Tourism in Zagora
Zagora is a Moroccan city in the province of Zagora, located in the southeastern part of Morocco. The city of Zagora is considered a tourist city, but it has not yet been able to live up to the required level in the tourism sector due to its lack of infrastructure. It is famous for its pottery, and its dates are of good quality, but palm trees have been neglected and suffer from Bayoud disease, which was first discovered in Draa in 1870. The region lost its beauty and its main resource, and it became necessary to find solutions to this crisis. Zagora has 307,306 inhabitants (according to the 2014 census).
Tourist Activities
Most tourists visit Zagora as part of a trip to the desert on their way to Arg Chigaga. You can also arrange desert day tours (either by 4×4 car or on camel) to see the splendid views around you and explore traditional Berber villages. Morocco's longest river - the Draa - preserves the freshness of green plants in the Draa Valley around it, and the cultivation of dates and the historic Kasbah buildings there are among the biggest attractions.
Zagora Market
Held on Wednesdays and Sundays, the city market features vendors from all over the region, who congregate to sell everything from local vegetables and live animals, to clothing, jewelry and traditional handicrafts.
Timbuktu banner
There is a famous handmade mural on the western side of the city bearing the words “Timbuktu 52 days”, from this point on, camel caravans in the past took 52 days to reach the famous city of Timbuktu in Mali.
Museum of Arts and Traditions in the Draa Valley
The Museum of Arts and Art Traditions is located in the Valais region of Zagora. Make the Museum of Arts and Artistic Traditions in the Valais region the most important stop on your itinerary to Zagora
Festivals and events
Castle Mgouna is living these days in the rhythm of preparation for the 53rd session of the Rose Festival, which will start its activities on Thursday, May 07, until the 10th of it. It combines tradition and modernity, revived by a number of famous local and national singing voices, such as the artist Mustafa Amkil, Aisha Tachnoit and Fatima Samar.
The Siham and Ankmar group, in the context of openness to various artistic forms and within the framework of a participatory approach that relies on integrating all local and national events in enriching the general program of the festival. Thus, the event will be an opportunity to highlight the richness and diversity of the ancient Moroccan culture, while giving the region's youth the opportunity to highlight their cultural and artistic qualifications. They will also have the chance to approach the stars to gain more experience in the artistic field.
Moulay Sufi season Abdelkader Jilali
He is Abu Muhammad Abdul Qadir bin Musa bin Abdullah. He is known and nicknamed in the Maghreb heritage as Sheikh Boualem Al-Jilani, and in the Mashreq Abdul Qadir Al-Jilani, and he is also known as “Sultan of the Guardians.” He is a Sufi imam and Hanbali Shafi’i jurist. Taj Al-Arifin, Mohieddin and Qutb Baghdad. It belongs to the Qadiriyah Sufi way.
Nomads Festival
Held every year in a nearby village called Mhamid El Ghizlan, this cultural festival celebrates the nomadic Bedouin lifestyle of the Berbers of the Draa Valley. Many tribes gather for music and dance performances, poetry recitations, handicraft workshops, and storytelling events. There you can try local dishes and bet on camel races. The festival lasts for three days and is usually held in March or April.
Food and drinks
There are many different restaurants in Zagora, but most of them serve the same food: authentic Moroccan dishes and dishes related to the nature of the Mediterranean peoples. There is the perfect place to try delicious pastilla, couscous and grilled meat dishes, as well as delicacies such as tagine kofta (stewed meat balls) and Moroccan salad (made of fresh tomatoes, onions and peppers). Marwa Restaurant and Villa Zagora are two of the best restaurants in town, the former being located on the main street and with a reputation for serving large quantities of food at reasonable prices and friendly service.
sand boarding
You may enjoy scuba diving in the sea, fly to the mountains of Switzerland for skiing, and look for healing tourism in the Italian islands, but the pleasure of tourism is discovery. In Morocco, all these pleasures meet in addition to skiing and treatment with the desert sands, which gives you the pleasure of contemplating its moonlit nights.
It is moved by dunes and sand hills in its movements reminding you of the moving sea waves, hot sand. The process of burial is done inside it by experts from the region and after the tourist who wants to undergo that bath, which they consider a cure for incurable diseases such as rheumatism, in addition to the pleasure he finds in the method of burial under the sand and the method taken in the photo. The hole after leaving the hole, leaving a wet place with a group of toxic deposits, and this goes through medical examinations so that the tourist does not suffer complications resulting from the high temperature.
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