Zagora Practicalities
by amsterdam_vallon
HOTELS AND ALTERNATIVES
Zagora has a very good offer of hotels in all price ranges. There is a handful of budget offers, and three 4/5-star hotels. Prices are at a normal Moroccan level.
RESTAURANTS AND ALTERNATIVES
Beyond the restaurants which are found in most hotels, there is little in Zagora to make hungry travellers enthusiastic. But the hotel restaurants offer fairly interesting menus, good food and value for money.
NIGHTLIFE
There is a chance of finding activities in the larger hotels.
CHANGE MONEY
Zagora has two banks, which offer normal services.
TRANSPORT
Good connections north, both by buses and taxis. In southern direction, there is far less to choose from, but there are two departures to M'hamid per day.
IMPORTANT
Zagora can be very hot during the day, but equally cold during night. Bring necessary clothes, perhaps a hat and sunglasses.
On tour with the king
by sachara
During our four day landrovertour we were always in the same area as the king was on tour.
We didn't see him personally, only his portraits like this one at the roundabout in Zagora. Zagora and all the towns and villages on the route were decorated with many red and green flags.
Sometimes the king was very near. Than the road was blocked or we could pass very fast or we had to wait together with hundreds of people along the road, who were waiting allready for hours, dressed in beautiful clothes, dancing and singing.
Pack for hot climate
by SirRichard
Morocco can be very hot, especially from March to October, so don't forget to bring some light clothes, T-Shirts and shorts.
Bring some warm clothes too, if you are planning to go to the desert (it get's really cold at night), and some long trousers if you want to visit mosques and religious buildings.
Grumpy Victor, Zagora
by Beefy_SAFC
...named after Victor Meldrew, the well known grump on British television. Meet the most miserable camel in Morocco, who along with his fellow camels moaned constantly at having to cart a load of tourists across the desert to a Berber camp.
Effective lawn mowers too, as any piece of green in their path instantly disappeared.
Zagora
by sachara
Zagora was set up as a administrative post in the French colonial times.
The oasis has always been inhabited, but it's hard so see something of its older past.
At the south bank of the Draa must be the remains of a fortress, built by the Almoravides in the 11th century.
Zagora is an easygoing place in a very scenic area. Zagora is a good starting point to explore the valley and the desert.
There are many good hotels and campings.
And its a good place for shopping and bargaining, if you are interested in local handicrafts and jewelry.
Picture: We entered the town from the south, just before the king should arrive.
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Ibrihim maps our route through the mountains
Date Palms - Antiatlas.
CTM timetable
little boy in the wheat at Oulad Driss
