Morocco Holidays

Now that you have decided to go ahead with your Morocco holidays, it's high time that you chalk out a proper Morocco travel guide, one that will ensure that your vacation is spent fruitfully. One integral part of scheduling your travel itinerary is that you take into account the various Morocco holidays, the dates of the various Morocco festivals & events and more importantly, the Moroccan national holidays so that you know when to catch up on the festivities and when to expect the shutters downed and the Morocco tourist attractions closed down.

About The Morocco Holidays

A handy list of Morocco holidays is given below:

January 1- New Year's Day
Janaury 11- Proclamation Of Independence. On this day, Moroccan King Mohammed V declared the erstwhile state of Morocco be liberated from the French rule.
May 1- International Labour Day
July 30- Celebration Of The Throne. This is the day when the Moroccans celebrate the accession of King Mohammed VI on the throne.
August 20- Revolution of the King and the People
August 21- Birthday of King Mohammed VI.
November 6- Green March. On this day in 1975, there was a mass demonstration in Morocco with the aid of the government against the Spanish withholding of the now Western Sahara region.
November 18- Independence Day.

Above are the national holidays in Morocco that follow the Gregorian calendar. Morocco is a predominantly Islamic country with a plethora of Islamic festivals, all following the lunar calendar. The discrepancy between the Islamic lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar means that the precise Gregorian date for these festivals cannot be predicted.

Below is a list of the Morocco public holidays according to the lunar calendar:

The 1st Day of Muharram- Muslim New Year
Rabi' al-awwal 12- Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Shawwal 1- Eid ul-Fitr
Dhu al-Hijjah 10- Eid ul-Adha

Take stock of the various holidays in Morocco and make sure that you make the most out of your Morocco holidays.