🇵🇹 Portugal or 🇲🇦 Morocco
Which one, honestly
Portugal leads on the sea and getting around. Morocco leads on cities and value for money.
A normal day costs about $125 in Portugal and $80 in Morocco.
Side by side
- 🇵🇹 Portugal🇲🇦 Morocco
- Apr, May, Jun, Sep, OctBest monthsMar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct
- $125A normal day$80
- 2h 45m to LisbonNonstop from London3h 40m to Marrakesh
- Very goodBeaches and seaGood
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- Very goodFoodVery good
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap trains along the coast, a car for the wine countryGetting aroundGood trains along the coast, a driver for the mountains and the desert
- The Algarve in August, when it fills up and doubles in priceWhen to avoidMarrakesh and the desert in July and August, when it passes 45C
Pick by what you want
🇵🇹 Choose Portugal if
you want Europe on a smaller budget, with the ocean, and you do not mind cool water.
🇲🇦 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.
Full Portugal guide →Full Morocco guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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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.