Ouarzazate

Pronounce the name Ouarzazate and Europeans have visions of holidays in the sun... It is true that this ancient garrison town has an exceptional location : it is situated on a vast desert plateau, where the temperature can reach 45°C in the summer. What a contrast with the nearby snow-covered peaks of the High-Atlas mountains ! These provide Ouarzazate with splendid surroundings, which have made the town very demanded by film directors. Many historical reconstitutions have been shot in the region. However, Ouarzazate owes its tourist success to the quality of its hotel complex. The state-of-the-art infrastructures have made the town an ideal stopping place for all visitors to the magnificent Dadès and Draa valleys. The oases and mountains in the Ouarzazate region conceal many treasures. The ksurs (fortified villages) and kasbahs (citadels), with their cob walls, are splendid architectural vestiges of the Great South which will carry you into a different world.