14/09/2015
City of renewal and the sweetness of life, sheltering in a unique one of the most beautiful bays in the world, enjoying a temperate climate forever, enjoying a first class hotel equipment, Agadir promises you a perfect stay any season. Seaside resort par excellence, it is also the prelude to all your discoveries, visit the hinterland rich in curiosities until the adventure of the Deep South.
Surely one of the greatest challenges of the newly independent Morocco: the reconstruction of a city completely destroyed by an earthquake in February 1960. The will and determination of a young King Hassan II, inducted since only a year, would realize the wish and hope of an entire people by Agadir reborn from its ashes.
Now it is a new and modern city by its hotel facilities, its broad avenues, flower gardens, its magnificent harbor and its extraordinary airport but also and above all, its splendid bay, which stretches over six km, between the wind fragrant pine trees, eucalyptus and tamarisk. The resort of Agadir reputation is well established and is known throughout the world.
From a cliff road in the hillside, the old Kasbah of the XVIth century dominates the extent azure of the ocean, the green valleys of the Great Souss and the majestic mountains of the Anti Atlas. First fishing port of the Kingdom, Agadir is also its first haven of relaxation and it all revolves around the comfort of visitors.
Sunny throughout the year, the city offers sailing, wind surfing, horseback riding, tennis, golf, yachting and s***t shooting sports fans, while the quieter can enjoy fresh fruit cocktails in shade of eucalyptus. Perched between the mountainous regions of the Anti-Atlas and the western end of the High Atlas, Agadir is the starting point for wonderful excursions.
The new city, combining modernity and simplicity, was built further south to avert the dangers of a new earthquake. Neighborhoods, separated by green spaces are connected by wide avenues. Among the finest contemporary achievements include the post office, a building combining concrete and cedar wood, the court, in the very elegant style, the primary school of the Avenue des Forces-Army-Royal and the fire station with its imposing Training Tower. THE MUSEUM. It was created in 1992 inside the municipal theater. Dedicated to the popular arts and traditions of the valley and the Sub Saharan regions, it presents a part of the collection of the house Tiskiwin in Marrakech: costumes, jewelry, carpets, furniture, musical instruments and tools gathered by the historian art of Dutch origin, Bert Flint, installed in Morocco since 1957.
