🇹🇷 Türkiye or 🇲🇦 Morocco
Which one, honestly
Türkiye leads on food, the sea and getting around.
A normal day costs about $90 in Türkiye and $80 in Morocco.
Side by side
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye🇲🇦 Morocco
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsMar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct
- $90A normal day$80
- 4h to IstanbulNonstop from London3h 40m to Marrakesh
- Very goodBeaches and seaGood
- ExceptionalCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both goodGetting aroundGood trains along the coast, a driver for the mountains and the desert
- Istanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidaysWhen to avoidMarrakesh and the desert in July and August, when it passes 45C
Pick by what you want
🇹🇷 Choose Türkiye if
you want a city that has been the centre of everything for two thousand years, with a coastline attached to it, on a small budget.
🇲🇦 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 Türkiye guide →Full Morocco guide →
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 1 vote.
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