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No Place Like Sunny Agadir
19/05/07 21:33
This modern, fast paced city was built
after an earthquake destroyed the old city
in the 1960s. With a backdrop of the
High Atlas Mountains, while sitting
perched overlooking the Atlantic Ocean,
Agadir is a popular tourist destination
with a plethora of popular seaside resorts.
Warm winter temperatures attract tourists, while the nearby national parks, such as, Souss-Massa River Park and the walled city of Taroudant; keep their itineraries full of interesting places to visit. Besides tourism, sardine fishing, the exporting of cobalt, manganese and zinc, the citrus fruit industry of Agadir is an important part of numerous families’ livelihoods.
Warm winter temperatures attract tourists, while the nearby national parks, such as, Souss-Massa River Park and the walled city of Taroudant; keep their itineraries full of interesting places to visit. Besides tourism, sardine fishing, the exporting of cobalt, manganese and zinc, the citrus fruit industry of Agadir is an important part of numerous families’ livelihoods.
Agadir was founded in medieval times as a
fishing village. In the 1500s, the
Portuguese established a trading post known
as Santa Cruz de Cabo de Gue. Coming under
control of the Wattasid in the latter part
of the 1500s, a fortified Kasbah was built
and thereafter Agadir became a prosperous
town.
Agadir continues to have a large German expatriate population, which did cause some strife between France and Germany in the early 1900s. Germany went so far as to send a warship to guard its citizens. When war nearly broke out, both sides decided to work out an agreement, which included allowing France to establish a protectorate over Morocco.
On February 29, 1960, a 15-second earthquake brought down the city. The ancient Kasbah was destroyed and an estimated 15,000 people lost their lives. The new city was rebuilt south of the original site, but longer looks like a traditional Moroccan city, partly because of the German architecture that still lingers. Agadir now has wide roads and large buildings, with nearly 700,000 people living in the region.
For tourists wondering how they might get to Agadir, the city has a modern airport with both national and international flights.
Written by: Carole Morris
Provided by: Morocco Tours with Journey Beyond Travel
Agadir continues to have a large German expatriate population, which did cause some strife between France and Germany in the early 1900s. Germany went so far as to send a warship to guard its citizens. When war nearly broke out, both sides decided to work out an agreement, which included allowing France to establish a protectorate over Morocco.
On February 29, 1960, a 15-second earthquake brought down the city. The ancient Kasbah was destroyed and an estimated 15,000 people lost their lives. The new city was rebuilt south of the original site, but longer looks like a traditional Moroccan city, partly because of the German architecture that still lingers. Agadir now has wide roads and large buildings, with nearly 700,000 people living in the region.
For tourists wondering how they might get to Agadir, the city has a modern airport with both national and international flights.
Written by: Carole Morris
Provided by: Morocco Tours with Journey Beyond Travel
