Ibis Moussafir Ouarzazate

Ouarzazate Practicalities

by amsterdam_vallon

HOTELS AND ALTERNATIVES
Ouarzazate has plenty of hotels, covering all price ranges. And even better, this must be the one place in Morocco where booking ahead is completely unnecessary. There is an disproportionate number of top-end hotels here, but while these never are full, they seldom cut their prices.
During the winter season, remember to ask for extra blankets, as temperatures fall quickly after sunset.

RESTAURANTS AND ALTERNATIVES
Outside the hotels, Ouarzazate offers little in terms of restaurants, and what there is is quite uninspired. For anyone who have already discovered how great Moroccan fast food can be, look out for food stalls in the town market.

SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES
Ouarzazate has a public swimming pool which summer tourists will have good use from. In Ouarzazate you can also hire bikes, such as mountain bikes.

NIGHTLIFE
If there are enough tourists in Ouarzazate some of the better hotels can offer some night life. If there are too few, all that is offered are drinks in the bar.

CHANGE MONEY
All necessary banks, most better hotels change money too.

TRANSPORT
Excellent connections with every possible destination with either bus or taxi. Ouarzazate has also an airport, which has flights (2-3 per week) for Agadir, Casablanca, Marrakech as well as Paris in France.

the cinema museum

by call_me_rhia

Definitely I would not travel to Ouarzazate to visit the cinema museum - nor, for all it matters, travel to this town just for the sake of it. For me, it was just the turnaround point at the end of a very scenic road.

But if you have an hour to kill, then visiting this cinema museum could be quite interesting. You can see some of the sets that were used in several films (which were shot in a different location just a few kilometres outside town), all thrown together in a surreal way.

The kasbah of Ouarzazate

by amsterdam_vallon

Probably one the most beautiful Kasbah you will see.

This Kasbah with exceptional luminosity, natural decorations and labour cost defying any competition: the film-makers precipitate, and follow one another in the area of Ouarzazate.

Ouarzazate

by Lyneke

"Marakesh-Ouarzazate"

We made a one day trip from Marakesh to Ouarzazate with a van. The trip was quite amazing. I never saw such a beautifull scenery before. If once i would go back to Morocco, then it would be to see more of the beautifull landscape.

I can not give you any information about Ouarzazate itself. we visited the kashbah there, but for me, it wasn't very impressive. and it was the only thing we did.