Holidays in Ouarzazate:
The Sahara desert breathes life into otherwise calm and gentle Quarzazate. The magnificence of the Sahara is best experienced at sunset, when sky and earth turn magenta, and the stretch of white land transforms into reddish current. The Sahara has been a historical site that saw many a battle between sultans and conquerors. The vast expanse of sand has been an ironic asset rather than a burden for Quarzazate. From the oases of Skoura, 4000 tons of roses grow with little attendance.

This city of oases and Kasbahs offers the gift of man—a world that has been able to transcend the harshness of nature through man’s intervention. Morocco in Quarzazate is where you find the Lake of the El Mansour Eddahbi Dam, a man-made structure that drove the city to progress and prosperity. There are also the Kasbah Taourirt, small abodes and tall towers that are made of chalk and sand, which make the whole landscape densely antiquated.

The Draa Valley is a prelude to a famous trek to the imperceptible High Atlas. The Sahara is best viewed from the view decks in the Draa Valley and is inviting for a year-round, one of a kind, physical adventure.

The souks of Quarzazate are maze-like and reek of culinary inventiveness, a mixture of the Moorish spices and Hispanic sweets. Wares and pottery are unique, as with the intricately woven textile that are mostly exported as the city’s major product.

Yet the most important and not to be missed sight in old Quarzazate are its legendary movie studios. This is where the memorable Lawrence of Arabia and other movie greats were filmed, with the sub-Saharan desert as the fitting backdrop. The movie studios will make one understand the complexity of filmmaking, especially in the Sahara, and the grandness of producing each movie scene.

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