Information on Agadir
The new and modern city of Agadir is just south of Marrakech and with magnificent sandy beaches it is fast developing into Morocco's major resort town. After an earthquake in 1961 that killed fifteen thousand people, most of Agadir's historic heritage was wiped out. Originally an important seaport and centre for caravans traversing the Sahara, the city has now been rebuilt and modelled to be a tourist destination and fishing port. With three hundred days of sunshine a year and twenty thousand hotel beds, Agadir takes on a quarter of the tourism trade in Morocco and is favoured for luxury package holidays and as a starting point for excursions into the desert.
