Le Jardin aux Etoiles
Riad between Agadir and Taroudant, in southern Morocco
Holiday rental with a resident of Swiss nationality
 Là où se trouvait un villageDisparu à fin 2023 |  Tifnit des pêcheursA la pelote |  CriquesChoisissez-les pour nager à l'abri des grandes vagues |  Petits restaurantsIls ont réapparu sous forme de parasols, de tables et de braseros. |  Tifnit, balade magiqueA deux ou à quatre pattes ! |  Camélidé au bainComme à Ksar Massa, il est possible de se balader à dos de dromadaire pour quelques dizaines de dirhams |
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Tifnit beach: swimming, surfing, walks, fishing and seafood
The surface area of the capital of Souss is comparable to that of Paris, although it is not (yet) entirely built. Since Tifnit is located south of Agadir , we avoid crossing this large area.
Tifnit is a dream place. The partly unsanitary fishing village which had been illegally developed there was destroyed at the end of 2023. Felt like a very deep wound , this destruction heralds the creation of a new “green and sustainable” Souss Massa Park .
L'industrie du tourisme n'a pas encore pris ses quartiers à Tifnit. Profitons-en !
Prendre à droite en direction de Tifnit à la hauteur de Biougra
Sable, eau, rochers : de jolies criques pour se baigner
La présence de ces oiseaux indique que les eaux de Tifnit sont poissonneuses
Les pêcheurs vendent sur place le produit de leur pêche du jour
C'était un village de pêcheurs qui, de loin, avait des allures grecques.
Fishing first
A seawater desalination plant is planned for this location, where a large building has just been built, financed by the “American people”. This fish "landing point" is intended to collect fish products, with a view to their marketing on the markets of the region and their packaging for export. The Kingdom intends to accomplish great efforts to develop its strong potential in this sector.
May the little fishermen take the opportunity to improve their ordinary! Until recently, some of them sold the product of their day at sea at rock bottom prices. Even today, if you know how to do it, you will be able to haggle fish saint-pierre, sea bream, crabs and giant prawns!
Any amateur fisherman can also indulge in its activity by the ocean, in a sublime landscape. Pelote fishing is practiced most frequently.
Un spot moins sophistiqué qu'à Taghazout ou à Banana Beach, au nord d'Agadir
Destiné à mieux commercialiser les produits de la pêche dans les souks de la région, mais aussi à destination de l'exportation
Les eaux marocaines sont très poissonneuses, grâce au phénomène de l'up-welling
Swimming, surfing, walking and animals
Tifnit is a goal of excursion in itself. The first pleasure is that of swimming. Beware, however, of the waves, which can be quite powerful! Your children will be able to paddle in the Atlantic or frankly swim in it in safety as long as you take care to choose a cove or a protected place. On the other hand, the vigor of the ocean makes surfers happy! Conditions here are wilder and less organized thanin Taghazout or in Banana Beach, north of Agadir.
Especially at low tide, the walk along the coast south of the village is magical. Between rocks and fine sand, your steps will take you in half an hour to a rocky outcrop that defines the horizon. It is possible to continue your journey for several more kilometers, if you feel like it. The particularity of this course is to follow a cliff long inhabited by local fishermen. These troglodyte dwellings with the charm of another time presented the risk of collapse. The authorities have therefore closed, prohibited or even destroyed them. But some of these habitats are once again occupied. In defense of the offenders, the view is heavenly! Too bad that here as elsewhere rubbish spoils the beauty of Morocco...
Observe the animals
It is also at Tfinit that you can admirethe breeding animals of the Souss Massa animal park, if you do not intend to visit the park organized through an operator from Agadir. The best way to see gazelles and antelopes is to park to the right along the road before it descends into Tifnit. The fences of the park almost touch the road. You have to be patient and not make noise. No doubt you will be rewarded.
What a scandal, this waste and this pollution!
L'Atlantique amène des cadeaux indésirables...
Vu le chômage endémique au Maroc, ne pourrait-on pas motiver des gens à nettoyer leur pays ?
Un spectacle que l'on n'aimerait pas voir...
Comment dans ces conditions bien profiter du sable et de l'eau ?
The charm of Tifnit, a place of dreams, makes the pollution that one encounters there all the more unbearable. As in many, many places in the Kingdom, there are stumbles on piles of waste which are a scandal.
Plastic bottles and bags, metal cans and leftover food of all kinds litter the ground without the locals moving an eye. As if the difficulties of life made them insensitive to the ugliness they rub shoulders with every day. Shouldn't the endemic unemployment that strikes Morocco encourage the State to organize the permanent cleaning of the country, and in particular of its most touristic places, while occupying people who do nothing, or almost? This in the name of essential ecology, but also of economic interests and better social cohesion.
Grilled lobster at Maxim's
A nouveau disponible !
Quel délice, en entrée !
On peut apporter sa bouteille de vin sans problème.
Tifnit revit à sa manière !
The destruction, at the end of 2023, of the unsanitary village of Tifnit also led to the destruction of small restaurants, made of odds and ends, but with maximum charm, which served fish and seafood of incomparable freshness.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and because we must live well, several of the operators driven from their former artisanal table have resumed their activity in a less structured but just as effective manner. This is how Maxim's, which already delighted its visitors with their feet in the water, in the old village, has resumed service.
Under umbrellas equipped with small tables, it now offers lobsters and fish above the beach, a location from which you can enjoy a magnificent panoramic view. A menu consisting of a Moroccan salad, fish saint-pierre, and sardines and two magnificent grilled lobsters will cost you 380 dh. It's a little more expensive than in the past, but still unrivaled compared to European prices and still just as enjoyable! Tifnit comes back to life, in his own way!
Reservation essential: 06 67 90 97 91
At approximately 55 minutes
from Garden of Stars, if you take the express road that passes through
Al Massira airport
from Agadir, then Sidi Bibi
Takkad Beach: absolute calm and destitution
Takkad Beach is located a few kilometers north of Tifnit Beach. From the express road that leads to Tiznit, you can access it by an asphalt road that you take just before the town of Sidi Bibi coming from the Jardin aux Etoiles.
Takkad is characterized by absolute calm: no café, no fish landing station like in Tifnit. Just a few fishermen's houses in a rather advanced state of disrepair. The destitution is evident.
The beach has retained its natural appearance. You can fish there, walk around, especially at low tide, and swim there. However, pay attention to the height of the waves.
