From Taroudant to Essaouira we again crossed the Atlas Mountains, this time at low altitudes. Road passes through Agadir, the seventh largest city in Morocco, with a large port and the place where we first sight the Atlantic ocean.. The nearby coastal towns have white sandy beaches and are popular holiday locations.
The area is arid, but there are signs of land being cultivated in readiness for planting barley. There are also large expanses of orange apple and peach orchards as well as banana plantations, covered in canvas to protect the bananas from the heat and wind.
Essaouira is a large beach holiday destination with lots of hotels, resorts, etc as well as a smallish Medina. The weather here is warm, low 20s, but the wind is quite brisk, making it a bit cool for swimming but it's pleasant to sit by the pool and read. After 10 weeks of holidays this is the first place we've stayed with a pool. Very bad planning!
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| Taroudant City wall |
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| Agadir Beach |
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| Boy on a donkey |
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| Essaouira market |
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| Essaouira Median Wall |
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| Essaouira Beach |
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