🇲🇦 Morocco or 🇨🇾 Cyprus
Which one, honestly
Morocco leads on cities, value for money and nature. Cyprus leads on the sea.
A normal day costs about $80 in Morocco and $130 in Cyprus.
Side by side
- 🇲🇦 Morocco🇨🇾 Cyprus
- Mar, Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $80A normal day$130
- 3h 40m to MarrakeshNonstop from London4h 35m to Larnaca
- GoodBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureGood
- Very goodFoodVery good
- Very goodNature and hikingGood
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Good trains along the coast, a driver for the mountains and the desertGetting aroundA hire car, effectively required, there is barely any public transport
- Marrakesh and the desert in July and August, when it passes 45CWhen to avoidJuly and August inland, when it passes 40C
Pick by what you want
🇲🇦 Choose Morocco if
you want somewhere that feels genuinely far away on a three hour flight from Europe, with mountains, desert and old cities in one trip.
🇨🇾 Choose Cyprus if
you want reliable sun and warm sea with short flights from Europe and the Gulf, and a small island you can drive across in two hours.
Full Morocco guide →Full Cyprus guide →
And what the world thinks
🇨🇾 Cyprus leads by 20 votes.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.