Gateway to the Sahara

Ouarzazate

Ouarzazate is the gateway to the Sahara and Morocco's cinematic capital, home to the Atlas Film Studios and Kasbah Taourirt.

A couple walking a lane in Ait Ben Haddou

On the road from Marrakech lies Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO-listed ksar of earthen houses on the old caravan route, used as a backdrop for Gladiator and Game of Thrones. Beyond Ouarzazate the road runs to the Roses Valley, the palm oasis of Skoura and the gorges.

What you'll see in Ouarzazate

  • The ksar of Ait Ben Haddou
  • The Atlas Film Studios
  • Kasbah Taourirt
  • Skoura and the Amridil Kasbah
  • The Roses Valley
  • The Draa Valley and the Kasbah of Tamnougalte

Photographs of Ouarzazate

Journeys through Ouarzazate

Chefchaouen, the Blue Pearl, seen from the hillside above the medina Casablanca airport

14 days · Coast, mountains, cities and dunes

Majestic Morocco

A full loop from Casablanca: north to Rabat, Tangier and the Blue Pearl of Chefchaouen, east to Meknes, Volubilis and Fes, south through the Ziz valley to the Sahara, then back by Marrakech and Essaouira.

Casablanca · Rabat · Tangier · Chefchaouen · Meknes · Volubilis · Fes · Erfoud · Merzouga · Dades Gorge · Ait Ben Haddou · Marrakech · Essaouira · Casablanca

From $17,500

per person · USD

A tent among the dunes of Erg Chebbi at dusk Starts & ends in Marrakech

9 days · High Atlas, kasbahs, Erg Chebbi

Marrakech & the Sahara

Two nights in the Red City, then over the High Atlas to Ait Ben Haddou, the Roses Valley and the gorges, and a sunset camel ride into the Erg Chebbi dunes.

Marrakech · Ait Ben Haddou · Ouarzazate · Dades Gorge · Todgha Gorge · Erg Chebbi dunes · back to Marrakech

From $10,450

per person · USD

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