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Africa’s most visited nation by vacationers the place flights value lower than £20 in August

It isn’t simply a budget flights that entice guests, as there’s loads to see and do when you arrive.

The Crimson arches of Legzira seashore in Morocco. (Picture: Getty)

Africa is quick changing into one of many world’s most fun vacationer locations, with round 75 million folks travelling there in 2024. This will’t come as a lot of a shock as a result of the world’s second largest continent has so much to supply. 

However there’s one nation specifically, which is visited greater than another. That nation is Morocco. In keeping with the United Nations World Tourism Group, 17.4 million folks visited Morocco final 12 months.

Rabat is the capital metropolis of Morocco (Picture: Getty)

Morocco has a few of Africa’s greatest seashores (Picture: Getty)

One of many major causes for its reputation is how straightforward and low-cost it’s to get to from Europe.

Flights can be found from main UK airports together with London Stansted, London Gatwick, London Heathrow and Manchester, with funds airways like Ryanair and easyJet providing common routes to cities akin to Marrakech, Rabat, Tangier and Fez.

On the time of writing, a Ryanair flight from London Stansted to Ouarzazate on Wednesday, August 20 prices simply £14.99 one-way. 

A Ryanair flight from Manchester to Rabat on the identical day is £19.99, whereas London Stansted to Fez on Monday August 25 is £21.99.

There are additionally a number of different dates within the second half of August the place flights might be discovered for underneath £25.

Morocco is a rustic of ‘dazzling variety’ (Picture: Getty)

Casablanca is dwelling to the beautiful Hassan II Mosque (Picture: Getty)

Nevertheless it’s not simply a budget flights that entice guests. There’s loads to see and do when you arrive.

In keeping with Go to Morocco, the nation is “one of the enticing locations on the earth due to the great thing about diversified pure landscapes, together with quite a lot of seaside resorts and breathtaking websites”.

It has a few of Africa’s greatest seashores, together with Dragon Seashore in Dakhla, White Seashore in Guelmim, Laghzira Seashore in Mirleft, Ain Dalia Seashore in Tangier, and Quemado Seashore in El Hoceima, with crystal-clear water and beautiful rocky coasts.

Journey specialists at Lonely Planet additionally say Morocco is a rustic of “dazzling variety”, from mountain ranges and desert dunes to vibrant cities and quiet seashores.

They are saying: “Sooner or later you possibly can be scaling Toubkal, North Africa’s highest peak; the subsequent, you possibly can be assembly designers in Marrakesh, using the Atlantic rollers in Essaouira, strolling via the twisting blue alleyways of Chefchaouen or savouring avenue meals within the medieval medina of Fez.”

Tangier has a protracted literary historical past and presents sea views throughout to Europe (Picture: Getty)

Morocco’s cities are among the most historic and engaging on the earth. 

Marrakech, with its historic medina and well-known Djemaa El Fna sq., is full of vibrant buildings and cultural sights. 

In Fez, guests can discover the world’s largest residing medieval medina, a maze of souks and workshops courting again to the eighth century.

Casablanca is dwelling to the beautiful Hassan II Mosque, one of many largest on the earth, and is stuffed with spectacular structure. 

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In the meantime, Tangier has a protracted literary historical past and presents sea views throughout to Europe.

Whether or not you wish to hike the Atlas Mountains, go online on the Atlantic coast, experience camels via the Sahara Desert, or loosen up at a conventional hammam, Morocco has one thing for everybody.

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