Southern Magic (Mirleft and Leghzira Beach)

Bonjour,

As we traveled deeper into the south of Morocco, we decided not to stay at the big, posh resorts in Agadir (a huge tourist attraction for Europeans) but to make our way to some of the smaller cities further down the coast.

After a minor mishap with our first reservation, we ended up at a B & B in Mirleft, near the Leghzira beach.

Leghzira is famous for its sea-carved arches along the shore.


But before long, we suspect that Mirleft will be completely developed. It is so beautiful, with the prettiest beaches we've seen in Morocco.

These women were watching the sunset just above the beach by our B & B.


And this was the view, from earlier in the day, from the windows of our B & B.

The B & B is run by Sally, an Englishwoman, who is quite a character and a lot of fun (I could imagine her as a sea captain or a pirate or something 200 years ago). Sally really couldn't have picked a better setting for her house.

Here are some photos of the beach right below her place, as we took a walk at sunset.

When we weren't out playing on the beach, we were having very good meals at Sally's, on the beach, or at the local restaurant, or competing in some pretty intense Jenga games.

Despite a whole lot of trash talk, guess who didn't win?

With a new speedy autoroute that runs all the way from Agadir to Rabat, you can drive to Mirleft, past Agadir and well into southern Morocco, in only about 7 1/2 hours.

We want to go back, if we can squeeze it in among our other adventures...

A bientot,

Kim