 Several places along the shore are associated with legends of the neighboring peoples.The local population considers the bay of Sidi Akacha sacred for example, and for about a decade was frequented by armed terrorists because of its isolation and rugged forested terrain The forest, extensive along this part of the coast, is greatly admired with a very rigorous asceticism.A number of mausoleums host brilliant fantasia, as in Sidi Boufernana every year.