No.... is the simple answer. Your Passport does need to be vaild for at least 6 months prior to expiry. When you arrive in Morocco you will be given an "Embarkation Card" to complete. (Very simple.... Name, passport number, nationality, profession, reason for travel, place you are staying in, where you have come from). You then hand this over to an Officer in a Customs Kiosk who types your details into his/her computer and subsequently stamps your passport. When you leave Morocco you will have to repeat the excercise which makes sence as they then know that you have both arrived..... and left their country.
If you are flying into Casablanca or Marrakech do be warned that sometimes the que through customs clearence can be VERY time consuming, especially if several planes are leaving at similar times and hundreds of passangers are queing up. GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME TO GET TO THE DEPARTURE LOUNGE.

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The main square of D' jemaa-el-Fna (Marrakech) is surrounded by an endless labyrinth of souks (bazaars) which are well documented and sell pretty much everything from souvineers, slippers, handicrafts, artwork etc to chickens, spices, live reptiles and on and on... The whole area is a facinating carnival atmosphere which conjures up visions of snake charmers, acrobats, sooth-sayers, musicians, food stalls and the like.

Fascinating, it certainly is and especially when the sun is starting to set and the rich abundance of gastronomic flavours fill the air, trapped in plumes of smoke and steam to give the Djemaa-el-Fna its twilight eeriness, a mesmerising quality I have found nowhere else. As the evening darkens, the hustle bustle of activity rages on. The exotic music appears louder and more hypnotic.

The Shaman display their apocotheries and cures, both living and dead, which always begs the question “how does one apply such a thing”? A fine example is the Black Scorpion trapped inside a jam-jar. “It’s for haemorrhoids” I am informed. “well… um.. if I had Piles…. How would I apply it”? Seemed a suitable response. “I suggest you kill it first” Came the logical answer!

The souks are open all day up till 10.00pm. Go to www.marrakech.uk.com to see a map and photo.

April is a good time in my opinion as the mountains will still be covered with snow but should be thawing now; some great scenery to be seen.
Stay in Casa as little as possible and get the train asap to start exploring the older parts of Morocco.