Foum Zguid Travel Guide

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      ruins of an old kashba
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      the bilding
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Foum Zguid, at the edge of the desert

Foum Zguid, at the edge of the desert, Foum Zguid

 sachara Says:  Foum Zguid has the atmosphere of a desert town. It was very hot and dusty. Outside the shade of the colonnades and the trees in the centre it was hard to make a walk at midday. So we only made a very short walk in this town with its red buildings. We looked for a cooler... 

Foum Zguid, main street

Foum Zguid,  main street, Foum Zguid

 sachara Says:  Foum Zguid is an oasis town in the middle of nowhere, a really ''of the beaten path'' destination. There is only a very long tarred road form the west, which ends in Foum Zguid. To the north and east you find only unpaved roads and tracks.North and north-east of the town are... 

Hotels  

Auberge l'Oasis - Foum Zguid: Foum Zguid's Best Accomodation

Auberge l'Oasis - Foum Zguid: Foum Zguid's Best Accomodation, Foum Zguid

 maurofl Says:  We were at the inn of Ahmed at Foum Zguid March 7, 2011, it was a great experience, great hospitality and good food cooked with care.The next morning they took us with a 4x4 in the area of the salt lake (Ikir) and in the desert that is not very far from the inn. A very... 

Transportation  

By landrover to Foum Zguid

By landrover to Foum Zguid, Foum Zguid

 sachara Says:  We travelled by landrover from Tata to Foum Zguid. We came with three landrovers from Agadir on a five days tour. In our landrover we were with four persons and a driver. The route from Tata to Foum Zguid was wonderful with a beautiful landscape, wide views at the mountains... 

Off The Beaten Path  

Tissint

Tissint, Foum Zguid

 sachara Says:  Seventy KMs before we reached Foum Zguid we had a stop at Tissint. Tissint is a village with a military post. In the whole area is a strong military presence because the Algerian border is never more than a few KMs away.Our drivers had to settle something with the policemen... 

Wadi near Kasba-ej-Jouâ

Wadi near Kasba-ej-Jouâ, Foum Zguid

 sachara Says:  On the route from Tata to Foum Zguid is at the north side of the road a deep wadi. At some places the wide wadi narrows and bends.From the road at the plain above you don't see any green, but when you walk in the direction of the wadi and look down, you see hundreds of... 

Route to Foum Zguid, wadi near Trit

Route to Foum Zguid, wadi near Trit, Foum Zguid

 sachara Says:  The route from Tata to Foum Zguid is rewarded with great views at the barren mountains of the desert. At the northside is a spectacular wide wadi with steep slopes.We walked to the wadi a few times to have a better look at the scenery and the eventually nomadic tents. 

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Driving the N12 route through Tata

Driving the N12 route through Tata, Foum Zguid

 geoveo Says:  Just in case this is of any interest to you. I have now returned from that trip and can advise that the road from Ait Ben-Haddou to Tazenakht and then on to Foum-Zguid is fine. There are a few sections of diversions where a new road bed is being laid (Jan 2012) and it is... 

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 We travelled by landrover from Tata to Foum Zguid. We came with three landrovers from Agadir on a five days tour. In our landrover we were with four persons and... 

 

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 Foum Zguid is in the south of Morocco 142 KM east of Tata and 120 KM west of Zagora. Only from the west side is Foum Zguid reachable by a tarred road. From the north from Tazenakht and from the east... 

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