The kasbahs road

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The kasbahs road

Duration
of Tour
Daytime
Departure
time
07:30
Return
time
19:30
Meeting
place
Hotel
Maximum number
16

Ouarzazate is located on the other side of the Atlas mountain range, a 4 hour drive through splendid mountainous landscapes. It was an essential stopover for caravans coming from Timbuktu, which explains the presence of several kasbahs in this region such as the Kasbah Ait Ben-Haddou declared as an international heritage of humanity by UNESCO.

On the way to Ouarzazate, you cross the Tizi N'Tichka pass where you make a panoramic stop, it is one of the highest peaks in the Atlas with 2,260 meters in height and the only one that we can access by car, it offers a 360° panoramic view of the majestic Atlas Mountains.

The next stop is the Kasbah of Talouet, an 18th century kasbah located in a Berber village which bears the same name. During this stop, we take you to realize an immersion in this authentic Berber village with the possibility of visiting a Berber house before going to the Kasbah to visit and unveil its beauty from the inside.

You continue later towards the kasbah of Ait Ben-Haddou, once there, you directly start a site visit. Lunch in the village of Ait Ben-Haddou, then you continue to the city of Ouarzazate known for an important film production on an international scale, it houses large film studios including the studio that you propose to visit.

In Ouarzazate there is also a famous 17th century Kasbah, Kasbah Taourirte which represents the example of a desert palace, a kasbah in the form of a well-protected and neat labyrinth. A cinema museum is also proposed and that you can visit during your getaway to Ouarzazate, in this museum you find an exhibition of all the productions shot in Ouarzazate with the scenes and materials used in these productions.

NB: During this excursion to Ouarzazate, you cannot unfortunately make all the proposed visits so we invite you to compose your visits, you can choose 4 visits between those proposed.

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This excursion is proposed with drivers speaking different languages (French or Spanish or English), you can choose the desired language when confirming your reservation. To improve the content of this excursion, a guide is highly recommended who will give you more information and explanations and will lead you to the different sites that you will visit except in the cinema studio where the visits are made with a guide of the studio against a tip.

All the services included in this product are mentioned below:

Tourist bus available during the excursion
The pick up from the hotel or the nearest place if you are staying in a riad
Stops in the kasbah of Talouet, the kasbah Ait Benhaddou and in the places of interest of Ouarzazate

Below are the pricing tables of all the services proposed in this product:

Price per adults

1 Person

115,50 €

2 Persons

63,00 €

3 Persons

45,50 €

4 Persons

38,50 €

5 Persons

32,90 €

6 Persons

29,40 €

7 Persons and more

26,60 €

Children's conditions

Children free

Children free with "Shared tour"

Discount per child

-0%

Discount after 7 pers.

-40%

*They are not applied on children if they benefit from a reduced rate.
*They are not applied on accommodation.

Guides rates

Below are the hotels included in each destination by category, in the case of unavailability of one of the hotels mentioned in the program, MY MARRAKECH TOURS undertakes to offer you hotels similar or superior to the chosen category.

Ait Ben Haddou lunch

During the excursion to Ouarzazate, we propose you a lunch in a restaurant in Ait Ben Haddou village with a panoramic view of the kasbah. The menu consists of a Moroccan salad + meat kebabs + vegetable tagine + cinnamon orange, drinks are not included.

For allergy sufferers, please inform us about your allergy in the dedicate in the second step of the Cart.

Options at Ouarzazate

The cinema museum

Located in the city center of Ouarzazate, this museum was first of all a film studio created by Italian film production companies in 1981 on two hectares, it consists of different sets of cult films relating to the history of the Bible. In 2007, the studio was transformed into a cinema museum. Free for children under 7 years old.

Cinema studios

Ouarzazate cinema Studios are very famous in Morocco, during this visit you go to discover the different sets and stages used in major international productions filmed in Ouarzazate... The studio guide is not included, visitors generally leave him a tip.

Taourirt kasbah

A kasbah from the 17th century, it was built on a hill at the crossroads of two rivers, Dadès and Idermi to ensure the safety and protection of the caravans that came or went to Timbuktu. Kasbah Taourirt is built respecting the architecture of the Tuaregs of the Sahara in the form of a labyrinth to ensure also the protection of the Pasha in the event of an invasion, then in the 19th century, the kasbah experienced the construction of its extension by the Glaoui family who ruled southern Morocco at the time.

Access fees do not include the guide.

Below is the excursion itinerary or meeting place for tours and activities that do not include transfers.

Marrakech

200 KM 4:00

Ouarzazate