Entertainment in The Atlantic Coast
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Taros Café
One of the most atmospheric terraces in Essaouira, and the only real bar, is at the Taros Café, where you can sip your drinks under giant lamps and huddle round your table to fend off the wind whipping up from the sea. The restaurant (mains Dh70 to Dh120) is a bit hit-and-miss for food, but it has live music and belly dancing most nights.
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So
The hippest club in Agadir and one of the most expensive. So is laid out on several levels and includes a champagne bar, vodka bar, live-music stage, restaurant, dance floor and chill-out area. Guest DJs appear on Thursdays. Agadir swingers save this one for the climax of the evening’s entertainment.
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Café Restaurant Bab Laachour
To warm up for an evening out, you could try the terrace at the Café Restaurant Bab Laachour.
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Joya
The beachfront suburb of Aïn Diab is the place to go for late night drinking and dancing in Casa. However, hanging out with Casablanca's beautiful people for a night on the town doesn't come cheap. Expect to pay at least around DH100 to get in and as much again for drinks. Heavy-set bouncers guard the doors and practise tough crowd control - if you don't look the part you won't be getting in. Joya is a popular haunt.
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Aïn Diab
The beachfront suburb of Aïn Diab is the place to go for late night drinking and dancing in Casa. However, hanging out with Casablanca's beautiful people for a night on the town doesn't come cheap. Expect to pay at least around DH100 to get in and as much again for drinks. Heavy-set bouncers guard the doors and practise tough crowd control - if you don't look the part you won't be getting in.
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La Petite Roche
With stunning views across to the Hassan II Mosque, this is another favourite Casa hangout. Littered with pillows thrown across low-level seating and lit by an army of candles, this place has a laid-back but exotic atmosphere. The clientele is not quite as self-consciously cool, or as unruly, as at La Bodéga and the restaurant downstairs serves good tapas, paella and seafood.
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Other than Aïn Diab the only real options are the clubs at the large international hotels. They're pretty predictable places with little atmosphere but they attract plenty of business people and tourists. Prostitutes work all of the clubs, men are always expected to pay for the drinks and women shouldn't expect hassle-free drinking anywhere.
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Le Patio
For something more sultry, the hip bar and restaurant Le Patio is a candlelit den with blood-red furnishings and a black mirror ball. You’ll need to buy some tapas (Dh35) to just sit and drink or you might even be tempted by the whiff of grilled fish coming from the canopied restaurant (mains Dh85 to Dh150).
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La Bodéga
Hip, happening and loved by a mixed-aged group of Casablanca’s finest, La Bodega is essentially a tapas bar where the music (every-thing from Salsa to Arabic pop) is loud and the Rioja (Spanish wine) flows freely. It’s a fun place with a lively atmosphere and a packed dance floor after 10pm.
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Le Trica
This bar-lounge, set over two levels with brick walls and 1960s furniture, is the place to feel the beat of the new Morocco. The atmosphere is hot and trendy at night, stirred by the techno beat and a flow of beer and mojitos (rum cocktails), but things are a lot calmer at lunch.
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Hotel Discos
As the bars start to close around 01:00, Moroccans and tourists move to the Hotel Discos . Entry ranges from around DH50 to around DH150 during weekends, including a drink. During the low season, tourists are often allowed in free of charge and clubs close around 02:00.
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Petit Poucet
A die-hard relic of 1920s France, this strictly male-only bar was where Saint-Exupéry, the French author and aviator, used to spend time between mail flights across the Sahara. Today, the bar is low-key but is an authentic slice of old-time Casa life.
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Papa Gayo
Still one of Agadir’s most popular nightclubs, and well regarded even in fairly respectable Moroccan circles. Dance the night away and chill on the beach.
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Jus al Boustane
Run by a cheerful chap surrounded by piles of fruit, this is a good place to stock up on vitamins with fresh juice near the Lycée Mohammed V.
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Piano Bar
Has a real pianist under the palm trees and some of Agadir’s cheapest beers. Situated in the same complex is also the Irish bar, The Pub.
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Cinéma Lynx
A good option if you don’t want to trek out to Aïn Diab, this spacious and comfortable cinema has an excellent sound system.
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Palace
Ultra-cool - and rich - Moroccans and Saudis on holiday strut their stuff at the Palace - it gets going around 03:00.
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Bar Fly
One of the happening bars of the moment, girls-only on Tuesday night and salsa on Thursday, but drinks are from Dh60.
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Megarama
The plushest cinema in town, this huge complex in Aïn Diab has four comfortable theatres that are usually packed.
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clubs
Agadir has a decent range of clubs, mostly scattered along Blvd du 20 Août, or attached to the big hotels.
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Candy Bar
One of the disco joints along the beachfront is the pastel-coloured pop sensation Candy Bar.
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Hôtel Ouad el-Makhazine
Because Asilah has little in the way of drinking haunts, this may be your best chance if you wish to imbibe.
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Complex Culturel Sidi Belyout
This 200-seat theatre hosts plays (usually in Arabic) and the occasional music recital or dance performance.
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Black House
One of the only real option is clubs at the large international hotels, like Black House.
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Beach Cafés
Sunset Beach and Palm Beach have good Beach Cafés, and the latter stays open till 01:00 in summer.
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