Is bottled water easy to find in Morocco, and what brands?

Bottled water is genuinely everywhere in Morocco — every corner shop (hanout), supermarket, café and roadside stall sells it, so you will never struggle to stay hydrated. The market is dominated by two homegrown brands that are worth knowing by name. Sidi Ali is the default still water, from a Middle Atlas spring, and it’s what you’ll be handed nine times out of ten. Sidi Harazem is the other big still water, from a famous spring near Fes.

For sparkling, the iconic brand is Oulmès — naturally carbonated, slightly mineral and salty, in its distinctive green bottle. Moroccans drink it as a refresher and a digestive, and it’s the sister brand to Sidi Ali (same company). If you like fizzy water, ask for "Oulmès" by name; if you want still, "Sidi Ali" works as shorthand the way some people say a brand to mean the whole category.

On price, it’s cheap but worth watching for the tourist mark-up. A 1.5-litre bottle costs roughly 5–10 dirhams in a normal shop, maybe 6 in a supermarket. The moment you’re inside a hotel, a tourist café, or a sit-down restaurant, the same bottle can jump to 20–40 dirhams. My habit is to buy a big multipack from a Carrefour or Marjane at the start, keep it in the room, and carry a bottle out each day.

On the tap-water question: in cities the tap water is chlorinated and technically treated, and brushing your teeth with it is fine, but I advise clients to drink bottled to avoid the chlorine taste and the small risk of an upset stomach from unfamiliar mineral content — especially in the south and the mountains. To cut plastic waste, a few of our riads now offer filtered refill stations, and I can flag those when I build your itinerary.