Preparing your trip to Fez: Tips for making phone calls

To prepare your trip to Fez at Riad Jamai, it’s worth finding out a minimum about practical details of daily life such as making phone calls on site, when you’re on holiday in Morocco. This way, you’ll easily be able to chat with your contacts about the weather in Morocco or your stay in a riad in Marrakech for example.

Morocco’s phone dialing code

To make international phone calls, you need to use the country dialing code system. The dialing code for Morocco is +212 or 00 212 (the double zero can be replaced by a +). When you want to call Morocco from France, you must therefore add the country code +212 before dialing your contact’s 9-digit phone number without the initial zero.

In practice, to call the French Embassy in Morocco, the local number to dial if you are in Morocco is 05 37 68 97 00. Now if you want to contact the Embassy from France, you’ll need to dial 00 212 5 37 68 97 00.

Calling France from Morocco

If during your holiday in Morocco you need to make a call to France, you’ll need to use France’s country dialing code. This is +33 or 00 33. If you’re calling via a contact card in your mobile phone, you’ll need to modify your contact’s phone number. This country code +33 must indeed be added to the phone numbers of your loved ones.

Time difference France – Morocco

It’s important not to forget that there is a time difference between France and Morocco. Indeed, Morocco is in the same time zone as England, which is one hour behind France. In practice, when it’s 12pm in France, it’s 11am in Morocco. This becomes more complicated in summer because the clock changes don’t happen on the same dates. It’s therefore advisable to check the exact time for the period from April to October.

Make sure you agree with your contact on the planned time of the call. This is particularly important when it comes to business calls.