Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco

Ouarzazate et Aït-Ben-Haddou

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4.4 / 5· HidengoEditor's pick

The notebook of Ouarzazate et Aït-Ben-Haddou

Walk toward a clearer light.

Ouarzazate combines earth architecture and cinema history, between Taourirt kasbah and studios. Aït-Ben-Haddou allows you to travel a ksar inscribed as a World Heritage Site, on an old caravan route. Fint and Tifoultoute complete the stay with landscaped d-oasis and fortified habitat, each requiring a separate exit from the city.

At your own pace

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Identity summary

Ideal duration

3 to 5 days

Best time

Spring · Autumn · Winter

Car

Recommended car

Type of stay

City · Heritage · Countryside · Desert

Accessibility

Variable accessibility

Rhythm

Sweet rhythm

General presentation

Ouarzazate et Aït-Ben-Haddou

To understand what Ouarzazate and Aït-Ben-Haddou are, you must look at Kasbah de Taourirt, Ksar d'Ait-Ben-Haddou and Atlas Corporation Studios. These places give us a view of a territory marked by urban life, heritage, countryside and desert areas and allow us to move from emblematic sites to more intimate stages.

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For a stay of 3 to 5 days, a quiet rhythm works well. Also to be anticipated: opening of kasbahs to be confirmed; shootings likely to alter the routes in the studios. A car is usually the easiest way to connect the different sectors. Accessibility varies from site to site and deserves to be verified step by step.

Strengths and constraints

Strengths

Kasbah de Taourirt
Ksar d’Aït-Ben-Haddou
Atlas Corporation Studios
Oasis de Fint
Kasbah de Tifoultoute

Before you choose

Opening of kasbahs to be confirmed; shootings likely to change the course in the studios.

Places worth visiting

A selection to start dreaming and organizing the stay — not an exhaustive list of everything there is to see.

Heritage

Kasbah de Taourirt

3.8 / 5· Hidengo1 to 3 hrs on site · estimate

The Taourirt Kasbah is a fortified residential complex of Ouarzazate, representative of the land architecture of the South Moroccan. Its discovery must distinguish the monument and its open parts from the inhabited area surrounding it.

Heritage

Ksar d’Aït-Ben-Haddou

4.0 / 5· Hidengo1 to 3 hrs on site · estimate

Aït-Ben-Haddou is a village fortified on land on an ancient caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech. It has been a World Heritage Site since 1987, and is not a single kasbah or cinema-built setting.

Heritage

Atlas Corporation Studios

4.0 / 5· Hidengo1 to 3 hrs on site · estimate

Atlas studios were founded in 1983 west of Ouarzazate. Some film sets remain on site and can include tours, but filming activity and studio layouts are changing what is presented.

Nature

Oasis de Fint

4.2 / 5· Hidengo2 to 4 hrs on site · estimate

The Fint Oasis is located south of Ouarzazate, in a landscape of rocky reliefs and arid spaces. Its villages and cultures allow you to understand a inhabited environment, distinct from the great monumental sites and cinema studios.