which about 55pp covers the south (8th edition 528/350/70pp)
Rough Guide Morocco
£15.99
8th edition (October 2007)
820pp
Guidebook section 600pp of which about 140pp covers the south.
Rough Guide April 2010 edition 624pp, same price. To be reviewed.
Selective comparison for the Morocco Overland area
√ good .... ~ alright ....x not covered .....M map
| LP 9th 2009 |
RG 8th 2007 |
RG 9th 2010 | |
| Driving practicalities | ~ | √ | |
| Moto' practicalities | ~ | ~ | |
| Agoudal | x | ~ | |
| Alnif | x | √ | |
| Amtoudi | x | √ | |
| Assa | x | x | |
| Atlantic Route | 4pp | 19pp | |
| Bouarfa | √ | ~ | |
| Cirque de Jaffar | ~ | ~ | |
| Dakhla | √ | √M | |
| Figuig | √ | √ | |
| Foum Zguid | ~ | √ | |
| Gorge to Gorge | √ | ~ | |
| Imichil | ~ | √ | |
| Layounne | √M | √M | |
| Mhamid | √ | √ | |
| Rissani | √ | √ | |
| Tafraoute | √M | √M | |
| Tan-Tan | √M | √M | |
| Tata | √ | √M | |
| Tazenacht | x | √ | |
| Tazzerine | ~ | √ |
