Zagora

Zagora (زكورة) is a town in southern Morocco. Get in There are direct buses from Marrakech (approx 8 hours). From Ouarzazate there are buses and also collective taxis (approx 2 hours once you have started, Dh 50-70 in January 2008). Get around The town is maybe 5 km long and 1 km wide at the widest point. There are numerous small taxis (Dh 3 per person if you share). See Jebel Zagora is said to be worth climbing. There are pleasant walks along the river and in the irrigated areas around. 18 km south, Tamegroute has a famous ancient library. Famous is the sign showing road to Timbuctu, easy to find just few meters from the roundabout where the road splits left to Mhamid and right to the airport. Do Go on a camel trek; not necessarily to the dunes, which are hard on the legs. Caravane de reve, M'Hamid Centre (oposite of the mosque,), ☎ +212 670020033, [1]. Do you feel like exploring Chegaga? No problem, we pick you up in Zagora, or you make a little extra tour to M'Hamid! We are a family-run, friendly, experienced and licensed desert travel business providing work for local people. We offer different types of desert tours, like 4x4 excursions, walking tours, camel treks, bivouac camps and sandboarding - short and long duration. Apart from trips and stays in the local area and to erg Chegaga also bigger Morocco tours are on the board, all according to the budget and the clients requirements. Spoken languages are Arabic, English, French and Spanish. Cuisine and the experience of home visits for food & tea time are included.  edit Buy Dates and spices in the market (Wednesday and Sunday). Eat There are plenty of small café/restaurants, as well as juice and milk shops along the main drag in town. Expect to pay between 80 and 100 MAD for a lunch for two people. Here are some sample prices: -Salade marocaine (tomatoes, onions and peppers) 15 MAD -Tajine kefta (meatball tajine) 40 MAD -Mint tea 10 MAD -Orange juice 6 - 10 MAD For a nice dinner, go to one of the hotels just outside town in Amzrou. La Fibule du Draa and Kasbah Asmaa both have full service restaurants in the evening. Drink Sleep Auberge Restaurant Chez Ali (on the way to the river) is worth looking at for its remarkable garden. Hotel Riad de Rêve (Riad de Rêve), Hay Mly Rachid № 353, 47900 ZAGORA, MOROCCO (Close to the police station), ☎ +(212) 677 191337 (RiadDeReve@Gmail.com), [2]. Riad de Rêve is located within 5-minute walking distance from Zagora city centre, yet calm and peaceful, with a lovely patio. The place has a relaxed, homely atmosphere, cosy and clean room, with AC, and the meals are exquisite. The owner, Abdeslam, has worked several years in Switzerland and knows how to pamper Westerners. As a local he can organise unique excursions to Sahara. 300-500 MAD / 30-50 € per double room. (30.33927,-5.83949) edit La Fibule du Draa, Amzrou, Zagora, ☎ 212 524 847318, [3]. A cozy, kasbah-style hotel just outside Zagora in the Amzrou date palm oasis. Rooms offered with breakfast or half-board, prices starting around 500 MAD per night. Relaxing garden with pool area; serves alcohol. The hotel also organizes excursions to the desert (via camel or SUV,) overnight or just for the day. Prices starting around 400 MAD for overnight.  edit Riad lamane (Riad lamane), Amezrou, Zagora, ☎ 00212 / 524 848 388, [4].  edit Prends Ton Temps Camping, Amzrou, Zagora (About 10minutes walk from the busstation or 10DH taxi), ☎ 212524 84 65 43, [5]. Really relaxing camping abit outside Zagora whit a nice garden and frendley staff. Good spot to meet Sahara guides aswell. 60DH/pp.  edit Contact Get out This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!