Aït Benhaddou is an Ighrem (fortified village), along the former caravan route between the former region of Sudan and Marrakesh in present-day Morocco. Most citizens attracted by the tourist trade live in more modern dwellings in a village on the other side of the river, although there are four families still living in the ancient village.
Inside the walls of the ksar are half a dozen merchant’s houses and other individual dwellings which is a great example of Moroccan earthen clay architecture. Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou also serves as the perfect movie set for famous movies such as Prince of Persia, A Man who would be king, Gladiator, Son Of God, Kundun, and many more.
Ouarzazate is a city south of Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains, known as a gateway to the Sahara Desert. Its huge Taourirt Kasbah, home to a 19th-century palace, has views over the rugged local landscape, which features in several movies. Northwest is the fortified red-earth city of Aït Ben Haddou. Northeast is the rocky Todra Gorge. A road winds southeast through the Draa Valley’s lush palm groves to the desert.
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15 Minutes Before Departure
After breakfast a road trip is going to take you through some of Morocco’s beautiful landscapes, passing via the Atlas Mountains through the high *Tichka Pass*, in the middle of the road you will veer out to take a sideway to visit the very beautiful Kasbah of Telouat, with its ruins that has a very long history to tell and then continue to visit the salt mine, which used by the Subsaharan in the past
we continue our way to join the famous Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou which is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1987, and which serves as a replacement for Jerusalem in so many movies such as “Kingdom of Heaven”. Before the Visit to Kasbah, We will have lunch in the village.
After visiting the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, we will take the road to Ouarzazate, Visit the famous Atlas Studio, Morocco’s biggest studio inviting many international companies to work here. Films such as Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), The Living Daylights (1987), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), The Mummy (1999), Gladiator (2000), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Kundun (1997), Legionnaire (1998), Hanna (2011), The Hills Have Eyes (2006), and Salmon Fishing in Yemen (2011) was shot here, as was part of the TV series Game of Thrones, then we will hit the road inside the town to visit Kasbah of Taourirt.
After a fantastic day trip to Ait Ben Haddou, You will take the road back to Marrakech, drop off your accommodation, and end of service.
