Mohammedia is the quiet move — a leafy coastal town halfway between Casablanca and Rabat, with a long beach, an old French-laid-out golf course and a calmer feel than either big city. I send people here when they want sea air and space rather than downtown Casablanca's noise, and it's only about 45 minutes from Mohammed V. It works as a base for two quite different travellers: the beach-and-golf weekender, and the business visitor with meetings spread along the Casa–Rabat axis who would rather not sleep in the thick of either.
The airport leg is short and simple, which is the whole appeal, but there's one wrinkle worth understanding before you book. The ONCF station beneath the terminal is brilliant for Casablanca and Rabat, and Mohammedia technically sits on that same line — yet its station is set back inland from the seafront, so for most beachside stays the train saves you little once the taxi at the far end is counted.
That single geographic fact, more than price, is why the door-to-door car is usually the right call here. Get it right and you're on the corniche with a coffee within the hour; get it wrong and you're hauling bags from an inland platform to the coast.
Compare your options
| Your options | Price from | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Private transfer Recommended 45 min | €40 · 430 MAD | Beachfront hotels, golf trips and arrivals with luggage |
| Train via Casa-Voyageurs 1 h 20 | €6 · 60 MAD | Budget travellers with light bags heading near the centre |
| Airport grand taxi 45 min | €33 · 360 MAD | Travellers happy to negotiate a fare on the spot |
How to get there
A pre-booked private transfer is the obvious choice: about 55 km, roughly 45 minutes via the A1 then the A3 toward Rabat, with a fixed price from €40 straight to your hotel, villa or the golf clubhouse, and the driver tracking your flight. The ONCF does serve Mohammedia on the Casablanca–Rabat line — from the under-terminal station you'd change at Casa-Voyageurs onto a Rabat-bound train and step off at Mohammedia for around 50–70 MAD all in — but the station sits well inland from the beach, so you'd add a 15–20 MAD petit taxi at the end and handle your bags twice.
For a single seafront hotel that combination rarely beats the fixed car. Airport grand taxis will quote a high tourist fare for the run, often 350 MAD or more with the usual no-meter haggle, and won't track a delayed flight. Self-driving is viable if you're touring the coast — car-hire desks sit in arrivals and the A3 toll motorway is quick — but for a beach weekend or a golf trip the door-to-door transfer is cleaner, and cheap enough that few travellers bother with the train-plus-taxi shuffle.
Arrival tips
The driver sets you down right at your beachfront hotel, the golf clubhouse, or a villa in the residential streets near the corniche — none of which the inland station is anywhere near. Have the exact address or a pinned location ready, because Mohammedia's seafront properties spread for a couple of kilometres along the coast and the smaller villas and guesthouses aren't all signposted.
Tell the driver if you're aiming for the town centre, the port end, or the quieter sands toward the Rabat side, as the turn-offs differ. Carry small notes for any tip and for the beach-club or parking fees, and switch on an eSIM at the airport so a pinned address works on arrival. Out of high summer the seafront cafés keep shorter hours and the breeze off the Atlantic sharpens after dark, so pack a light layer even on a warm afternoon.
Plan your arrival
- Before you fly, pin your hotel, villa or the golf clubhouse and note which stretch of the corniche it sits on.
- In arrivals, withdraw 400–600 MAD and switch on your eSIM so the pinned address works on the way.
- Meet your pre-booked driver at the name board, or — by rail — head down to the ONCF station beneath the terminal for the Casa-Voyageurs and Rabat-line connection.
- Tell the driver whether you want the town centre, the port end, or the quieter Rabat-side sands.
- On arrival, keep small notes ready for beach-club entry, parking or a tip at the seafront.
Taking the train to shave a few euros, then finding Mohammedia's station is a 15-minute taxi ride inland from the beach hotels — the saving evaporates, you've changed at Casa-Voyageurs, and you've handled your bags twice for a journey the fixed car does in one clean hop.
If you're golfing, ask the driver to drop you straight at the Royal Golf de Mohammedia clubhouse rather than the town centre — the course sits apart from the main hotel strip among the eucalyptus, and naming it upfront saves a needless extra hop with the clubs once you've arrived.
Good to know: A short, direct transfer; an easy alternative to staying in central Casablanca, and quicker than continuing to Rabat.
