Agadir Airport to Tiznit

Tiznit is the silver town and the gateway south — a walled town 95 km below Agadir where Berber silversmiths still work the souk, and where the road to Mirleft, Sidi Ifni and the deeper south properly begins. It's about 80 to 95 minutes from the airport on the fast main road across the Souss plain, one of the easier runs from AGA. There's no train and no direct bus from the terminal, so it's a private transfer or a grand taxi.

Getting there from the airport

Two realistic ways south:

• Private transfer — meets you in arrivals and drives straight to your address inside or near the walls. From about €60 for the car, price fixed before you fly.
• Grand taxi — does the run if you negotiate the fare at the rank, though for 95 km many prefer a fixed price agreed ahead. Agree it before loading.
• Rental car — a good base for the deep south if Tiznit is your jumping-off point for Mirleft, Sidi Ifni or further; the road down is straightforward.

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The silver souk and the walls

Tiznit's name is bound up with silver. Its jewellery souk is the place in Morocco for Berber silver — workshops hammering out bracelets, fibulae and necklaces, much of it still made by hand — and it's a far less touristed place to buy than Marrakech. Around the old town run red-ochre ramparts you can walk, with gates and towers largely intact. A private driver can wait while you explore the walls and the silver quarter, which is plenty for a half-day stop.

The gateway south

For a lot of travellers Tiznit isn't the destination but the hinge — the point where the fast road from Agadir hands over to the quieter coast and desert routes south. The roads to Mirleft and Sidi Ifni branch off here towards the Atlantic, and the deep-south routes towards the Sahara start from the same junction. If you're heading further, it's worth a stop to break the journey before the longer, slower legs beyond.

Carrying on down the coast? Compare the airport to Mirleft run, which turns off the main road just beyond Tiznit. For every route from the terminal and how the providers compare, see the transfers hub.