Ouarzazate, Morocco

Hello again dear friends ! Today i will be taking you to a little ( but oh so traditional ! ) city.
So many people were waiting for this article as they kept sending me questions about what to do there ? what to see ? where to stay ? how was the weather ? how was the road ? and on and on and on.. So here it is FINALY ! Enjoy... :)


Ouarzazate's trip was a 7 hours one. Many of you will scowl at the idea of being in a car for this long but if you are like me and you live for Road Trips you will enjoy it as if it was only a 2 hours ride ! The scenery was soo entertaining and enjoyable ! and we of course made some stops at some little villages with weird names but charming people to eat a bite and by bite i mean a TAJINE ! ( You guys know now how i LOVE tajines ^^ ).
But if you're definitely not the type of person that will take a 7 hours Roadtrip no matter what, there is a flight that can take you there in no time !

Tizin Tichka's Mountains, Morocco

Tizin Tichka's village, Morocco


Ouarzazate's road, Morocco

Agouim's village Tajine
 Then we finaly arrived to our charming Riad at the heart of Ouarzazate...






Once rested, it was time for a photoshoot of course !
Then sunset time came and let me show you how FASCINATING Ouarzazate's sunset is from our room..







Once night time came, all the traditional lamps were illuminated and it was magical..






I don't even know from where to begin describing to you the Riad's Chef's food ! It really was a nice surprise for us. All his dishes were SO DELICIOUS and delicate and beautiful !




The next day we went exploring the unavoidable Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou where some episodes of Game of Thrones were filmed. This Kasbah is formed of Mud Houses, called " Tighremt " in Berber language and Kasbah in Arabic. These houses are gathered around a central courtyard surmounted by corner towers. Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou respresent the typical Architecture of the Traditional Moroccan South and is listed as a World Heritage of UNESCO.

Ouarzazate is the Cinematic city of Morocco as big number of big movies were filmed there such as :
* Gladiator
* Prince of persia
* Kingdom of heaven
* Babel
* Alexandre
* Game of thrones
* The man who wanted to be king
* The Mummy
etc...

Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, Ouarzazate, Morocco

Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, Ouarzazate, Morocco

Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, Ouarzazate, Morocco 

Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, Ouarzazate, Morocco

Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, Ouarzazate, Morocco


Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, Ouarzazate, Morocco

Inside of the Kasbah we found some lovely craft shops where you can buy your souvenirs..





What the houses inside the Kasbah looks like...


Ancient Moroccan kitchen




Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, Ouarzazate, Morocco
After seing this inescapable monument, we went discovering the CLA STUDIOS and the ATLAS CORPORATION STUDIOS. The two studios where all the movies i listed above ( and more ) were filmed.
The entry is only 40 and 50dhs respectively. These studios are filled with movie sets decors used in many movies and that remained there after the end of the filming.







The Carts that has been used in the movie GLADIATOR

Movie set of  KUNDUN movie

Movie set of the Mummy 




Movie set of KINGDOM OF HEAVEN 
Movie set of Asterix & Obelix Mission Cléopatre movie







Movie set of GLADIATOR 

Movie set of GLADIATOR 
The next morning we woke up, took our breakfast then it was time to hit the Road again back to Casablanca..


My Morocco's beautiful Roads
Ouarzazate is 439km away from Casablanca, and 200km away from Marrakech by car.
xo, Moroccan Road Tripper

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