Agadir Airport arrival guide: from landing to driving away

• Add your flight number to your booking. We follow the flight and adjust the meeting time if it lands early or late.
• Save our WhatsApp number. It is the quickest way to reach the person meeting you.
• Download an offline map of the Agadir region. Mobile data from home can be expensive in Morocco.
• Pack your driving licence and passport in your hand luggage, not in the hold.
• The dirham is a closed currency, so you normally can't buy it before you travel. Plan to get cash after landing.

After you leave the plane you go through passport control, then collect your bags and walk through customs. On a quiet evening this takes 20 minutes. When several flights from Europe land together, mostly on weekend afternoons in winter, the passport queue alone can take longer, so don't worry if you are slow to come out: we know where your flight is.

Keep the address of your first night to hand. The police officer at passport control may ask where you are staying.

The arrivals hall has cash machines and exchange desks. Take out some dirhams even if you pay us by card: motorway tolls, parking attendants, cafés and small shops often take cash only.

Phone operator kiosks in arrivals usually sell tourist SIM cards with data. Bring an unlocked phone and your passport, which is needed to register the card. A local number makes WhatsApp calls and maps on the road much cheaper.

1. 1

   Walk out of arrivals

   Your driver stands at the exit of the arrivals hall holding a sign with your name. If you can't see the sign, send us a WhatsApp message.

2. 2

   Short walk to the car park

   The car is parked a few minutes away. We bring the child seat or fit the surf rack if you booked one.

3. 3

   Look the car over together

   We walk around the car with you and photograph any marks, the fuel level and the kilometres, so both sides have the same record.

4. 4

   Paperwork and payment

   You sign the rental agreement and pay in cash or by card. Nothing is blocked on your card.

The whole handover takes about 15 minutes. More about the service on our car hire Agadir Airport page.

Agadir centre, Marina, Founty

≈ 25 km · 25 min

Anza and Aourir

≈ 35 km · 35 min

Tamraght

≈ 40 km · 40 min

Taghazout

≈ 45 km · 45 min

Taroudant

≈ 65 km · 1 h

Marrakech, by the A7 motorway

≈ 270 km · 3 h

Leaving the airport, follow the signs for Agadir. The road is mostly dual carriageway and runs through Ait Melloul and Inezgane, two busy market towns where grand taxis stop suddenly and carts share the road. Take it slowly there, especially at rush hour.

For Tamraght and Taghazout, carry on through Agadir and take the coast road north past Anza and Aourir. If you would rather not drive on your first evening, we can deliver the car the next morning instead: see car hire in Taghazout and car hire in Tamraght.

We meet every flight, including the ones that land after midnight. Main roads between the airport and Agadir are lit, but side streets and the coast road beyond Aourir are not. If your hotel is in a narrow street or up a hill, share its location with us on WhatsApp and we will tell you where to park.

• Message us the day before with the time you will reach the airport. We meet you at the departures drop-off.
• Plan to arrive 2 to 3 hours before an international flight. Bags are screened at the terminal entrance, then again after check-in.
• Bring the car back with the same fuel level as at pick-up. There are fuel stations along the airport road.
• We check the car together against the photos from day one, and you walk straight into the terminal.
• Change leftover dirhams before passport control and keep your exchange receipts.