How Does Alcohol Rules Work in Morocco?
Last verified: 2025-06 · Middle East
1The Quick Answer
Alcohol is available at licensed hotels, tourist restaurants, and specialist off-licences but is not sold in general supermarkets and is restricted during Ramadan.
2What You Need to Know
The legal drinking age is 18. Alcohol is available but not as freely accessible as in Europe — it is sold at licensed hotel bars, tourist-oriented restaurants, dedicated alcohol shops (often discreetly signed), and some supermarkets in Casablanca and major cities. Local options include Flag beer, Casablanca beer, and red wines from the Meknes-Meknès region which are genuinely good value. During Ramadan, alcohol service is severely restricted even in licensed venues and drinking in public is illegal. Buying and drinking alcohol in small conservative towns can be very difficult.
3Practical Tips
Practical Tips
- 1Stock up on wine or beer at a licensed off-licence before heading into the medina or into rural areas where none will be available.
- 2Moroccan Meknes region red wines such as Médaillon and Cuvée du Président are worth trying — available at licensed restaurants for 80-150 MAD a bottle.
- 3During Ramadan, check ahead whether your hotel or riad serves alcohol — many reduce or suspend service entirely as a matter of respect.
Important Warning
Drinking alcohol in public spaces or in conservative towns away from tourist areas is illegal and can attract police attention — consume only in licensed venues.
How does this compare?
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