Local life
A Day With the Locals from Taghazout: Berber Home and Tagine
From the village we start a little earlier for the souk and the drive inland. Bread from a wood oven, a tagine you help cook, and lunch in a family house.
- Duration
- Approx. 8 hours
- Languages
- English / French
- Getting there
- Hotel pickup
- Group size
- Up to 30 people
The experience
About this trip
We pick you up in Taghazout earlier than the Agadir hotels, since the souk and the village both lie inland. From there the day is the same one.
You shop together for what is in season, then drive out to a village at the foot of the High Atlas. In the family house there is the Berber breakfast of mint tea, bread, honey, argan oil and amlou, and then the cooking: wood for the oven, vegetables peeled, tagines built, bread baked.
While it cooks you see the village, including the old medersa with its classrooms and dormitory. Lunch is what you helped make, eaten at the family table. There is time afterwards to walk before the drive back to the coast.
Why this one
Highlights
- Pickup in Taghazout, ahead of the city hotels
- Shopping at the souk for the day's food
- Berber breakfast with amlou and argan oil
- Bread baked in a wood oven, tagine cooked from scratch
- The village medersa and its old classrooms
- Lunch at the family table
Your day
How the day runs
09:00 Pickup
We collect you from your hotel and drive to the souk.
09:30 The souk
Shopping together for whatever the season and the region have to offer.
10:00 Toward the village
The drive out, with a photo stop and some background on the region.
11:30 Arrival
Visit to the Berber house and the breakfast ritual of mint tea, bread, honey and amlou.
12:00 Firewood and the oven
Collecting wood to light the traditional oven, for anyone who wants to join in.
12:30 Cooking
Vegetables peeled, tagines built, bread baked in the oven.
13:00 The medersa
The old village school: classrooms, dormitories and the dining room.
14:00 Lunch
Moroccan salad, meat tagine with vegetables, fruit and water, eaten in the family house.
15:00 The village
Time to walk, meet people and look over the landscape.
17:00 Return
Back at your hotel.
What is included
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off (Agadir, Taghazout & Tamraght)
- Transport for the day
- Guide for the day
- Berber breakfast
- Lunch in the family house
- Visit to the village and the medersa
Not included
- Extra drinks
- Personal purchases at the souk
What to bring
- Comfortable shoes
- A hat or cap
- Sun cream
- A camera or phone
- An appetite
- Cash if you want to buy at the souk
Know before you go
- Around eight hours, 09:00 to 17:00
- You are welcome to help cook, but nothing is compulsory
- Not suitable for wheelchairs; the village ground is uneven
- Breakfast and lunch are both included
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
What time is pickup?
Around 08:15 from the village, before we collect in Agadir.
How long is the day?
About nine hours from Taghazout, including the drive inland and back.
Do I have to help cook?
No. It is voluntary, and the meal is the same either way.
What is for lunch?
Moroccan salad, a meat tagine with vegetables, fruit and water. Vegetarian tagines on request.
Is it accessible?
Not for wheelchairs. The village paths are uneven.
Are children welcome?
Yes, and they tend to get stuck into the bread oven.
Ready when you are
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