Taghazout Things to Do

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This is a popular hangout - spend a few hours or the whole day, come to lie on your deck chair which you can rent for 15 dirham/£1 a day but bring a beach umbrella for shade. The beach was particularly littered with rubbish on our latest visit but much of the problem was over heavy rains in the area recently likely washing rubbish down from residential rubbish areas into creeks and rivers into the nearby ocean.

So make sure you have footwear and take care with any broken skin.

Also be prepared to be accosted by salesmen with all sorts of wares - peanuts, cakes and biscuits, sunglasses and radios, and then of course there are the ones looking for customers to ride their camels and horses.

And to mention the dog in the photo - she was getting pretty heated up,barking and carrying on when a couple of these salesmen and a young guy associated with the deck chair guy came along - she had been sitting happily and even being patted and hugged by a couple of sunning tourists until these guys came along - one guy started hitting out at her for barking but makes you wonder just what theyve done to her in the past. (she had obviously given birth recently and whether these guys had done something to her puppies?) Especially knowing that Moroccans in general have a lot to learn about respecting and treating animals with any kindness.

But up at Taghazout just on the hill above is pretty much everything you need if youre here for a bit of surfing - surf boards to rent or buy, get repairs or get lessons! There were a few waves out there on the couple of days I visited with my friends to one of their favourite spots here at Taghazout.