🇲🇦 Morocco or 🇵🇭 Philippines
Which one, honestly
Morocco leads on cities, food and getting around. Philippines leads on the sea and nature.
A normal day costs about $80 in Morocco and $85 in Philippines.
Side by side
- 🇲🇦 Morocco🇵🇭 Philippines
- Mar, Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Dec
- $80A normal day$85
- 3h 40m to MarrakeshNonstop from London14h to Manila
- GoodBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureNot the draw
- Very goodFoodGood
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundNot the draw
- Good trains along the coast, a driver for the mountains and the desertGetting aroundDomestic flights and ferries, cheap but often delayed, leave slack
- Marrakesh and the desert in July and August, when it passes 45CWhen to avoidThe typhoon months, roughly August to October
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 Philippines if
you want water and islands above everything else, on a small budget, and you can handle slow travel days.
Full Morocco guide →Full Philippines guide →
And what the world thinks
🇵🇭 Philippines leads by 5 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.