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Taroudannt is 81 km eastern of Agadir and is known as the "Grandmother of Marrakech" or “Little Marrakech”. It is situated east from Agadir on the road to Ouarzazate and south from Marrakech. It is a mainly Berber town with about 30,000 inhabitants.
If you want to get a look and feel for the culture and tradition of Morocco then this is the place to visit as it really is almost untouched. One of the reasons for this is the French didn’t have much of an impact on this town when they colonised Morocco.
It has the feel of a small market town on some caravan route but the souks for instance don’t actually sell much of the traditional wares and instead are geared towards serving the tourist with their usual holiday rot. You can take a trip around the entire town by walking, or taking a horse and carriage, from the top of the wall as they are so strong and wide. Unlike Marrakech, Taroudant contains almost the whole city within its walls.
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