A group DE buildings DE earth surrounded DE walls, the ksar is a traditional pre-Saharan habitat. The houses cluster within its defensive walls reinforced by corner towers. Ait-Ben-Haddou, located in the province DE Ouarzazate, is a striking example DE the architecture of southern Morocco.

Tizi-n’Tichka refers to both a road that crosses the High Atlas between Marrakech and Ouarzazate (198 kilometers) and a mountain pass DE located at an altitu DE of 2,260 meters.

Built EN 1983, 3 km west DE Ouarzazate, the Atlas Studios are a hotspot DE the global film industry. The natural setting of the site, the large number of available workers on site and the diversity and quality of facilities and equipment contributed to the success of Atlas Studios. DE many very famous films have been shot there: Lewis Teague’s Le Diamant du Nil, Ridley Scott’s Gladiator DE Ridley Scott, Tony Scott’s Spy Game, Asterix et Cleopatra by Alain Chabat, Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven DE La Colline a DE yeux by Alexandre Aja, Indigènes DE Rachid Bouchareb, Babel by Alejandro González Iñárritu and Prince of Persia by Mike Newell.