Housed in a large bay shaped crescent moon on miles of sand bordering the Atlantic, enjoying 300 days of annual sunshine and a temperate climate, Agadir is the main town beach in Morocco.
The beach is covered by a nice ledge where restaurants, leisure clubs, discos, casinos and hotels classified succeed it.
Horseback riding or camel on the beach, surfing and jet ski in the sea, golf, tennis and beach volleyball are among the leisure unavoidable during a stay in Agadir.
In the city center, boulevards August 20 and Hassan II are connected through the Valley of the birds, an open-air zoo, pleasant and convenient. Also, greens have been built and museums Agadir offer a cultural or historical exploration of the city and the region.
Tourism activity has naturally turned to water activities. Its tree-lined promenade along the long beach was completed a marina able to accommodate a number of increasingly important recreational boats.
Become an unavoidable resort in southern Morocco, she has developed a varied hotel infrastructure. While many luxurious resorts are concentrated in the sea, the wide avenues of the city center and the New Talborj area, among others, are home to many cafes, restaurants, hotels and guest houses, albeit more modest but no less welcoming.
In addition to this large number of varied accommodation and department stores, the city center has pleasant green spaces and museums. And the gardens of Izdaïen, Olhao, Portugal or garden, commemorating the twinning links between Agadir with the Portuguese city, it is adjoined by a museum dedicated to the memory of the cataclysm disaster. + Continue reading ...
The old medina was annihilated, its new large souk, Souk El Had was rebuilt a few kilometers from the center. As colorful and lively as his colleagues, with its 6000 shops it is a center of attraction and essential meeting for Gadiri.
Firmly turned towards the sea, Agadir has given itself the means to become the fishing port of Morocco's Atlantic coast. With a modern fleet, a trading port for efficient latest infrastructures is in it that is exported most of the agricultural production of the Souss Valley which it assumes the role with gusto capital.
A climb to the old Kasbah provides a unique view of this set. Old now ruined fortress overlooking the bay, she now contemplates an ever watchful eye promising developments facing the ocean.
But suddenly, February 29, 1960
February 29, 1960, in the night, a terrible earthquake struck the city of Agadir. Trembling of the deadliest land of the twentieth century it almost completely destroyed neighborhoods north of the river Tidli, making about 15,000 victims and burying under its rubble 90% of people in some sectors, around 30% of the population and as many wounded. Bloodless, this flourishing port city try to erase courageously trauma and irreparable scars left by this tragic event.
A few months later, just started Hauling of affected neighborhoods, the foundation stone was laid for the reconstruction.
The decision was made to start the work at 2km south of the destroyed areas Founti, the Kasbah and Yacheh located on seismic fault this.
Rebuilt a modern architecture, Agadir, now loses its typical town character in favor of a more modern appearance.
the surroundings
Agadir is not only the seaside city that we know, the hinterland is also suitable for many excursions.
Along the coast, towns and famous spots for surfing it deploys, the Sous Massa National Park is 65 km south as northeast Valley Imouzzer des Ida Outanane nicknamed 'Paradise Valley is considered one of the best excursions on the outskirts of Agadir. Taroudant imperial city of the Anti-Atlas or near Tafraout Ammeln the heart of the valley are open to you.
