Golf in Agadir: Atlantic sunshine and clifftop golf at Tazegzout

Agadir offers mild weather all year, a long beach and courses within half an hour of each other, led by Kyle Phillips's Tazegzout above Taghazout Bay.

If Marrakech is Morocco's golf capital, Agadir is its most relaxed golf resort. The Atlantic keeps the temperature remarkably steady, with average daytime highs of around 20°C in January and 26°C in midsummer. The courses sit in a tight cluster behind the beach, plus one spectacular outlier to the north.

The courses

Tazegzout. This is the headline. Kyle Phillips routed it through argan trees on the hills above Taghazout Bay, around 20 minutes north of Agadir, and the closing holes play over rocky ravines and along a cliff edge high above the ocean. It's hilly, so book a buggy. The Fairmont Taghazout Bay and the other resorts there are minutes away.

Golf du Soleil. A large, established complex south of the city, landscaped with lakes, flowers and eucalyptus. It's forgiving, well kept and easy to fit into any day.

Golf Les Dunes. Cabell Robinson's 27 holes, laid out as three loops of nine through eucalyptus and water. The Red loop is generally reckoned the toughest.

Golf de l'Océan. The newest of the corridor courses, opened at the end of the 2000s, with three loops of nine holes and a big clubhouse terrace for the 19th hole.

Agadir also has Royal Golf Agadir and the Robert Trent Jones-designed Golf du Palais Royal. Access to the Palais Royal course can be limited, so ask us.

A typical Agadir week

Three or four rounds over five to seven nights works well:

Golf du Soleil to start, close to the beach hotels.
Tazegzout mid-week: give it a morning when the light on the bay is at its best.
Les Dunes or Golf de l'Océan for variety.
A day off for Paradise Valley in the Atlas foothills, the walled market town of Taroudant, or surfing at Taghazout.

The corridor courses are 10 to 30 minutes from the hotels, and Tazegzout is about the same from the city centre.

When to go

Agadir works all year. The main season for visiting golfers runs from November to April, but summer is pleasant too, with sea breezes keeping it far cooler than Marrakech, and the courses are noticeably quieter then.

Combine it with Marrakech or Essaouira

Agadir pairs well with a few nights in Marrakech, about three hours' drive away, or with Essaouira and Golf de Mogador up the coast. Ask us for a two-centre trip and we'll arrange the transfer between them.

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