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Latest Zagora hotel reviews
Pro
good choice of hotels for a stopover after a stunning drive down the Draa Valley or as a base for the sights around the area such as on further to the sahara sands and stunning Beni Slimane Pass
Con
Camel riding can be VERY uncomfortable!
In a nutshell
Gateway to the desert
angiebabe Says: After driving along about 5 km of flat and stoney terrain to the left comes into sight an orangeish dune of sand in the distance - quite unusual really - and this has been named the 'dunes of Tinfou'.There are camels there at the ready for the tourists who want to take their...
suvanki Says: Our trip was part of an organised 8 day tour Exodus - Marrakech and The Sahara, but it is easy to arrange camel treks into the desert from Zagora independently.We'd set off from Ouarzazate, stopping for lunch in Agdz, before arriving in Zagora mid afternoon. A quick toilet...
Beefy_SAFC Says: Time for a Berber sing song - complete with plastic bottle drums and tourists sitting watching absolutely knackered (at least I know I was). Deciding to spend the night in the open rather than in the tents was an interesting experience, with the distant sounds of Berbers...
Camel riding in the sunset, Zagora
Beefy_SAFC Says: Nice sunset and even nicer knowing that the lions that lived in the area as little as 20 to 30 years ago no longer exist. Human habitation has wiped out many of the main carnivores that used to live here, including lion and leopard, and in the dim and distant past, cheetah....
Beefy_SAFC Says: ...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...
Beefy_SAFC Says: A pretty picture from a camel ride to a Berber camp in the desert on the way to sleep under the stars. No tips here!!!I can hear the girls swooning now (at least my female travel companions were - darn him for spoiling my chances with the girls just by being there!!!).
TheLongTone Says: Just a bit of fun, this cod sign can be found at the end of main street just round the corner of the Hotel Palmerie. Of course, it's true purpose is to be photographed, preferably in a situation involving some trifling exchange of moolah.The Blue Man of the Desert in the...
A camel trek into the desert 3
suvanki Says: Just before the halfway mark, one of our party had had enough and decided to walk, so her camel was instructed to sit, this was followed by my camel also sitting - GREAT! a break!!! er no, for some reason my driver had decided I was going to walk as well - so although it...
Riad Ksar Malal: Couscous at Riad Ksar Malal
angiebabe Says: For my second night staying here i was so impressed with the night before's dish that i was contemplating ordering it again but already arranged for me was Harira followed by an impressive Couscous dish.From all the couscous ive tried around Morocco this one was up in the...
Riad Ksar Malal: is this the best Tagine ive had yet!!??
angiebabe Says: The dining room in the riad hotel has loads of character and with waterfall fountain in the middle of the room rather pleasant. having a candle lit on the table at night is quite a nice addition too. The food was excellent.I was unfortunately so tired or too tired but...
suvanki Says: Ok, so not a restaurant, but a welcome and pleasant foodie experience.About halfway through our camel trek, the man who'd been leading my camel, and the 3 behind mine suddenly stopped, left the camels, and shimmied up this tree.My initial reaction was to wonder why he'd done...
A Tent at the edge of the Sahara: Saharan Dining
suvanki Says: After our camel ride to this camp, we had all built up an appetite, and were more than ready to sit on our saddle sore bottoms at our desert camp table.The 2 round tables were just large enough to accomodate our party of 16, plus Mohamed our guide. The cloths were strewn...
Bivouac in the Sahara Desert: Midnight at the Oasis
suvanki Says: As I was part of a group, our evening was spent eating a traditional meal, washed down with a few glasses of wine or beer, and chatting.Entertainment during the meal was provided by a sandstorm blowing in, with a cabaret of nomads hurriedly trying to mend the holes in the...
Track from Foum Zguid to Zagora
sachara Says: The distance between Foum Zguid and Zagora is 120 KM. Sometimes the track between the two towns was sandy, but luckily the most of the time it was solid. There were a lot of stones on the track and many times our driver couldn't avoid the stones. So we had a flat tyre after...
sachara Says: We didn't take the Draa Valley to reach Zagora by paved roads, but came from the other side from Foum-Zguid. It is only an unpaved track, so here you need a four-wheel drive. Sometimes the track divided in many tracks, but, if the track headed east and you stayed on the...
TheLongTone Says: I travelled to and from Zagora by grande taxi from Ouarzazate: the grande taxis arrive and depart from the old bus station in the middle of the main road through the older part of the town. The main bus station is around a kilometer beyong the northern gate: most of the...
suvanki Says: Well although our overnight camp wasn't that far from civilisation- (we could see the lights of the town, and 4x4's passed nearby quite frequently) we were aware that we were still in the desert.A sandstorm blew up while we were eating our meal, which was a bit of an...
suvanki Says: A small rucksack - enough just to carry overnight suppliesThe camels carry these bags on your saddle - sleeping bags etc are carried in panniers. Comfy loose fitting trousers /cut offs, long sleeved shirt for sun protection, hat or scarf, sunglasses.Sandals are ok for...
angiebabe Says: Walk through the ksar behind the Riad Ksar Malal which is part of the ksar but newly restored to create a lovely hotel and place to stay and see the area. 17 km north of Zagora on the Draa Valley road it makes a good base to see the surrounds and travel into Zagora and...
Deciding on dunes of Mhamid/Zagora or Merzouga
angiebabe Says: Ive got some pages of my visits around the area - the road to Mhamid is fine by normal car - BUT if you want to go into the desert you will need a 4x4 from there - there are agencies with 4x4s to take you into the full on sahara desert of Erg Chigaga or some that just take...
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Q: I've got 10 days to visit Ouerzazate,(that I already know) Zagora, Merzouga and possibly Erfud and back What the best way to...
A: We made more or less the same trip from Marrakech and used a rental car. Personally I prefer a car, because one has much more freedom of travelling and places to visit....
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From Ouarzazate the P31 leads you down the magical Draa Valley past fertile palmeraie crammed with date palms,almond and olive groves and citrus trees to Zagora. Zagora as a town was officially...
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Zagora is situated at the edge of the Sahara Desert, it gained importance as a trading post, with traders carrying goods such as barley, goatskins,salt and dates to places such as Timbuctou, then...
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Zagora’s desert was for me the most exciting part of our trip in Morocco. My travelpages contain some of my best memories in that country. I don’t know why the desert had such a magical effect on me,...
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Zagora is situated in the Draa Valley and the main market of the south of Morocco. On the south bank of the river are remains of an fortress of the Almoravides of the 11th century. This shows the...
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Zagora is known as the gate of the desert, as it is the last village before the Sahara Desert as you enter from Marrakesh. It is really where the road ends, after that only 4x4 can go further into the...
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