Flight to Marrakech for eight days in Morocco, with two days of Branch Line Society railtouring including the famous desert railway to Bouarfa; then flying from Tetouan to Alacant for three days in Spain covering some passenger track; then flying home from València.
I had covered about half of the passenger lines in Morocco on a previous trip in 2013 - photos here - and doing the Desert Express fitted in nicely with covering the remaining passenger lines. I also had time to do the tram routes that had been opened since the 2013 visit. The flight from Tetouan to Alicante/Alacant was so cheap I couldn't refuse a few more days in Spain.
See trip report for the full itinerary, traction details and notes.
I had covered about half of the passenger lines in Morocco on a previous trip in 2013 - photos here - and doing the Desert Express fitted in nicely with covering the remaining passenger lines. I also had time to do the tram routes that had been opened since the 2013 visit. The flight from Tetouan to Alicante/Alacant was so cheap I couldn't refuse a few more days in Spain.
See trip report for the full itinerary, traction details and notes.
Marrakech Casablanca Rabat - 30 September 2023
9 photosRabat Tanger Kenitra Fès - 1 October 2023
17 photosFès Nador - 2 October 2023
8 photosNador Beni Ansar Taourirt Oujda - 3 October 2023
17 photosOujda Guenfouda Taourirt - 4 October 2023
22 photosOujda Bouarfa - 5 October 2023
24 photosOujda Fès Tanger - 6 October 2023
3 photosTanger Tetouan Alacant - 7 October 2023
3 photosAlacant - Murcia Albacete - 8 October 2023
18 photosAlacant Benidorm Denia Gandia València Moixent Xàtiva - 9 October 2023
12 photosAlacant València Buñol - 10 October 2023
8 photos