2 Best Sights in The Great Oasis Valleys, Morocco

Once a Glaoui palace, the Kasbah Taourirt is the oldest and finest building in Ouarzazate. This rambling edifice was built of pisé (a sun-dried mixture of mud and clay) in the late 19th century by the so-called Lords of the Atlas.

It is worth hiring a guide at the entrance to take you around for about 100 DH.

The truncated pyramidal towers and bastions of the Ksar Igdâoun are visible 15 km (9 miles) past the turnoff onto Route 6956/R108 to Tazzarine. There used to be three gates to the ksar: one for Jews; one for other people who lived nearby; and one for the local governor.