Private transfer from Casablanca to Ifrane

A private transfer from Casablanca to Ifrane covers about 295 km in about 4 hours, in your own car with an English- or French-speaking driver. You pay one fixed price for the car, from €220, agreed before you travel. The drive from Ifrane back to Casablanca costs the same, and so does the pickup at Mohammed V airport.

There is no train to Ifrane and only two coaches a day from Casablanca. If you are taking a student to Al Akhawayn University with a term's worth of luggage, or heading up to the mountains for a weekend in the snow, a car takes all of you, and the bags, from door to door.

Prices per car

The price is for the car, not for each person. It includes the driver, the fuel and the motorway tolls, and it is the same by day or by night. Moving a student in? The Tourneo takes 12 large bags. For eight to 17 people we arrange a Mercedes Sprinter minibus, and a coach for larger groups, price on request.

Car, coach or train and taxi?

Coach times and fares are CTM's, read on its booking site on 9 November 2026 for Thursday 19 November and Thursday 17 December; they were the same on both days. The train figures are ONCF's, from our Casablanca to Fès check in October 2026. They can change.

The CTM coach. Two direct coaches a day. Each one leaves CTM's main station on Avenue des FAR and calls at Aïn Sebaâ about 25 minutes later:

The train. Ifrane has no station. The nearest is Fès, on the Al Atlas line from Casa‑Voyageurs (3 h 55 to 4 h 05). From Fès, Ifrane is about 64 km, about an hour, by grand taxi or by car.

A flight. The nearest airport is Fès‑Saïss, about 57 km from Ifrane, about an hour by road. From Casablanca, flying makes no sense for this trip.

A rental car. The motorway is easy driving. In winter, Ifrane gets snow, so check the weather before you drive yourself, and ask the rental company about chains.

For one person travelling light, the coach is the cheaper choice. The car is worth its price when:

• you are two or three, or a family: the price is shared, and it covers the bags;
• you land at Mohammed V airport: no coach starts there;
• you are moving a student in or out, with more luggage than a coach takes;
• the coach times do not suit you: there are only two a day.

From Mohammed V airport to Ifrane

Mohammed V airport is about 316 km from Ifrane, about 4 h 05 by car, and the price is the same as from Casablanca. Add your flight number when you book: we follow the flight, and your driver meets you in the arrivals hall with your name on a sign. If you land late, the driver waits and nothing is added.

By public transport you would take the airport train to Casa‑Voyageurs, the Al Atlas train to Fès, then a taxi up to Ifrane.

Winter and snow

Ifrane is one of Morocco's mountain resorts, known for its cold winters and its snow. The coldest temperature ever measured in Africa, −23.9 °C, was recorded there on 11 February 1935.

If snow is forecast for your day, we talk about the timing with you on WhatsApp before the day. The Michlifen ski area is near the town, if that is why you are going.

Arriving in Ifrane

Ifrane was built by the French administration in 1929 as a hill station, on a garden-city plan. People call it "Little Switzerland", for its Alpine climate and its past as a summer resort. The town sits at more than 1,650 m in the Middle Atlas.

Al Akhawayn University, an English-language university on an American model, opened there in 1995. Look out for the stone lion, carved in 1930. The forests around the town are home to Barbary macaques, an endangered monkey, sometimes seen on the edge of town, and the Cèdre Gouraud forest is nearby.

Your driver takes you to your hotel, your chalet or the university. Give us the address, or the residence and gate, when you book.

Ifrane to Casablanca

The drive back costs the same and takes the same time. Choose "Ifrane → Casablanca" at the top of the form, and give the address or the flight you are going to. End of term, or flying home from Mohammed V? Tell us the time, and we plan the pickup with a margin.

By coach, CTM left Ifrane at 09:10 and 15:40 on both dates we checked, in 4 h to 5 h 05, for 175 MAD.

Going on from Ifrane

• Azrou is about 18 km away, about 20 minutes.
• Fès is about an hour north. See our Casablanca to Fès transfer.
• Marrakech: our Fès to Marrakech transfer can take the Middle Atlas road through Ifrane and Azrou.
• The Sahara: one road south goes from Ifrane through Azrou to Midelt and on to Merzouga. See our Casablanca to Merzouga transfer and our Sahara desert tours.

How to book this transfer

1. Send the details on WhatsApp: from, to, date and time, number of passengers and large bags, and your flight number if you have one. Or use the booking form on this page.
2. We confirm the car and the fixed price, usually within the hour. Nothing is booked until we confirm.
3. On the day, your driver is there at the time you agreed.