Zagora Morocco

Zagora is probably one of the hottest Moroccan southern cities, the city is located in the region of souss massa daraa on the Draa River, its location is at around 30°19′0″N, 5°49′60″W, the city of Zagora once belonged to the province of Ouarzazate, now Zagora is a separate city with its own province.

Zagora is flanked by the Zagora mountain from which the town got its name, in ancient hostory books the city of Zagora was reffered to as : Tazagourt, the town was built in the 20th century, and is a main stop to the deep Sahara desert, the city celebrates yearly its famous festival called : moulay Abdelkader Jilali.

Zagora is well known for its sign located at the town border, the sign that we see all over travel books, maps, and cards and that states : Tombouctou 52 jours, the estimated time it takes to make it to Timbuktu, Mali on a camel ride.

Zagora is not a huge city, though it can be considered the largest city inside a radius of 150 km, the city is mainly famous for its genuine kasbahs, a Kasbah is an old building like a palace where mainly Pachas and governos or the small tribes once lived, it is a cultural Moroccan heritage that we find in so many southern cities, such as: Taroudant, Marrakech, Ouarzazate, Tiznit, Dakhla, and Errachidia.

Zagora is one of the top travel destinations in southern Morocco, the city offers a wide rang of hotels at different price ranges, some of the good quality hotels around zagora is Kasbah Sirocco, -pic- there is also some 4/5-star hotels, and prices are affordable both for tourists and Moroccans, these hotels and riads offer also good quality restaurants, serving moroccan dishes as well as european cuisine, their menus are fairly interesting, and you will eat good compared to what you pay.

Zagora has good travel commections with so many neighboring cities, mainly Ouarzazate, Errachidia, Rissani, Kallaa Megouna, as well as M'Hamid El ghezlan.

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