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Ouarzazate

 
 

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Ouarzazate

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Ouarzazate Ouarzazate, 'The Door of the Desert' A stopover city before the desert, Ouarzazate itself doesn't really have anything of interest to offer its visitors. The surroundings are worth a peak though. © Reimar Gaertner - age fotostock

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  • Ouarzazate, 'The Door of the Desert'
  • The Ouarzazate fields
  • Sunset in Ouarzazate
  • Nightfall in Ouarzazate
  • Film studios
  • Spices

At the crossroads between the Drâa, Dades and Ziz valleys, Ouarzazate is the last big city you have to stop to before taking the road to the oases toward the deep south. Despite its former status of garrison town founded in 1928, it houses the impressive Taourirt kasbah with crenellated rammed earth towers owned by Glaoui. This chief of the Glaoua tribe, known as the Pasha of Marrakech, ruled all of southern Morocco. Get lost in the apartments and admire the last two stucco-decorated and cedar wood ceiling halls. People still live in it. 19 miles away, the Aït Benhaddou village is like a sand castle placed in an almond tree field. This amazing site, one of the most exceptional in southern Morocco features among Unesco's World Heritage. Do not miss it for any reason whatsoever, preferably at sunrise.

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