Marrakech to Dades Valley via Ait Benhaddou and Ouarzazate
Drive into the High Atlas Mountains from Marrakech.
Arrive at the Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou, a fortified village classified by UNESCO as one of the world's cultural treasures and a backdrop for many Hollywood movies and series such as Game of Thrones, Gladiator, and Lawrence of Arabia. The kasbah was also an important fortress stronghold on the old caravan routes from the Sub-Saharan countries to Marrakech.
Continue to the city of Ouarzazate and visit Kasbah Taourirt and the cinema studios, if you prefer.
Then continue along the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs to reach Dades Valley via the Skoura Oases, the city of roses, and Berber villages along the way.
Overnight in Dades Gorges. (HB)