LOCALelectricity, and tajines are cooked to order (set menu Dh80).
Eating & Drinking
Hotels provide Dh100 to Dh150 set meals to guests and nonguests by prior reservation.
Moroccan fare with less flair can be had at cheap, popular restaurants along Blvd Mohammed
V. Picnic makings can be found at market stalls, the supermarket at the northern end of town
(no alcohol) and a bakery. For a stiff drink, head to La Fibule du Draa’s garden bar, or the
African bar at Riad Lamane.
Hôtel-Restaurant la Rose des Sables $
Offline map ( 0524 84 72 74; Ave Allal Ben Abdallah; meals Dh40-60) Join off-duty desertguides unwinding over tasty beef and chicken tajines.
Information
Banque Populaire & BMCE (Blvd Mohammed V) Stock up on cash at two of the last ATMs
you’ll find before you hit the Sahara – M’Hamid has no functioning ATMs.
Pharmacy Zagora ( 0524 84 71 95; Blvd Mohammed V; 8.30am-1pm & 3-8pm Mon-Fri,
8.30am-1pm Sat)
Placenet Cyber Center (95 Blvd Mohammed V; per hr Dh10) Internet access.
Getting There & Away
Air Plans are in the works to open the new Zagora airport to domestic and international flights,
but fuel prices and commercial viability currently restrict the airport to charter usage.
Bus The CTM bus station Offline map ( 0524 84 73 27; Blvd Mohammed V) is at the
southwestern end of Mohammed V, and the bus station Offline map and grand taxi lot is at the
northern end. Supratours ( 0524 84 76 88; Blvd Mohamed V) offers a daily 6am bus to
Marrakesh (Dh180, eight hours) via Agdz (Dh40) and Ouarzazate (Dh40). There’s also a daily
CTM bus to Ouarzazate (Dh50, four hours), which continues to Marrakesh (Dh120, 9½ hours)
and Casablanca (Dh190, 12½ hours).
Other companies have at least one run a day to Boumalne du Dadès (Dh75), Tinerhir (Dh70),
Er-Rachidia (Dh125), Marrakesh (Dh100) and Ouarzazate (Dh50). There are buses to Rissani
(Dh80) via N’Kob (Dh 20) and Tazzarine (Dh30) three times a week. A bus passes through
Zagora to M’Hamid (Dh20, two hours) in the morning. More frequent minibuses run to M’Hamid
(Dh25) throughout the day when full.
Taxi Offline map Grands taxis are more regular early in the morning. Destinations include
Tamegroute (Dh7, 15 minutes), Agdz (Dh30, 1½ hours), Ouarzazate (Dh65, three hours),
M’Hamid (Dh25, 1½ hours), Tazzarine (Dh50, 2½ hours) and N’Kob (Dh40, 1½ hours).