Agadir, Morocco - Cruise Line Fans: Cruise Forum, Reviews and Chat From Real Cruisers

daryleann · 12-24-2007, 05:41 PM

Now that the NCL Jade and Gem are doing their 'exotic Med' itinerary, I will give a short encouragement for the guy we hired in Agadir. Graham Knight recently relocated from Wales to Agadir and he took four of us to the walled city of Taroudant on our recent port call. It was fantastic! Best day of the entire cruise, and it was all great!
We stopped to see the goats that climbed the trees, visited walls and souks, buying spices and other tiny souvenirs, then went to lunch at the local guide's house, where his mother and sister-in-law had fixed a most satisfying meal.
Graham's site is now up so check it out. I will answer any questions, if you are interested.

Welcome to Morccan discovery Agadir
(If I did this correctly, it shows us eating the 'local' cuisine from a 'tajine.')

Char · 12-24-2007, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by daryleann

Now that the NCL Jade and Gem are doing their 'exotic Med' itinerary, I will give a short encouragement for the guy we hired in Agadir. Graham Knight recently relocated from Wales to Agadir and he took four of us to the walled city of Taroudant on our recent port call. It was fantastic! Best day of the entire cruise, and it was all great!
We stopped to see the goats that climbed the trees, visited walls and souks, buying spices and other tiny souvenirs, then went to lunch at the local guide's house, where his mother and sister-in-law had fixed a most satisfying meal.
Graham's site is now up so check it out. I will answer any questions, if you are interested.

Welcome to Morccan discovery Agadir
(If I did this correctly, it shows us eating the 'local' cuisine from a 'tajine.')

What is it that you are eating? Did you enjoy it?

Thanks for cluing us in on who to contact for an excursion

daryleann · 12-25-2007, 02:14 PM

A tajine is like a crockpot and is vegetables and a meat. People stop in the morning at vendors and order them, with their choice of meat (chicken, lamb, beef) and pick them up at noon.
Our guide's mother added a sort of french fried potatoes at the last few moments, then we ate with chunks of bread. I found peas and olives and potatoes, and such divine chicken.... yum!
We also had a salad, and Fanta. Bending over to eat, made me feel full sooner - but I was SO stuffed at the end! More so than at a cruise ship buffet!!!

canarymoon · 02-08-2008, 09:35 AM

Sounds wonderful!
Maybe more folks will begin considering itineraries that include ports of call in North Africa!

nedstar2 · 05-14-2009, 09:45 PM

Nice review, this cruise stay also on my list.
Thanks for the info

Char · 05-14-2009, 11:41 PM

We just returned 2 weeks ago from the Summit transatlantic that included Agadir as one of the port calls.

A group of us (11 people) hired a private tour that was really wonderful. We had a mini bus that held 18 that was air conditioned and very comfortable for the 11 of us. The price for the bus and driver/guide for 10 hours was approximately $52 per person. We paid in British Pounds thru PayPal. Arrangements were made by email thru Josie.

Our driver picked us up at the ship and we drove through Agadir on the way to Tafraoute in the Anti Atlas Mountains. The drive was spectacular! We toured Tafraoute, strolled thru the market area (souk) visited the rug factory and had lunch at a local restaurant.

From there we headed to Tiznit where the silver school is located. Again, the scenery was out of this world! Several folks bought beautiful silver items there.

We arrived back at the ship 11 1/2 hurs after we left! What a day! Bruno was our driver/guide and gave us much more than we paid for!

I can heartily recommend this tour company in Morocco.

Tailor Made Moroccan Tours with Erlebnis Tours Maroc