Just some few kilometres north of Agadir, easily accessible with bus or taxi, lies the almost remote fisher village of Taghazoute. Even if there always are a handful of tourists here, or more precisely pseudo hippies, and even if there is a beach polluted by caravan tourism (caravans are ridiculous in a country like Morocco: affordable hotels everywhere) just south of it, Taghazoute still lives according to its own agenda. While the type of tourism acted out here is completely off the resort-beach-and-party style, Taghazoute is increasingly stumbling in its own stereotypes. The next restaurant with owner chatting with all guests, should not be permitted to play Bob Marley all day long, if you know what I mean.



Tourists only using Agadir for relaxation should at least offer themselves the chance of taking a glance at sweet traditional Moroccan life styles, preserved in Taghazoute. This place is much like Agadir was before the earthquake, but on a small and lucid scale.

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