Agadir in Lights

On a recent 3-day weekend, we visited Agadir, a city on the Atlantic coast about 4-5 hours southwest of Marrakech. The highway traverses the Atlas Mountains, which look like the Grand Canyon.
Agadir is a modern city with large hotels along the shoreline, busy restaurants that overlook the bay, and new apartments built for the influx of European retirees.

At night, the mountainside is lit with three Arabic words, "Allah, King, Agadir." From our hotel room balcony, the sight was worth capturing.
We had done so much research before we went, but we ended up going without any room reservations...and finally decided on Al Moggar because the view from the lobby had a great view of the bay.
This was the holiday weekend celebrating the Green March, so the entire city was decorated with the national flag.

As we walked through the city, we found "Birds Valley", a zoo packed with several bird species, turtles, goats, African antelope, and wallabees.

If we have another opportunity, we'll certainly enjoy another sunset over Agadir.