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Ouarzazate
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Ouarzazate travel guide

Morocco · Top sights · trending spots

Ouarzazate is where the Atlas ends and the desert begins, and where films come to be shot — the studios here are among the largest in the world, and have stood in for Rome, Egypt and Tibet.

Aït Benhaddou, the mud-brick ksar half an hour away, is World Heritage and has appeared in more films than most actors. Beyond it the road runs through the Todra gorge to the dunes at Merzouga.

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Top 4 sights in Ouarzazate

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  1. 1

    Aït Benhaddou

    A fortified village of packed earth on the old caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakesh, World Heritage since 1987. Families have mostly moved across the river, and the ksar earns its keep as a film set.

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    Ksar of Taourirt

    A kasbah in the middle of Ouarzazate, the stronghold of the Glaoui family who controlled the passes and the caravan trade until 1956. It grew into a warren of towers, courtyards and painted rooms.

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    El Mansour Ad Dahbi Reservoir

    A reservoir east of Ouarzazate holding the water of the Draa, and the reason the palm groves downstream survive. Its eastern arm is filled by the river and its western by winter torrents that are dry for most of the year.

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    Kasbah of Tifoultoute

    A kasbah of packed earth eight kilometres west of Ouarzazate, built by the Glaoui and later run as a hotel — the crew filming Lawrence of Arabia were housed in it. Part is ruinous and part restored.

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