Ouarzazate & Atlas Film Studios Day Trip

Punti salienti

• The Tizi n'Tichka pass across the High Atlas, with viewpoints
• Atlas Film Studios and the standing sets on the lots
• The Taourirt kasbah in Ouarzazate
• Aït Ben Haddou on the same route, on request
• Pre-Saharan landscape of earthen towns and palm valleys
• Your own driver for the whole day

Descrizione completa

Ouarzazate sits on the far side of the Atlas where the mountains stop and the pre-Sahara begins, and that position is exactly why the film industry settled here: an hour's drive gives you desert, oasis, gorge and kasbah without leaving the province. The town's studios have hosted large historical productions for decades, and standing sets remain on the lots.

The day crosses the Tizi n'Tichka pass with viewpoint stops, then drops into the southern landscape of flat-roofed earthen towns and palm valleys. You visit the Atlas Film Studios, where the sets are the attraction rather than any pretence of a working tour, and the Taourirt kasbah in town — a real Glaoui-era earthen palace whose narrow passages and rooms show how these buildings functioned.

Aït Ben Haddou is on the same road and can be included, either as a photo stop or as a proper visit to the ksar. Tell us which you want when you enquire, because it changes how long the day runs.

This is a long driving day and we say so plainly. It rewards travellers who want the south without committing to an overnight, and it pairs naturally with our multi-day Sahara routes if you would rather sleep out there.

Itinerario

1. Early morning

   Pickup in Marrakech

   An early collection from your hotel or riad, because this is a long day.

2. Climbing

   Tizi n'Tichka pass

   Across the High Atlas with stops at the viewpoints on the way up and down.

3. Optional

   Aït Ben Haddou

   A stop at the fortified ksar on the road, as a photo stop or a full visit if you asked for it.

4. Late morning

   Atlas Film Studios

   Time at the studios and the standing sets outside Ouarzazate.

5. Midday

   Lunch in Ouarzazate

   A lunch stop in town, paid locally.

6. Afternoon

   Taourirt kasbah

   A visit to the earthen kasbah in the centre of Ouarzazate.

7. Evening

   Return to Marrakech

   Back over the pass to your accommodation.

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