Best Destinations in Morocco
Laayoune - Morocco
Laayoune, which literally means "sources" in Arabic, is the most important city of the Moroccan Sahara. It is located on the Atlantic coast, 500 km south of Agadir on the road to Dakhla. It was liberated by Morocco from the Spanish occupation in 1975. It is the chief town of the province of Laayoune (one of the "southern provinces"), in the region Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra.
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Guelmim or Goulimine, is a town in the south-west of Morocco, capital of the Guelmim province and capital of the Guelmim-Oued Noun region. The name of the city, pronounced "Agwelmim" comes from the Berber and means "lake". Located 200 km south of Agadir, 110 km from Tiznit and 30 km from the Atlantic Ocean, Guelmim had 117 000 inhabitants in 2006. The city is considered the gateway to the Sahara in Morocco. It was once a caravan center on the road to Timbuktu. Today, it is an important place of trade and exchange between the sedentary population and the nomads of the desert. It is home to a weekly camel market, known as "Amhayrich", which is the largest camel market in Morocco.
Show more Rissani - Morocco
Rissani or Er-Rissani, also known as Moulay Ali Chérif in reference to the ancestor and founder of the Alawite dynasty, is a town in the province of Errachidia in the Drâa-Tafilalet region of Morocco. Rissani, formerly called Sijilmassa, is the former capital of Tafilalet and a former major caravan center. Rissani has remained one of the great shopping centers of the region, with a big souk, particularly lively on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Most of the trade that once existed with Africa involved gold, ivory, slaves and salt imported from Mali. The leather of the Tafilalet was made at Rissani, and had no equal in the whole of Morocco. It is a fine and supple leather, made of tanned goat skin with tamarisk bark. Its position as a crossroads between the north and the south gives the city an important status and has allowed it an unparalleled urban development by the presence of different Ksour of world renown.
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Sidi Ifni or Ifni is a Moroccan Berber town in the region of Guelmim-Oued Noun. It is located on the southern Atlantic coast of Morocco, between the towns of Tiznit and Guelmim, 160 km south of Agadir. Because of its situation, Sidi Ifni can be considered as the "Atlantic gate of the Sahara". The main activity of Ifni and that of its port is the fishing in particular: sardines, sea breams, tuna. The hinterland is dotted with argan trees and prickly pears whose inhabitants draw their resources by organizing themselves in cooperatives. Tourism is experiencing a limited growth mainly due to the distance from Agadir airport, the closest to be served by international flights. Yet Sidi Ifni has important assets. It is located close to many beaches with seductive shores, such as Legzira, Mirleft, Sidi Ouarzig or the White Beach which attract surfers in summer and lovers of softness in winter.
Show more Taroudant - Morocco
Taroudant is a town in south-west Morocco located in the plain of Souss, capital of the province of the same name. The city is 80 km east of Agadir (60 km from Agadir Al Massira international airport), and about 250 km south-west of Marrakech. The plain of Souss is surrounded by two mountain ranges, the High Atlas to the north and east, the Anti-Atlas to the south; To the west, the plain opens onto the Atlantic. This fertile valley is crossed by the Wadi Souss which runs along the city. The city was a capital of the Saadian dynasty before Marrakesh. It also hosts holy tombs for the Jews. The city of Taroudannt is defended by 6 km of ramparts in which 130 towers and 19 bastions of angle interconnected by a way of round, intertwine that made of this city an impregnable citadel.
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