Agadir beach holidays and short breaks

Agadir beach holidays and short breaks
Agadir is Morocco's premier beach resort and offers all you could want from a sun, sea and sand destination. Agadir is a modern resort, and a great choice for a relaxing Moroccan beach holiday. The 10km of golden sands has all the watersports that you'd expect of any holiday resort. Surfing all along the Moroccan coastline is now becoming renowned throughout Europe and attracts increasing numbers to the many 'breaks' that fill the coastline.



Agadir has everything you would expect of a modern well-planned beach resort and is also very much a developing resort. New hotels are opening all the time, whilst improvements to local amenities and roads continue to happen. The town has a spacious and relaxed feel with tree-lined boulevards and large open air squares. The local souk is a shoppers paradise, and a great place in which to find a few souvenirs of your holiday to Agadir.



Traditional package holidays to Agadir are available with several leading tour operators, and can represent excellent value for money. Alternatively, for greater flexibility, and equally competitive prices, you may prefer to choose a beach hotel in Agadir from the selection of Agadir hotels available, and add this to a low cost flight to Agadir, to create your ideal beach holiday in Agadir. If you are visiting family or friends, you may not need to book accommodation in Agadir, and may wish to only search for flights to Agadir.



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# Posté le samedi 02 mai 2009 10:50

Agadir Morocco

Agadir Morocco

# Posté le samedi 02 mai 2009 10:48

agadir beach

agadir beach
Agadir is a city in south of Morocco, capital of the Souss-Massa-Daraa region. It has a population of 678,596 (2004; census figures for the agglomeration include the near-by cities of Inezgane and Aït Melloul); the population of the city proper is estimated at 200,000. The mild winter climate (January average midday temperature 20°C/68°F) and good beaches have made it a major "winter sun" destination for Northern Europeans.

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The city is located on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Sous River empties into the sea, founded by the Portuguese around 1500, the city came under Moroccan control in 1526. In 1911, the arrival of a German gunboat (the Panther), officially to protect the local German community, triggered the Agadir Crisis between France and Germany that in 1913 caused France to establish a protectorate in Morrocco.

At 15 minutes to midnight on February 29, 1960, Agadir was almost totally destroyed by an earthquake that lasted 15 seconds, burying the old city and killing thousands, the death toll is estimated at 15,000. The earthquake destroyed the ancient Kasbah on the summit of Cap Ghir hill, which was built in 1540. On its front gate can still be read the following sentence in Dutch: "Fear God and honor thy King".

Agadir today is a seaport (exporting cobalt, manganese and zinc) and seaside resort with a large sandy beach. Because of its large buildings, wide roads, modern hotels, and European-style cafés, some consider it not typically Moroccan. Agadir is famous for its sea foods and agriculture.

# Posté le samedi 02 mai 2009 10:44