Ait Benhaddou kasbahs by angiebabe
30 km out of Ouarzazate towards Marrakech is the ksar - fortified village - of Ait Benhaddou. This impressive conglomeration of kasbahs and granary has since been made a unesco heritage site and has been a site used for some well known movies such as Gladiator and Laurence of Arabia. Several families still live within the ksar.
10 dirham entry fee and the village can be explored without a guide. There is a house that charges 5 dirham entry to see where Gladiator had been made but there didnt really seem to be anything of obvious to the movie but provides further viewing into a residential area behind closed doors.
you can wander your way up the lanes and stairways up to the old granary on top of the hill for excellent views and photos over the village and valleys beyond.
