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Miami Plage
The largest beach club in Aïn Diab is Miami Plage, which has basketball courts, beach umbrellas, a swimming pool and a restaurant and bar.
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Zawiya Moulay Ali Ash
About 2km to the southeast of Rissani is this cheering yellow shrine, open to non-Muslims, and built to honour the Alawite dynasty’s founder.
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Iglesia de Bacturia
This Roman Catholic church was built in 1926 and is still active. We cant think of another place in Morocco where church bells sound the hour.
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Ksar Tinheras
Back on the road, you’ll continue past another group of ksour, some of which are still inhabited by the Filali. This one’s a standout for views.
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Andalusian Gardens
These gardens, laid out by the French during the colonial period, occupy the grounds of Kasbah des Oudaias and make a wonderful shady retreat.
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Aplanos Gallery
Belgian painter Anne-Judith Van Loock created this gallery with her Moroccan husband Ahmed Benraadiya, where foreign and local artists can exhibit.
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Ancienne Talborjt
The grassy area below the kasbah covers the remains of old Agadir town and constitutes a mass grave for all those who died in the 1960 earthquake.
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Plaza de los Reyes
With its green triumphal arch (inscribed ‘a monument to coexistence’) and fountain, this plaza borders the twin-towered yellow Iglesia de San Francisco .
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Vallée des Oiseaux
A leafy city-centre retreat in the dry riverbed running down from Blvd Hassan II to Blvd du 20 Août, with a shaded children’s playground, aviary and small zoo.
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Dar Azaafaran
This modern information centre is devoted to lor rouge, with a small museum, saffron for sale by local cooperatives and a display of the current going rate.
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Casbah de la Cigogne
South of the square, through the medina, is this 17th-century fortification built by the Spaniards under Philip III. Unfortunately, the building is not open to visitors.
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Jewish School
Just south of Bab Merba, this former Jewish school with its own prayer room is now closed. Knock and the guardians will probably let you in for a small donation.
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La Princière Salon de Thé
Impressive facades line both sides of Rue Indriss Lahrizi. Check out the prize piece, La Princière Salon de Thé, easily recognised by the huge stone crown on the roofline.
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Tamdaght Kasbah
A less retouched kasbah can be found 7km north along the tarmac from Aït Benhaddou: the Tamdaght kasbah , a crumbling Glaoui fortification topped by storks’ nests.
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Museo de Ceuta
This ageing municipal museum has a small collection showing the peninsula’s pre-Spanish history, with all labels in Spanish. The temporary exhibitions are of more interest.
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Place al
During Moroccan holidays, the grand place is like Marrakeshs Djemaa el-Fna in miniature, with storytellers, snake charmers, escapologists and performers working the crowds.
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Musée du Patrimoine Amazigh
With an excellent display of Berber artefacts, especially jewellery, the museum is a great place to learn about the traditional life and culture of the regions Berber people.
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Cascades
A 1.5km walk west of town are the Cascades, a modest waterfall. Follow the signs from Ave Moulay Hassan around Al-Qala’ (a semifortified village) and along the river’s lush valley.
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Villa des Arts
Located in a converted art deco building with a pleasant garden near the Parc de la Ligue Arabe, this gorgeous 1930s gallery holds exhibitions of contemporary Moroccan and international art.
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Terrasse des Paresseux
The aptly named Terrasse des Paresseux provides sweeping views of the port and, on a clear day, Gibraltar and Spain. A set of ancient cannons faces the bay, symbolically warding off usurpers.
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