Ouarzazate and Ait Benhaddou from Marrakech Day Trip
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Embark on a captivating day trip from Marrakech to discover Morocco’s legendary kasbahs, Ouarzazate and Ait Benhaddou. Traverse the dramatic landscapes of the Atlas Mountains, winding past timeless Berber villages, to explore the storied ruins of Telouet Kasbah—a former stronghold of the region’s influential Pacha. Continue to the awe-inspiring Ait Benhaddou, a UNESCO-listed gem renowned as a backdrop for epic films and series. Delve into the tales of these ancient fortresses with your guide, uncovering their strategic past and cinematic fame.
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- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- English speaking driver
- Lunch and drinks
- Tipping
- All what is not mentioned
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This experience begins early as we will be leaving Marrakech before 8.00 am and our drive will then take us across the High Atlas Mountains.
The rugged beauty and height of these peaks will have you glued to the window in our minibus as we snake through the mountain roads.
There are several small Berber villages along the route and we will get a chance to stop a take some photographs of the elevated scenery before making our way to the Kasbah Ait Benhaddou. It will be another couple of hours before we reach here but the scenery will remain stunning throughout.
The Kasbah Ait Benhaddou is a fortified village which holds about half a dozen market areas and merchant houses. Our tour around this old building will be guided. Like Ouarzazate – which will be the next stop on this tour – Kasbah Ait Benhaddou is a very popular location for Hollywood film crews and production companies.
You will see exactly why it makes a great setting for a number of films set in biblical times, ancient Arabic legend or movies set thousands of year ago. Sodom and Gomorrah (1963), The Man Who Would Be King (1975) and The Jewel of the Nile (1985) all made use of the ancient fortified village here at Kasbah Ait Benhaddou.
Some of the blockbuster movies shot in this location include the Bond classic Living Daylights (1987), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).
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