Self-Launched Agadir, Tafraoute & Sidi Ifni: Anti-Atlas Loop

Land at Agadir Al Massira (AGP) and take the local bus (line 22 or the airport shuttle, ~£2) or a shared grand taxi (~£8 split) into town. Check into a budget guesthouse or hostel in the Talborjt or Marina district — plenty of clean doubles and dorms from £15-25. Spend the afternoon on Agadir Beach, then walk up to the Kasbah Agadir Oufella ruins for the best free sunset view over the bay and port. Dinner in the Talborjt area: grilled sardines, tagine and mint tea for £6-9. Pick up a Moroccan SIM (Maroc Telecom or Orange, ~£8 for 10GB) if you don't have data yet.

🚌Airport bus (~£2) or shared grand taxi (~£8 split); everything else on foot

🛏Budget guesthouse/hostel in central Agadir (Talborjt or Marina district)

• →Agadir Beach
• →Kasbah Agadir Oufella for sunset
• →Talborjt food stalls and medina

Self-guided city day. Start at Agadir's working port and fish market in the morning — go early, it's the real deal and costs nothing to wander. Then visit the Mohammad V Mosque (free entry outside prayer times, modest dress). In the afternoon, take a local bus or taxi out to an argan oil co-operative on the edge of town (the Souk El Had area and nearby co-ops sell direct) to learn about the women's co-operative pressing process — an equivalent to the operator's included argan market visit. Optional: a 1.5-hour Atlantic boat trip from the marina with a local operator, roughly £20-25, or just swim at Agadir Beach. Book your onward transport this evening: the CTM/Supratours bus or a shared grand taxi to Tafraoute leaves early tomorrow.

🚌Local buses/petit taxis around town (~£5)

🛏Budget guesthouse/hostel in central Agadir

• →Agadir port and fish market
• →Mohammed V Mosque
• →Argan oil co-operative visit
• →Optional Atlantic boat trip (~£20-25)

Early start. Take the CTM or Supratours bus from Agadir to Tafraoute (around 3-3.5 hrs, ~£7-9) — the route climbs through argan groves and almond orchards into the Anti-Atlas, with proper windows-out scenery. Alternatively, a shared grand taxi from Agadir's Tafraoute taxi stand costs around £10-12 per seat, or a private grand taxi for the day with a stop at Kasbah Tizourgane near Ait Baha runs £45-60 for the car (split between travellers). If you take the bus, hop off or take a petit taxi to Kasbah Tizourgane, the fortified Berber granary on its rock outcrop — entry is around £2. Arrive Tafraoute, check into a small auberge (pensions from £15-22, like the family-run places on the main square). Afternoon: walk the pink-granite town yourself — the shoe market, the almond-oil stalls, and the almond-blossom valleys if you're here in Feb-March. Optional: hire a bike locally (~£8 for two hours) or take a petit taxi out to the Painted Rocks for sunset. Dinner at an auberge: £6-9.

🚌CTM/Supratours coach Agadir→Tafraoute (~£7-9) or shared grand taxi (~£10-12); petit taxis locally

🛏Small family auberge/pension in Tafraoute

• →Scenic Anti-Atlas drive
• →Kasbah Tizourgane (~£2 entry)
• →Tafraoute shoe market and almond groves
• →Optional bike hire to Painted Rocks (~£8)

Get to the Painted Rocks early — a petit taxi out and back is about £10-12 for the car, or cycle if you hired a bike yesterday. Budget an hour for the boulders and the famous blue rocks, then return to town. Optional 2-hour hike in the granite hills around Tafraoute if you have time. Midday, head down to Sidi Ifni: there's no direct scheduled bus, so either take a shared grand taxi from Tafraoute to Tiznit (~£5-7 per seat, 1.5 hrs) and connect onward to Sidi Ifni (~£3-4), or negotiate a straight grand taxi for £30-40 for the car. Arrive in the wonderfully faded ex-Spanish colonial town, check into a simple hotel (Hotel Safa equivalent or cheaper pensions from £15-22), and walk the Art Deco old town, the lighthouse and the cliff path above the harbour. Dinner: fresh fish for £6-9.

🚌Petit taxi to Painted Rocks (~£10-12 car); grand taxi Tafraoute→Tiznit (~£5-7) + Tiznit→Sidi Ifni (~£3-4)

🛏Simple pension/hotel in Sidi Ifni old town

• →Tafraoute Painted Rocks
• →Optional hillside hike
• →Sidi Ifni Art Deco old town and harbour walk

Take a grand taxi or local bus north to Legzira Beach (~£2-4, 25 min) and walk the sand to see the red sandstone sea arches — the smaller arch collapsed in 2016 but the main one still stands and the beach is one of the coast's best. Continue to Mirleft for a coffee and a swim at the beach (~£3-4 in a shared taxi). From Mirleft, take a shared grand taxi or bus down to Tiznit (~£3-4, 45 min), the walled silver town: spend an hour in the jewellery souk and the Berber silver workshops, plus a cheap lunch of grilled kefta or a tagine (£5-7). Then catch the CTM/Supratours bus or a shared grand taxi back to Agadir (~£5-7, 1.5-2 hrs), arriving late afternoon/early evening in time for onward flights or a last night in town. If you're flying out the same day, allow a buffer — Moroccan road transport runs on its own clock.

🚌Shared grand taxis/buses along the coast: Sidi Ifni→Legzira (~£2-4), Legzira→Mirleft (~£3-4), Mirleft→Tiznit (~£3-4), Tiznit→Agadir (~£5-7)

🛏Not included — onward travel or optional last night in Agadir

• →Legzira Beach sea arches
• →Mirleft beach
• →Tiznit silver and jewellery souk
• →Berber jewellery workshops