Marrakech or Tangier

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Mdp93 Member

Member since 04 August 2022

Mdp93Member04 August 2022 00:26:47

Dears,

As a family with 3 children (9 years old/ 6 years old / 1 year old) , we wish to live in Morocco. Basically my wife and I can work from everywhere (we are Digital nomads) , so we must choose between those 2 cities to live …

Which city is the best for you to live in ?

We want our children to enjoy the Moroccan life And we as parents want to enjoy the place where we would live.

We are living in Paris currently and want to flee the stress of this city and move out of France for some time .

Tangier is very attractive due to the sea, Europe that is close , nice climate , but it is maybe too stressful and busy ?

We don’t want to escape from Paris to finally move in a city that would be similar to Paris (in terms of stress , traffic , noises …

Marrakech is always said to be a place for RETIRED people, that s true that many old people like to live there but we must admit that this city is a jewel too. So beautiful.

Please help us , we really hesitate between the beautiful and not so stressed Marrakech and Tangier , near the sea and Spain , and lively city…

Cheers

Bhavna Team

Member since 01 June 2015

BhavnaTeam04 August 2022 03:09:03

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Hi Mdp93,

Welcome on board !

I hope that members will be able to guide you..

Isn't not possible for you to live a couple of days in each city (temporary accommodation/airbnb) to see how it feels ?

Regards,

Bhavna

Petersonic Active member

Member since 23 February 2020

PetersonicActive member04 August 2022 06:13:03

Bhavna Advice is exactly what we did albeit we spent 5 months in Tanger to experience the city and see if it was for us. We lived in Kenitra near Rabat for nearly 2years and have spent time all the major cities, albeit for short periods. We haven’t lived in Marrakech so Best to let others comment, I would be mindful of the temperature it gets very hot in summer.

Back to Tanger, it is an amazing city, rent a place and try it out to see if it suits your family is my advice this is what we did.

Our experience and view from being there for 5 months and through summer was yes the traffic is busy, especially in the evening, expect the parks and green areas to busy, for example villa Harris would be very busy on an evening and weekend, but in saying that it’s so nice to see families out enjoying themselves. But in reality expect traffic, however Tanger isn’t that big and it does move.

Beaches are plentiful, a short drive and you will find spacious beach’s, we were living near Marjane and most evenings after work we would take the short drive to Achakar and our 2yr old loved it.

We really like Tanger and we will spend more time there in the future, to live there full time it wasn’t for us but for holidays yes 100%.

touritox Contributor

Member since 25 April 2019

touritoxContributor04 August 2022 23:36:55

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All what the member @petersonic said is true about tanger , its my city too .

There is some other places that calm and not lot of traffic and close to the beach , we still have green places a lot in the city which blessed .

About Marrakech city its attractive by tourists but the weather is hot really , i don't know if you and the kids can support it really .

And no beach just those big pools and so it's up on you to decide if want city with sea or not .

People on Marrakech are friendly too like tanger .

You welcome to morocco , if you need any more information you are free to ask and we are here to help .

Monica99 Member

Member since 22 August 2022

Monica99Member22 August 2022 11:41:15

I just moved from Canada to Marrakech with my husband and daughter

its really good life here

i prefer marrakech than tangier the ppl there were a bit weird to us

also the weather marrakech had dry climate.

I like tangier but just for one week not move.

All the best

Guest6932 Guest

Guest6932Guest22 August 2022 12:05:42

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thank you for your message ! with a friend we would like to live 6 months in marrakech and 6 months in france..:

Martine

jannnoory Member

Member since 13 June 2022

jannnooryMember22 August 2022 12:52:06

@Monica99 great choice! Good luck

M also semi moved to Marrakesh from London 😀👌

univers26 Member

Member since 09 August 2022

univers26Member22 August 2022 13:05:13

@Monica99

Good afternoon, good luck and wish you all the best.

Please let me know if is possible about the secondary and primary school in morocco for Canadians if there are options, I'm planning to come on September 2023.

martineetgina New member

Member since 15 August 2022

martineetginaNew member22 August 2022 18:13:48

@Martine Cécile ah oui martine vous avez un projet avec Un ami comme c'est génial nous avons le meme projet alors sauf que moi c'est avec une amie !!

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