Morocco Travel Guide

TOUR

RESORT

HAMMAM, SPA

and glimpse everyday Moroccan life, with boats being built and fish traded. Rather than walking
around, drive or ask your taxi to detour en route from the kasbah to the centre. The police may
want to see your passport or ID at the entrance.

Activities

BEACHES

Agadir’s glory is its crescent beach, which usually remains unruffled when the Atlantic winds are
blustering elsewhere. It’s clean and well maintained, spotlit at night, and patrolled by lifeguards
and police during peak periods (mid-June to mid-September). There is a strong undertow.

The beach is mostly hassle-free, but single females or families will have a more relaxed time
at one of the private beaches near the marina, or in front of the big hotels around Sunset
Beach Offline map Google map and Palm Beach Offline map Google map . Facilities here include
showers, toilets and kids’ play areas; deckchairs and umbrellas can be hired.

The shops on the promenade just south of the marina sell bodyboards for about Dh130.
Many larger beach hotels and surf clubs rent out windsurfing equipment, jet skis, bodyboards
and surfboards.

If you prefer to stroll, the promenade runs for several kilometres from the marina to the
royal palace.

OTHER

Petit Train d’Agadir

Offline map Google  map (Blvd   du  20  Août;   adult/child Dh18/12;     every  40  mins    from    9.15am)

This chain of buggies snakes around the city centre for 35 minutes.

Club Med

Offline map Google  map (    0528   82  95  00; Rue Oued    Souss)  Day passes  for the all-inclusive

resort, including lunch, dinner, drinks and a stage show, are available from Dh900 per person.

Tiznine Argan

( 0528 23 27 23; Lot 14, Immeuble 10, Amsernat) Near Souq al-Had, you can buy argan oil
and cosmetics here, and enjoy massages (Dh300), a hammam (Dh150), manicures, pedicures
and facials.

Several big hotels have spas offering hammam, massage and a range of treatments, with two
of the best at the Royal Atlas and Sofitel Agadir ( 0528 82 00 88; Baie des Palmiers, Ben
Sergao) .

Sleeping

Agadir has set its sights on the midrange and top-end visitor, but if you move away from the
beach, you will find a good selection of budget options (under Dh600 per night). High season in
Agadir includes Easter, summer and the Christmas period, when European holidaymakers fly
out on package tours. During these times, it’s best to book ahead.

Midrange (Dh600 to Dh1200 per night) and top-end (over Dh1200 per night) hotels often
offer discounts during low season; budget prices fluctuate less, but deals are available online.
Many luxury hotels along the seafront are geared towards package tours, but discounts on their