Ouarzazate & Ait Ben Haddou
Region: South
Ouarzazate guards the crossroads where the Atlas meets the desert, and the world's film industry noticed long ago: Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator and Game of Thrones all shot in its studios and surroundings.
The true star is Ait Ben Haddou, a fortified mud-brick village stacked on a hillside above an oasis river — a UNESCO site best seen at first light, before the day-trippers, when the whole ksar glows like baked gold.
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