Ait-Ben-Haddou - City Tour
- 1–3 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 4 languages
- Private tour
Highlights
Ait ben Haddou is more than just a film set, though; it is a ksar, a fortified village whose history goes back almost a thousand years, although the maze of narrow and crenulated towers you see these days are mainly from the 17th century. As a strategic stop for caravans of camels, often numbering hundreds, on the trans-Saharan trade route from the Sudan to Marrakech carrying gold, silver and slaves and returning with salt, it would have been a thriving town, home to thousands. As well a private homes – everything from small palaces to modest one-room dwellings – there were communal areas including a public square, a mosque, a caravanserai to house those travelling with the caravans, grain threshing areas outside the ramparts, a fortified granary ( agadir) at the top of the village, the last redoubt in time of invasion, and two cemeteries, Muslim and Jewish.. With me you will see and feel more.....:)
Inclusions
What's included
- Coffee and/or Tea
What's not
- Private transportation
- transportation to the start point is not include, we can arrage that
Itinerary
Visite the Kasbah of Ait ben haddou, the most important stops of the old caravans, between the desert and the north.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Its just in the entrance of the village of Ait ben haddou, the tour starts at 10h00.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Ait Ben Haddou Guided TOUR
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
How it compares in Ouarzazate
- Its from-price is 86% below the median of the 110 experiences we list in Ouarzazate.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 34 of 110.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Ouarzazate
Ouarzazate is a kasbah town in southern Morocco at the foot of the High Atlas, known as a gateway to the desert and a centre of film-making.
Ouarzazate lies on a high, dry plain south of the High Atlas, where the road over the Tizi n'Tichka pass from Marrakech meets the valleys that lead on to the Draa and the Dades. The Taourirt Kasbah, a sprawling mud-brick fortress of the Glaoui family, stands beside the old town, with painted ceilings and narrow rooms. The wide avenues of the newer town are quiet, and the Atlas Mountains make a snow-capped backdrop in winter.
Top-ranked sights in Ouarzazate: Kasbah Amridil, Atlas Film Studios.
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