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lovely pics, thanks for sharing, love all the tiles, where was that cactus garden? swoon!
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Those are nice pictures. Really making me want to go back to Morocco and do some cycling.
What are peoples opinions on the atlas mountain race route? Is that a nice route if you wanted to take it at a slow pace instead of a race? Happy to go off road.
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I cycled from Marrakesh to Agadir in April a few years ago in April so likely to be warmer than when you're travelling. I took the bus from Agadir to Essaouira and then back to Marrakesh. I stored the box my bike i flew in with at my accommodation in Marrakesh in flattened state with gaffa tape restoring it to service. I did come in when there was a torrential storm but fortunately the box was still usable when I arrived. bargaining with taxi drivers for a ride in to accommodation was interesting. You may have something of a walk from where you're dropped off to your accommodation.
Agadir got flattened by an earthquake in 1960 so there's much less of the cute old architecture that you'll find in Marrakesh and Essaouira (there was a really interesting exhibition in the Curve Gallery in Barbican about Agadir some years ago). That being said, Agadir felt friendly and because there's less Europeans going there, i had more luck interacting with the locals.
I kind of regretted not cycling to Essaouira from Agadir but then I wasn't quite so confident in my abilities then. I'm normally vege but am omnivore when i travel and was happy to eat meaty tangine.
I did some wild camping enroute which wasn't an issue. Marrakesh has lots to offer but is also a harder place with tourists seen as cash cows
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