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What to do from Agadir – I want to see as much as I can.?

Hi! I’m coming to Agadir in January. I will be travelling alone; I’m 23, female from London. I have seen comments from people saying you should not travel alone and bizarrely that it’s against the Muslim law-obviously these people have never left their home town! Basically, in about 12 months I will be off travelling for about 4/5 years (I'm gonna be so old when I get back!) but this trip is a mini adventure to see how I go. I keep doing these pre trips and end up meeting some people and although having a great time not actually doing the travelling I wanted to do just seeing the bars so I am not going to talk to anyone else this time...:) Anyway…I will be arriving in Agadir airport will probably get a taxi or bus to my hotel; I’m staying at the Tagadirt Hotel. Although Agadir looks lovely it seems to me that it is going to be very touristy. I booked it because it was incredibly cheap knowing it was not the ideal choice for what I was looking for. I will be in Morocco for 9 days before I move on. I cannot spend 9 days sun bathing, I can’t spend 2 hours doing this so what do you recommend? It does not sound like there is too much to see in Agadir. I fancy visiting Marrakech, Taroudant, and I read this following quote, “go through the Atlas mountains and visit the oasis and go to the typical Berber villages” which I would like to do but I do not know where it is so could someone offer me more information? I’m not really interested in doing things with tour operators, ever if there is something I want to do with them I would rather do it alone – don’t I sound horrible, it’s just because I am travelling and not on holiday lol!! I love local markets and would like to know when these are on and where-really I’d want to go to more then one. I don’t mind spending a couple of night away from the hotel but as I said, I am on a budget so would rather leave at 4am and get back at 1am for example if I am visiting Marrakech. All my travelling will be with public transport but I am finding it hard finding information on these services. The only thing I really know is there are no trains south of Marrakech. I am kind of expecting a service like South Turkey where there are busses going everywhere, cramped, cheap and regular. Is this the case? Is their a main bus garage in Agadir where I will be able to pick up short and long haul busses? I also keep hearing about a midi and grande taxis – can someone explain this a little more to me, I hear they are just a few more pound then busses. ...To be honest I’m expecting Morocco to be like Turkey with a little of Egypt...Please don’t start shouting at me if there is some feud with the Turkish or Egyptians in Morocco which I do not now about – I love Turkey and, well, Egypt is somewhere you have to see its amazing but I don’t like the way they are crazy for money, yeah rip me off I’m a stupid English person but they rip their own people off too!! …Never mind I’m the one who wants to see how others live. Thank you I’m advance. I will be there from the 24th January until the 2nd February, if there is anyone else there who thinks you are like me then email me and we can meet up out there. My word of advise...When alone I find it very handy to have a contact number for at least one person close to where you are staying…just in case…I usually get a contact from a local from Trip Adviser.

Public Comments

1. Be very very careful on public transport around marrakesh and Morocco i have heard some really bad horror stories, this isn't like england people will; rob and rape you and nobody will care , keep a look out. marrakesh is a very nice place but people are very very pushy, i got dragged into a shop by a man that had been trying to accost me for day my boyfriend was there but he still did it , then he started to feel me up with my boyfriend there , ddon'tgo into the medina at night until you know what your doing , we made that mistake as well we got lost in there for an hour an a half and at the time it wasn't fun as we stumbled in to some really dodgy areas. marrakesh can be fun but be very careful who you speak to and what Information you give someone , NEVER!!!!!! tell anyone that its your first time in marrakesh because they will rob you with a smile on there face and you will gladly hand over your cash, walk away and realise what has happened! other than that its fine be prepared to get ill alot too. EDIT -dont always beleave what the tourst guides say we got taken round a berber market then driven to a resterrant and driven back , im not saying that i had a bad time in marrakesh but that i had to learn very fast what not to do and genrally lost money every single time!