Historic sites

Aït Benhaddou

Morocco Drâa-Tafilalet Ouarzazate

Aït Benhaddou
Photo: Jay Sterling Austin from San Francisco, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A fortified village (ksar) of earthen kasbahs climbing a hill above a river on the old caravan route, a UNESCO site, used in films such as Gladiator and Game of Thrones. Climb to the granary at the top.


It's near Ouarzazate, on the road over the High Atlas from Marrakech.

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