Beachs of South of Morocco

Taghazout

For the cadiris. the inhabitants of Agadir, Taghazout is a comfortable way to escape the over-visited Agadir beach during the summer months. tocated 17 kilometers north of Agadir, backed against the mountains and bordered to the south by a small plateau, it has seven km of almost unspoiled beach. To the north, it provides a world famous surfing zone. Access from the road is direct. This beautiful site near Agadir will see in the year 2007 a new seaside resort whose ‘approach construction is already underway.

Agadir

Nine kilometers of golden sand has established the international reputation of the beach at Agadir. This long and very wide band of sand came into being as the result of the immemorial work of the souss wadi whose mouth shelters win to ring pink flamingoes and marks the beach’s southern limit. The city of Agadir was tucked away in the north against the steep mountain slopes before the 1960 earthquake destroyed it.
It dominated the port and an immense field of shifting dunes bordered the beach until the Department of Water and Forests planted a eucalyptus forest there in the 1930S. It was then that tourism development progressively began to take possession of the site. A marina, whose construction bas been started, will bring the infrastructure of water-based activities that will be enjoyed year round.

Tifnit

Although situated less than 30 km to the south of Agadir, Tifnit beach has remained totally unspoiled. Its only inhabitants are a few fishermen with their boats. The beach is small, and in comparison to the size of its neighbors, it might be considered a creek. A very wild setting and a tempestuous, sometimes even dangerous tide, led authorities to protect the area. And if tourism development is foreseen, it will be that of a village open to eco-tourism.

Sidi Ifni

Sidi Ifni is one of the mythical ports of the south. Coveted in the 18th century by the colonial powers because it was one of the rare landing points on this cliff-crowded coast, Sidi Ifni was a Spanish enclave until 1969, and its architecture still bears witness to its Hispanic past. The city and the’ military base were built on different banks of the wadi. The sand and pebble beach is washed by very cold waves at the foot of the new port that replaced the old one. Remaining from the old port are two immense cable car towers that loom over the water like ghosts. Heading north over the sand at the foot of the cliffs, nature bas imposed its rights and has produced some superb beaches.

White beach

This is the longest beach in Morocco, 52 km from Foum Assaka in the north to Foum El Oued in the south, christened white beach by the airmail aviators that flew over this huge white ribbon, it still remains difficult to reach. There are 40 km of an occasionally difficult track and stretches of cliffs that have protected it for a longtime.
So that everyone might enjoy this unspoiled place, it has been designated as one of the six seaside resorts that the Kingdom wishes to develop over the course of this decade.

Tan-Tan

Tan-Tan, with its echo-like name, is a mythical city of the Moroccan Sahara, built on a wadi 20 km from the sea. It was only with the development of fishing, the creation of a port and a road that the name of Tan-Tan beach became known. The beach is nice. Nature lovers, however, will undoubtedly prefer its more unspoiled neighbors that can be reached by taking the road along the cliffs to the south. At the mouth of a wadi, you often disco ver unspoiled beaches of exceptional beauty.

Tarfaya

At 107 km north of Laayoune, the area of Tarfaya is surprising for the stretch s of deserted beach and the silence that reigns there. Its fish-filled shores are held in high esteem by sports anglers. The only inconvenience is that violently strong winds sometimes blanket the region with sand. To visit Tarfaya Beach is also to go back in time and to commune with the memory of Antoine de Saint-Exupery who was head pilot of the local airport. Here, you can find the old runway where the famous Airmail planes took off and landed as well as the ruins of the Latecoere building facing the sea. A second building stands in the sea, the « Casarnar, » the old commercial warehouse that was built by the Englishman Makenzie and was later taken over and used by Sultan Moulay Hassan I toward the end of the 19th century.

Foum El Oued

Here the word « immense » takes on al! its meanings. Without doubt, it is the best place to swim within 25 km to the south of Laayoune on the Boujdour road. Foum El Oued is the regions only beach equipped for bathing and is almost deserted out of season. At the end of the long, lighted coastal road sits the bay’s first hotel.
This magnificent location, where the unflagging waves of the Atlantic pound the shore, hopes to become a popular tourism destination.

Dakhla

One does not go to Dakhla to swim, but to fish. This small pioneer town was called villa Cisneros and was nothing more than a military camp of huts that faced a lageon filled with fish. Speckled perch, sea-bream, and sardine await your hook