To Agadir, there are a few options. Trying to avoid the busiest roads, I took the 114A until it reached the 1010. These were good roads, and the traffic was light, and gave plenty of room. Lots of villages etc to pick up stuff. I think whichever route you take will be similar - flat, straight, depressing amounts of plastic waste caught in the scrub.
Agadir seems to have a bad rep, probably because most of the tourists are northerners, but I quite liked it. Lovely long, sandy beach, kept clean, good surf if you’re into it, nice swimming if you go out past the waves. Some perfectly nice restaurants, friendly people, nice parks and long boulevards to wander down. And you can finally get a beer. Was happy to chill there for a day before catching the coach which is currently taking me back to Marrakesh (riad there was more than happy to mind my bike box btw).
A couple of majorly lucky things happened on the trip:
After going thru the high mountains solo, my pedal crank snapped on the way to Taroudant - just as I passed thru my first town since Marrakesh, and 50 yards from a bike mechanic. The little wizard sent me to his pal to buy a crank (1 pound fee) then fixed it (1 pound fee). Was on my way in half an hour. If that happened the previous day, would have been fucked.
10 miles out of Agadir, a tyre started to fail, bulging out horribly. Nursed it into town without blowing but again, would have been an issue in the mountains.
Overall, really enjoyed the experience. If I were to go again, I’d consider bringing a tent, and maybe another person. Researching better and being more prepared. Maybe take another route and spend more time in the mountains. Or just go to a country where I can more easily get vegan food and a beer.
To Agadir, there are a few options. Trying to avoid the busiest roads, I took the 114A until it reached the 1010. These were good roads, and the traffic was light, and gave plenty of room. Lots of villages etc to pick up stuff. I think whichever route you take will be similar - flat, straight, depressing amounts of plastic waste caught in the scrub.
Agadir seems to have a bad rep, probably because most of the tourists are northerners, but I quite liked it. Lovely long, sandy beach, kept clean, good surf if you’re into it, nice swimming if you go out past the waves. Some perfectly nice restaurants, friendly people, nice parks and long boulevards to wander down. And you can finally get a beer. Was happy to chill there for a day before catching the coach which is currently taking me back to Marrakesh (riad there was more than happy to mind my bike box btw).
A couple of majorly lucky things happened on the trip:
After going thru the high mountains solo, my pedal crank snapped on the way to Taroudant - just as I passed thru my first town since Marrakesh, and 50 yards from a bike mechanic. The little wizard sent me to his pal to buy a crank (1 pound fee) then fixed it (1 pound fee). Was on my way in half an hour. If that happened the previous day, would have been fucked.
10 miles out of Agadir, a tyre started to fail, bulging out horribly. Nursed it into town without blowing but again, would have been an issue in the mountains.
Overall, really enjoyed the experience. If I were to go again, I’d consider bringing a tent, and maybe another person. Researching better and being more prepared. Maybe take another route and spend more time in the mountains. Or just go to a country where I can more easily get vegan food and a beer.