As the 35th AFCON tournament gathers momentum in Morocco, a good transport network has been key to the seamless movement of fans across the six cities to watch matches.
The commercial city of Casablanca with a population of slightly over 3.5 million people hosted its first match on Monday when Mali and Zambia played to a 1-1 draw in group A.
Movement around the city has various transportation options to and from the Mohammed V stadium.
For mobility around the port city of Casablanca you can opt for trams, taxis or shuttles which pass near the stadium, which has been allocated a total of 7 matches.
The transport network within Casablanca varies from underpass roads, overpasses and rail, which eases traffic.
Moving from Casablanca to Rabat to watch a match is possible through road or rail, a journey that will take you a maximum of 1 hour.
The four stadiums within Rabat; Prince Moulay Abdellah, Complexe Sportif Prince Héritier Moulay El Hassan,Stade Al Barid and Rabat Sports Complex are located between 3km to 9 km from the CBD.
Prince Héritier Moulay El Hassan and stde Al Barid will be the least active venues for the 2025 AFCON with Al Barid handed four while E l Hassan has three mathes .
You can also opt to take a 45 minutes flight from Casablanca to Rabat and vice .
It takes about 3 hours 20 minutes by road to move from Casablanca to Fez a cultural hilly city among the largest cities north East of Morocco.
Fez is unique and unlike Casablanca,Rabat,Agadir and Tangier and Marrakech its not surrounded by any water body,extremely cold during winter season and surrounded my numerous mountains.
Fez Sports Complex hosted its first AFCON match on Tuesday evening which saw four time champions Super Eagles of Nigeria claim a hard fought 2-1 victory over Tanzania in a group C contest.
Stade Ibn Batouta stadium in Tangier city in north West Morroco is the largest venue of the 9 stadiums syaging AFCON matches which the key gateway linking Africa with Europe about 14 miles from spain.
As we continue moving through Morocco AFCON cities,travelling from Fez to Tangier will take you about two hours to Kenitra then take a speed train famously known as Al Boraq for a duration of less than 4 hours.
Moving by bus will take you slightly over 6 hours from Fez to Tangier.
Accommodating about 68,000 fans, Ibin Batouta will stage five more matches after Senegal thrashed Botswana 3-0 in group D opening match on Tuesday and will climax with the one semi final.
Ibin Batouta is 7km away from Tangier city.
Accessing matches in Adrar stadium in the cultural city of Agadir from Tangier is possible by air that will take slightly under three hours or 13 hours by bus.
The 42,000 Adrar stadiums will stage 8 matches and it’s the same venue where Egypt came from behind to beat Zimbabwe 2-1 in a group B encounter on Monday night.
Once done with a match in Agadir and you intent to catch the next one in at the grand stade de Marrakech in the tourist city of Marrakech the furth largest city west of the Atlas mountains foothill.
The best means to access Marrakech from Agadir is by road which ranges from 3 hours 30 minutes by bus costing about 100MAD equivalent to ksh 1500.
Marrakech stadium will play host to seven more matches after South Africa 2-1 victory in group B which was played in the same stadium.
In summary you have a variety of transportation means of accessing AFCON 2025 match venues complemented by 8 fan zone across the six cities for those who for one reason or another are unable to go to the stadiums.
Designated fan ones includes 2 apiece in Rabat and Casablanca : Esplanade OLM Souissi and Bab El Mrissa both in Rabat,Espace Toro and Espace Météo in Casablanca .
Other fan parks are;Agadir Beach (La Marina) Botanique in Fes,Bab Jdid in Marrakech and Villa Harris Park in Tangier.
Morocco is playing host to the African Soccer bonanza for the first time after a 37 year hiatus as they also chase their 2nd title.
Many journalists, fans and even leaders who have had an opportunity to watch this year’s AFCON have hailed organisers for the high standards set by the Kingdom of Morocco.
However, among key challenges for those who have travelled to Morocco for the ongoing AFCON is the language barrier as French and Arabic are the widely spoken languages with few locals able to communicate in English and different cuisines.
