Travel to Morocco

Agadir is an Amazigh word of Phoenician origin meaning "Grenier collective or fortified village." Even today, the word is present in the Souss region and designates a warehouse for all the property of the tribe. A small community of fishermen Amazigh settled on a site provided a harbor, that they create in fortified granary, hence the word "week". In the twelfth century, this fortified granary is used by the Coast tribe Ksima. 

- In the fourteenth and fifteenth century: Between 1325 and 1470, European maps show the location as the Porto Mesguinam: Port of ksima. During its history, Agadir was the subject of battles between local tribes and foreign powers. 

- In the sixteenth century, the story begins Agadir, internationally, when Portuguese João Lopes de Sequeira, moved there in 1505 His fishery and workshops build up quickly and give birth to a small village fishing. This trading post was built at the foot of "Agadir Oufla" overlooking the harbor, on an altitude of over 200 meters. 

- In 1513, isolation and insecurity grow João Lopes Segueira to divest its installation manual first king of Portugal, which enlarges the port installed a garrison and subjects the area to the Portuguese authorities. Santa Cruz de Cap de Gue (Do Cabo de Ager in Portuguese), the name due to the small church of the Portuguese city, becomes an active trading post through which pass many products in southern Morocco and Sudan frequented by European traders all nationalities. 

- In 1541 (12 March) and after a siege of six months, Ech Cheikh Mohamed, founder of the Saadian dynasty, the city released the Portuguese. Thirty years later, his son, has built the Casbah, which still dominates the ocean to prevent the return of the Portuguese. 

- During the reign of the Saadian, Agadir and its region thrive. Souss becomes the privileged realm Saadi who develop the culture of sugarcane (plant from the East) in the area of Taroudant, the capital, and Chichester. Sugar is a highly sought after commodity in trade Spaniards, French, Dutch and English are especially seeking to Agadir (as well as gold from Sudan). Agadir becomes a must caravans to Timbuktu. 

- In the eighteenth century, with the advent of the Alawite dynasty, and especially in 1760, beginning a long period of lethargy. To punish the rebellious southern tribes, the Sultan Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah transfer port activities in Mogador (Essaouira current). Agadir is now ruined and the whole Souss falls into utter anarchy. 

- In 1911, Emperor William II, King of Prussia, manifests its presence in the harbor of Agadir by sending the warship "Panther" under the pretext of protecting Agadir German citizens. The France opposes and proposes a consensus on the German rights. After lengthy negotiations, France gives up some of the Congo to Germany that no longer express imperialist interest in the Morocco. 

- In 1913, French troops occupied the week, then made ​​up of two small nuclei habitat: Founti (300 fishermen) and Kasbah (400 inhabitants). 

- Entre1928 and 1932, the town of Agadir with its 2000 inhabitants was promoted to the rank of Municipality and the first city development plan was approved. During the 30s, Agadir became a milestone for the "Aeropostale". Saint Exupéry and Mermoz J made ​​stops before crossing the Atlantic. 

- In 1960, February 29, at 23h 47, an earthquake shakes the city. 

Agadir after 1960: Current city was rebuilt 2 km further south, led by the architects Jean-François Zevaco Elie Azagury, Coldefy Pierre Claude Verdugo. Agadir has become a large city (500,000 inhabitants in 2004), with a large port with four basins: the commercial port with draft of 17 meters, triangle fishing, fishing port, marina with marina. Agadir was the first sardine port in the world in the 1980s, and has a famous beach stretching over 10 km with one of the finest seafront promenades in the world. The climate provides 340 days of sunshine a year and you can swim in all seasons; the winters are exceptionally mild and summer heat never stuffy (the summer haze there is also not rare). 

Agadir is the first tourist destination in the country, instead sometimes disputed by Marrakech, and the first fishing port in Morocco. The business is also booming with citrus exports and products in the fertile valley of Souss vegetables. 

With its white buildings, wide boulevards blooming, modern hotels, and European-style cafés, Agadir is not a typical city of traditional Morocco, but it is a modern, vibrant and active city, looking to the future . 

Agadir Bay and the Bay of neighboring Taghazout are members of the Club of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World. 

The city is served by the International Airport of Al Massira