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(Maroc Costa Atlántica) Essaouira Agadir

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Distance
146.03 mi
Elevation gain
12,867 ft
Technical difficulty
Easy
Elevation loss
13,770 ft
Max elevation
4,001 ft
TrailRank 
57
Min elevation
-168 ft
Trail type
One Way
Time
9 hours 42 minutes
Coordinates
2477
Uploaded
June 11, 2014
Recorded
June 2014
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near Essaouira, Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz (Morocco)

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Itinerary description

Essaouira (Berber: ⵎⵓⴳⴰⴹⵓⵔ Taṣṣurt, Arabic: الصويرة‎, as-Ṣawīra) is a city in the western Moroccan economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, on the Atlantic coast.
The city was known in the time of 11th-century Geographer al-Bakri and, as he reported, was called Sidi Megdoul. In the 16th-century, a corruption of this name became known to the Portuguese as Mogador or Mogadore. The Berber and Arabis names mean the wall, a reference to the fortress walls that originally enclosed the city. Archaeological research shows that Essaouira has been occupied since prehistoric times. The bay at Essaouira is partially sheltered by the island of Mogador, making it a peaceful harbor protected against strong marine winds. Portuguese establishment (1506-10)

Agadir (Berber: Agadir, ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ; Moroccan Arabic: اگادير‎) is a major city in central coastal Morocco, the capital of Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane province (MA-AGD) and of the Souss-Massa-Drâa economic region some 508 km to the south of Casablanca, 173 km from Essaouira and 235 km to the west of Marrakech.
Destroyed by earthquake in 1960, the city has been completely rebuilt with mandatory seismic standards. It is now the largest seaside resort in Morocco, where foreign tourists and many residents are attracted by an unusually mild year-round climate.

(Maroc) La Costa Atlántica y Sur en 4x4 (junio 2014):
Se suceden las ciudades fortificadas por los portugueses (Al-Jadida, Safi, Essaouira), un paisaje costero impresionante (playa de Oualidia y sus célebres ostras, el Parque Nacional Sous Massa) y el AntiAtlas agreste, donde reina el árbol del argán, con montañas y profundos valles (cascadas de Imouzzer des Ida Outanane, Tafroute). Una semana aprovechando bien los días largos de junio, de sol a sol.
Programa detallado:
dia 1 314km: MARRAKECH - KASBAH BOULAOUANE - CASABLANCA
dia 2 386km: CASABLANCA - AZEMMOUR - EL JADIDA - OUALIDIA - ESSAOUIRA
dia 3 235km: ESSAOUIRA - TAMRI - IMOUZZER DES IDA OUTANANE - AGADIR
dia 4 339km: AGADIR - TAFRAOUTE - TIZNIT - SIDI IFNI
dia 5 195km: SIDI IFNI - LEGZIRA - PARK SOUS MASSA - AGADIR
dia 6 260km: AGADIR - MARRAKECH
dia 7 : MARRAKECH


(Maroc) en 4x4 Marrakech Ouazarzate Tinerhir Zagora Taroudant (octubre 2011)
dia 1: (Maroc) Marrakech Telouet Ait Ben Haddou
dia 2: (Maroc) Ait Ben Haddou- Gorges Dades- Todra- Tinerhir
(Maroc) Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah
(Maroc) Ouazarzate Kasbah Taourit
dia 3: (Maroc) Tinerhir Zagora
(Maroc) Biblioteque Tamegroute
(Maroc) Duna de Tinfou en Zagora
dia 4: (Maroc) Zagora palmeral
(Maroc) Zagora Taroudant
dia 5: (Maroc) Taroudant Kasbah
(Maroc) Taroudant Zouk
(Maroc) Taroudant Marrakech
dia 6: (Maroc) Marrakech Place Jemma El Fna
(Maroc) Marrakech Kasbah
dia 7: (Maroc) Marrakech Zouk

viaje a (Maroc) Tánger-Chefchaouen-Meknes-Merzouga-Fez-Tánger en seis días(diciembre 2009)
dia 1: Tanger Chefchaouen por carretera 108km
dia 1: Chefchaouen Meknes por carretera 193km
dia 2: visita a Meknes- Place El-Hedim, Mausolée Mulay Ismail
dia 2: Meknes Merzouga por carretera 454km
dia 3: Rio Ziz -Dunas Erg Chebbi en 4x4
dia 4: Merzouga Fez por carretera 484km
dia 5: visita a Fez Jdid
dia 5: visita a Fez El Bali
dia 5: visita a Fez el-Bali
dia 6: Fez- Tanger por carretera 421km

viaje a (Maroc) Tanger MergaZerga Casablanca Marrakech en cinco días (abril 2009)
dia 1: Tanger- MoulayBousselham por carretera 195km
dia 1: Merja Zerga en barco por la laguna
dia 2: MoulayBousselham Casablanca por carretera 231km
dia 2: Casablanca Marrakech por carretra 243km
dia 3: visita a Marrakech
dia 4: Marrakech -Valle de Ourika por carretera 119km
dia 5: Marrakech Tanger por carretera 570km

viaje a (Maroc) Tanger-Asilah-MergaZerga-Chefchaouen en cuatro días(febrero 2008)
dia 1: Tanger Asilah por carretera 62km
dia 2: Asilah-Lixus-MoulayBouselham por carretera 292km
dia 2: Merja Zerga en barca por la laguna
dia 3: Asilah-Tetuan-Chefchaouen por carretera 294km
dia 4: Asilah-ZocoHadElGharbia-Tanger por carretera 51km

viaje a (Maroc) Volubilis Meknes Merzouga Fez Chefchaouen en 5 días(diciembre 2006)
dia 1: Tanger Volubilis Meknes por carretera 271km
dia 2: Meknes Merzouga por carretera 454km
dia 3: Merzouga Fez por carretera 484km
dia 4: Fez visita
dia 5: Fez Chefchaouen Tanger por carretra 314km

(Maroc) Rabat Marrakech ValleOurika Tanger en 5 días(abril 2006)
dia 1: Tanger Rabat Marrakech por carretera 570km
dia 2: Marrakech visita
dia 3: Marrakech -ValleOurika por carretera 118km
dia 4: Marrakech visita
dia 5: Marrakech Tanger por carretera 570km

Waypoints

PictographIntersection Altitude 69 ft

6660 desvio

6660

PictographWaypoint Altitude 129 ft

Agadir

Agadir

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,438 ft

Askans

Askans

PictographCastle Altitude 28 ft
Photo ofbaluarte mirador panorámico Photo ofbaluarte mirador panorámico Photo ofbaluarte mirador panorámico

baluarte mirador panorámico

baluarte mirador panorámico

PictographCastle Altitude -5 ft
Photo ofBaluarte Photo ofBaluarte Photo ofBaluarte

Baluarte

Baluarte

PictographIntersection Altitude 254 ft

desvio N1

N1

PictographPhoto Altitude 20 ft
Photo ofEssaouira Photo ofEssaouira Photo ofEssaouira

Essaouira

Essaouira

PictographWaypoint Altitude 4,043 ft

Imouzzer Des Ida Outanane

Imouzzer Des Ida Outanane

PictographRiver Altitude 2,501 ft
Photo ofParadis

Paradis

Intermittent Stream

PictographCar park Altitude 3,178 ft
Photo ofparking cacade Imouzzer Ida Outanane Photo ofparking cacade Imouzzer Ida Outanane Photo ofparking cacade Imouzzer Ida Outanane

parking cacade Imouzzer Ida Outanane

Road

PictographPhoto Altitude -3 ft

Puerto

Road

PictographProvisioning Altitude 3,937 ft
Photo ofrestaurant panoramique Photo ofrestaurant panoramique

restaurant panoramique

1200 m

PictographPhoto Altitude 29 ft
Photo ofSouk Essaouira Photo ofSouk Essaouira Photo ofSouk Essaouira

Souk Essaouira

Souk Essaouira

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,096 ft

Tamanar

Tamanar

PictographWaypoint Altitude 86 ft

Tamri

Tamri

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