Agadir Travel Forum

I'm going to Agadir in April with my boyfriend for 7 days. Neither of us have a drivers licence so we wont be able to rent a car. Is there any nice places close enough around the town that you could get to by bus? Is there things to do in the town itself?

Thanks!

Agadir is basically a beach resort, with a lot of hotels. Essaouira and Tarroudant are two of the nicest towns in the area and both can be reached by bus.

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why use a bus or car when you have cabs on each street corner. and they're soooooo cheap!

Grand taxis. They are a faster, but definitely more uncomfortable than the inter-city buses. An individual taxi? Forget it - rip-off. Try all of the options (I did), then say which you preferred.

You could get a shared taxi (in preference to grand taxi) from El Batwaar and have this all to yourself. As always, you need to ask the price and maybe haggle a bit but generally speaking the shared taxis are far better value but not at all comfortable.
Essaouira is a lovely place but the bus (2.5 hour journey) only goes once a day at about 8:30am from the Gare de Autobus (bus station) near Souk al Had. The fare is 60Dh one way and you can only get a return ticket once there so get this immedialtely on arrival. The bus back to Agadir departs at about 4:15pm and although it doesn't sound long, this is enough time to explore, shop and have lunch.
Other popular places are Taroudant, en-route you will see the famour tree climbing (or "flying") goats, Tiznit and Tafraout will include a trip up into the mountains with marvellous views.
In Agadir you must go up the kasbah (fortress) where you will have panoramic views of Agadir and the Atlantic Ocean.

Skip Agadir! think!! what else?? use CTM buses;it's so comfortable. Taxis are known by charging tourists more then what locals pay for such a ride.
(as they say: Bargain! make a deal -then- go).

have a look around the Travel guide pages made by VTers - myself included - for suggested places to visit and then just go - as already said there are buses and shared taxis - or you could rent a grande taxi for a day with driver - not so expensive about 500 dirham plus lunch for the driver - any more than that then definitely haggle - the circuit to Tafroute and Tiznit is lovely.