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Ouarzazate


Opposite the kasbah, this sprawling complex of state-run showrooms (only of few of which seem to be open at any given time) features elaborately woven tapestries, local stone carvings, inlaid daggers, metal lanterns and embroidered linens.

The Coopérative de Tissage is the obvious standout.


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Nearby Ouarzazate attractions

1. Musée de Cinema

0.02 MILES

This small cinema museum is housed in a former studio and exhibits a collection of old film sets, props and cinematic equipment, which visitors are mostly…

2. Taourirt Kasbah

0.09 MILES

Unlike other Glaoui-era kasbahs, Taourirt escaped ruin by moonlighting as a Hollywood backdrop (Sheltering Sky, Gladiator, Prince of Persia) and…

4. Atlas Film Corporation Studios

4.27 MILES

The first ‘Ouarzawood’ studio, established by Mohammed Belghimi in 1983, displays sets and props from movies filmed here, including Jewel of the Nile,…

5. Tifoultoute Kasbah

5.48 MILES

Built in the 17th century and extended by the Glaoui clan in the 18th, this commanding hilltop kasbah has now been converted into a privately owned…

6. Igherm Iqadarne

16.27 MILES

Towering above the village, the ighrane (collective granary) is popular as a tourist site and as a panoramic viewpoint for views of the surrounding…

7. Tamdakhte Kasbah

18.52 MILES

The magnificent unrestored kasbah, a crumbling Glaoui construction still topped by storks' nests, is the centrepoint of Tamdakhte village. There's not…

8. Musée Memoire de Ouarzazate

20.42 MILES

This kasbah-turned-museum showcases the history and traditions of Southern Morocco's Imazighen (Berbers). Anthropologist Abdelmoula El Moudahab will…