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A blend of silence and beauty, Ouarzazate seems to emanate from the depths of the earth and offers a variety of landscapes so indescribable. They bowl you over. You can admire the Merzouga Desert, the Draa Valley, Todra Gorges, Dades Gorges, Tichka Pass, Tinerhir Palm-grove or Fint Oasis.

The Draa and Dades Valleys offer the most beautiful examples of this land architecture. Amongst them, the Tiffoultoute Kasba situated 5 km to the north of Ouarzazate. Built over two and a half centuries ago, has been transformed into an inn. The most photographed of the kasbahs Ait Benhaddou, a grandiose site looking like a giant sand castle, has attracted a succession of film directors. It has recently been classed as a Unesco heritage site. You can also admire the Taourirt Kasba which is still inhabited.

At the crossroads of Berber and Sahara cultures, this region has not ceased to be a magnet for dozens of years for outdoor film-shoots in warm climates. The re-enactment of fiction is enhanced within these landscapes and so, has seduced many generations of producer and directors from Orson Welles to Pasolini, David Lean, Michael Douglas, Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott among many others.

Ouarzazate is the nerve-centre of a vast region which contains incomparable natural splendour and is situated at the meeting point of 2 rivers: Ouarzazate valley and Dades valley , which in turn form Draa valley, the longest river in Morocco.

Whilst the Draa valley begins in Ouarzazate, it remains invisible for over 60 kilometres. Carving its way to Agdz some 50 km away only to discover the river course and the beginning of its palm plantation.