Advantages: A different type of holiday destintation Disadvantages: None for me
== AGADIR ==
=== MOROCCO ===
I had a really good fortnight's holiday in Agadir, a city on the Atlantic in the South West of Morocco. I have heard a lot of bad reviews about Agadir, but I really believe that it all depends on the individual's impression and what they make of their time there. Let me try and give you a bit of information about it and my review of our two weeks there. === AGADIR ITSELF ===
The city of Agadir itself is primarily a ... ...have ever visited. Agadir is very different from any other city in Morocco. It has been completely rebuilt after a tragedy - the earthquake of 1961 that killed 15,000 people - consequently there is a totally different city culture and architecture in the city than there is in the rest of the country. With the earthquake Agadir saw one of the most complete wipeouts of any earthquake in this century: only a small quarter north along the beach survived. ...
oldchem 09.10.2009
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Advantages: Good centre for other outings Disadvantages: Totally lacking in character
...I had to look up Agadir on the map* – I knew where Morocco was, but it has an Atlantic AND a Mediterranean coast, depending on where you are in relation to the Straits of Gibraltar.
*I have a little woman who books all this stuff!
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Our primary destination, Agadir, is firmly on the Atlantic side, being only a hundred miles or so from the Canary Islands. Anyone familiar with the Easter weather in Gran Canaria will realise that this ... ...nothing left of the old Agadir medina (the old town), courtesy of a horrifying earthquake in 1960, which I kind of remember in a ‘405-line monochrome’ sort of way. 15,000 people died in 15 seconds, and the old hillside remains were bulldozed, the rubble no doubt being used to form the foundations of a new town set on flatter ground. The upshot is that Agadir itself is a rather dreadfully soulless seaside resort well ‘up’ to Costa Brava standards. ...
BNibbles 22.04.2003 (26.04.2003)
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Advantages: It was warmer than England Disadvantages: I prefer to be cold
...returned for a week in Agadir and I am compelled to share by experience, where shall I start? I booked it last minute and new hotels where being built, I can deal with the noise. I dont moan about accomdation because if its clean and has a shower Im happy. (it was clean and had sort of a shower)
Well, in no particular order here are the good points:
The operation of the airport is very efficient Now to the bad points, in no particular order:
The ... ...give you some examples:
1) The number of beach salesmen selling tat, approaching you when you are asleep on the beach with your ipod on. The poke they give you scares the life out of you and leaves you unable to relax. This happened day after day after day. They dont leave until you say no at least five times.They also use very underhand tactics, if you accept anything from them to "look" they say you have bought it and demand money. They also use ...
kimera999 25.09.2007
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Advantages: Cheap and Sunny Disadvantages: Harasment and over charging so very comming.
My friend and I chose to go to Morocco as it was cheap and we were poor students in need of some sun! I have to admit that we did not really do our research about where we were going, if we had I think that I would have thought twice, although this story does have a happy ending!
We started in Agadir, the hotel was okay, we had a clean and fair sized rooms overlooking the pool. I had been to Tunisia about 3 years before I had expected Morocco to ... ...which was disappointingly in more than one way. There was no real town centre that we could find and we were looking at eating at a "Spanish" style restaurants until some locals gave us the address of the place far out of the touristy area where the food was good and it was full of locals. Really cheap, although I'm sure that we paid more that the locals. This was a theme that was to repeat its self over and over again. For example the best taxies ...
jema_00 22.08.2007
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Advantages: Great markets and food Disadvantages: Harrassment from locals depending on time of year you go
...acquired taste. I went to Agadir with my mum for a 2 week break (leaving from Glasgow) during the month of December. I chose to go then because I knew it would be a bit quieter. It was my second visit to Morocco, the first having been to the north in the early 80s with my identical twin sister. As my twin and I are both red heads that caused quite a stir among the locals who would constantly ask us if we'd dyed our hair with Henna (and why we were ... ...down at the beach in Agadir with my mum when a really rude carpet seller just wouldn't take no for an answer. Luckilly for us a friendly local intervened. He was very decent and actually gave us lots of good advice about how to get to more remote, less touristy places. The town of Agadir is split into 2 areas: the new area reconstructed after the earthquake, and the old town which is higher up. The old town is ideal for small, cheap restaurants whereas ...
rustifer 16.02.2001
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Advantages: beautiful,different,friendly,easy to get around.cheap. Disadvantages: the water,always buy bottled and use it even for cleaning your teeth
...different culture like myself then Agadir should be on your must visit list.
I visited in October half-term week {yes more expensive because the flight operator added a £100 supplement to the flight cost,disgraceful,but as i work in a school my holidays have to be outside term time}.
I was to stay in the all inclusive hotel Agador,part of the Caribbean Village which also shares it's grounds with two other hotels.
The complex boasted three swimming ... ...can eat!
I loved agadir and the surrounding area but i will warn anyone that is thinking of going not to venture out along if they do not like to be pestered.As the people tend to come up to you alot some just to talk others to try and sell you something,but if you are firm and polite i found it not to be a problem as they all seemed to take no for answer. ...
lizbizi 13.03.2001
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...them, the notorious town of Agadir in Morocco. Given that we visited some ten years ago, the following criticism may seem inappropriate save for the fact the problem is metereological. (There were other problems - general untidiness, poor food, openly leering behaviour of the male population, noise and pollution, but hey, a decade of round the clock infrastructure improvements, attitudinal correction for the youths of the town and environmental controls ... ...The chirpy rep mentioned that Agadir has an occasional early morning mist that burns off as the day progresses. Contrast this with the reality - myself and the less than enamoured current Mrs O occupying a small sqaure of sand. We assume that the sea is nearby because we can hear it but after walking hands in front style groping sea-wards for five minutes we felt like we'd sit down for a rest. To our left a persistent ringing sound and then, the ...
oedipus 24.08.2001
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Advantages: Friendly people, great weather, nice cheap food. Disadvantages: none
...is little to buy in Agadir but the leather goods - handbags, jackets etc are well worth a look as there are some fantastic quality products and a very good price!!
If you are looking for a home-from-home Agadir is not the place for you, there are no English bars and breakfast 'as we know it' is difficult to come across and usually consists of pastries, pancakes and omelets. If you are looking for a multi-cultural, quiet, relaxing holiday this will ...
MogNog 17.07.2005
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Advantages: none Disadvantages: It is horrible, bland, boring - need I go on?
Morroco is great but never go to Agadir. Don't believe the holiday brochures which say what a wonderful beach resort it is. It is true it does have a beach, but the whole place has about as much Morrocan flavour as Skegnes. It does however, boast a sardine canning factory and lots of 'lovely' naff hotels that try desparately to sustain a 'good place to be' image but fail miserably. Everyone in our hotel (Hotel Kamal) couldn't wait to go home. Steer ...
tamara 11.08.2000
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Advantages: Beautiful weather, Fantastic Wine, Fun Disadvantages: Overtly pushy shopkeepers
...unorganised. Once landed in Agadir airport, were ferried into the Arrivals lounge, where we queued to get stamped in.
Our Panorama rep was there to greet us, a very helpful man named Hassan, who reminded me slightly of the policeman of "Allo Allo".
We were given a porter to take our bags to the bus, where we were promptly told by himself to give him english money - the tone of things to come.
Accomodation - Igoudar Apartments, 20 Aout Street
... ...booking sheet if required.
Agadir - The town itself
Although we had been warned about the local shopkeepers bing eager, we were not quite prepared for what awaited us....
The first morning we stepped out of the hotel, we were litrally dragged into shops much to our protest. The first couple of times we didn't mind, but after two hours we had only been 200yds down the road after been forced into shops. We were very aware of being polite and not ...
Mens 18.02.2004
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Advantages: morroco has an inspiring culture, the weather is beautiful. Disadvantages: the locals are likely to hassle you especially if you have blonde hair!
I VISITED AGADIR, MORROCO AGED 17, NOW A FEW YEARS HAVE PASSED AND ONLY NOW CAN I APPRECIATE WHAT I ENCOUNTERED WHILST THERE ON HOLIDAY.
I CAN REMEMBER BEING VERY EXCITED IN EXPERIENCING A COMPLETLY DIFFERENT CULTURE TO THE NORMAL HOLIDAYS LIKE USA OR SPAIN ETC WITH THE FAMILY. I WAS SHOCKED WITH THE LIVING CONDITIONS AS WE TOOK A TAXI RIDE TO OUR HOTEL FROM THE AIRPORT. THE IMAGES OF CARDBOARD CITY I HAD IN MY MIND BECAME REALITY AS WE DROVE THROUGH ... ...DIGGING IN THE SANDY TRACKS. HOUSES CONSISTED OF CORREGATED IRON ROOFS AND DOGS ROAMED FREELY.
I QUICKLY LEFT THOSE THOUGHTS BEHIND AS I MADE MY WAY TO THE BEACH TO MEET MY PARENTS AND YOUNGER BROTHER. THE BEACH WAS FABULOUS AND THE SEA CLEAR BLUE. I DECIDED TO GO FOR A SWIM, HOWEVER WALKING TO THE WATER I GOT A FEW LOOKS, FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS SO PASTEY, AS MY SKIN HADN'T SEEN THE SUN IN THE UK AT ALL THAT YEAR-FOR A CHANGE! THEN ...
blondie18 02.03.2002
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Advantages: friendly hot cheap Disadvantages: none
...second time I went to Agadir we could not get to stay at the same hotel as it was being renovated and the only deal we could get at a good price was self catering at the issadour apartments. This was last May and it cost us £270 each.nother deal we found on teletext we had never fancied self catering but because we really wanted to go to Morocco we decided to give it a try ,we where not impressed by where we stayed we had to walk three long flights ... ...law who came with us this time.
The apartment itself was very basic but was clean and tidy and we could get rolls and croissants just next door for next to nothing and ate in local places most of the time so it was a very cheap holiday but would not go there again as we where ripped off most of the time at the bar and café in the complex they would always give a dirham less in the change we spoke to other people who had same experience.
But that ...
maureenhastie 22.12.2003
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Advantages: Good climate, relatively cheap Disadvantages: High pester factor outside the hotels
...probably just as well, because Agadir itself left a lot to be desired. The only visit to the beach found us swamped with Moroccans offering everything from drinking water to Henna tatoos. My friend and I spent the vast majority of the time in the hotel complex, partly because of the friendly, but persistant pestering that we encountered the second we set foot out of the hotel. Before you know it you can be dragged into a shop and asked to bargin ... ...languages, including English. The resort even has its own disco. For the security concious the hotel rooms each have their own safe which can be hired for a small fee. I would not recommend Agadir for anyone wanting to see the real Morocco however, as it is very tourist orientated. ...
Allman 02.09.2000
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Advantages: Cheap to fly there Disadvantages: Too many tourists
AGADIR is one of the main tourist resorts in Morocco, if not the main one. Herds of tourists arrive every day from Europe on charter flights, and most of them do not venture any further than Agadir, spending their day on the beaches. I did not like Agadir myself, since I found it expensive, and lacking character in comparison to other cities in Morocco. We went to visit what is left of the old casbah, out of the town. The walk is worth itself, but, ...
FRADUC 28.08.2000
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Advantages: Something for everyone Disadvantages: Getting used to their way of shopping
I travelled to Agadir in June on 2000. I have to say that it will take a lot to beat! The beach was fantastic with clean sand and water and wonderful views. The people were very friendly and although they were keen to gain your custom they new when you were not interested and they then left you alone. This was a breath of fresh air, as you will know if you have ever been to a country where the shop keepers approach you to buy things rather wait for ... ...and in the evenings. Agadir is a place that accomodates every one on their holiday from the people who want to live it up by partying the night away, to the people who were needing a quite relaxing holiday by the pool or the beach. If you are looking for a place with a difference Agadir is the place to try. It is also cheap to get there and cheap once you are there. Keep it in mind if you are getting board with Europe. ...
MaccyB 06.04.2001
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