Just some few kilometers north of Agadir, lies the fisher village of Taghazoute: a haven for new age hippies to take a break and for new age surfers to catch some waves as the area is known to have the best waves of all Morocco. On this Atlantic coast line the weather is sun blessed all year round, although the winter months can bring cool conditions.
The village has seen some different travelers over the last few centuries. In the early days when Taghazout was a place to leave your boat, nets and hooks the only buildings around were some huts to store the fishing nets. Bob Marley, who is still a local idol spent time here after hippies discovered the village in the sixties and even tried to buy the whole land of Taghazoute. He had to give up when more than 50 parties, all claiming to represent the landowners showed up for negotiation.
Even if there always are a handful of tourists here or more precisely pseudo hippies and even if there is a beach polluted by caravan tourism just south of it, Taghazoute still lives at its own pace. All people wear traditional clothes, wooden boats lie on the shore, painted with colorful patterns, fishermen mend their fishing nets, people live in their simple white houses with doors of many colors and intricate patterns, totally ignoring all these strange people walking around the streets, taking snap shots of every house corner. The perfect climate, low prices and friendly people have turned this place into a real paradise for surfers from all corners of the world.
Just some few kilometers north of Agadir, lies the fisher village of Taghazoute: a haven for new age hippies to take a break and for new age surfers to catch some waves as the area is known to have the best waves of all Morocco. On this Atlantic coast line the weather is sun blessed all year round, although the winter months can bring cool conditions.
The village has seen some different travelers over the last few centuries. In the early days when Taghazout was a place to leave your boat, nets and hooks the only buildings around were some huts to store the fishing nets. Bob Marley, who is still a local idol spent time here after hippies discovered the village in the sixties and even tried to buy the whole land of Taghazoute. He had to give up when more than 50 parties, all claiming to represent the landowners showed up for negotiation.
Even if there always are a handful of tourists here or more precisely pseudo hippies and even if there is a beach polluted by caravan tourism just south of it, Taghazoute still lives at its own pace. All people wear traditional clothes, wooden boats lie on the shore, painted with colorful patterns, fishermen mend their fishing nets, people live in their simple white houses with doors of many colors and intricate patterns, totally ignoring all these strange people walking around the streets, taking snap shots of every house corner. The perfect climate, low prices and friendly people have turned this place into a real paradise for surfers from all corners of the world.
