At the foot of the south comes out the majestic Ouarzazate, mixed up by oasis, the Kasbahs and the flourishing valleys.
A vast deserted plateau that attracts tourists from different nationalities. At the shadow of the palm trees, Ouarzazate is settled in front of huge rock swept by al the winds of the Sahara. Sure the temperature can easily reach 45°C in the summer or just beside, we can admire the snowy peaks of the High Atlas. Also it profits by the contrast to attract a lot of visitors: some cineastes, some tourists are fanatics of adventures, some writers looking for the serenity and the tranquillity, and those who only want to spend beautiful holidays.
Ouarzazate has a very important infrastructure: Many holidays’ clubs, luminous hotels, rent car agencies, travelling agencies, golf clubs, a Palace of Congress and an international air port.  Moreover, it is the crossing point of numerous relays, marathons…
Ouarzazate is also the Hollywood of Morocco. It has many cinema studios from which we can state « the Atlas Corporation Studio » and studio « Kanzaman » these latter are not accessible to tourists in shooting times.

The oasis the mountains around Ouarzazate enclose the real marvels. The Kasbahs, with their splendid architecture, their walls and their big towers will take you to a world where time seems to stop.

Ouarzazate: Gorges, Valleys and Palmeraies

The Gorges, The Valley and the Oued of Todra:
The gorges of Todra are high cliffs (max = 300 m). With a "normal" car, we can easily get into the gorges on a good and straight road until we find a river which we pass carefully. Then the road is made of soil and stones. There is a hotel and a restaurant at the foot of the highest cliff. It’s from there that climber start the climb with their climbing equipment, the assault from the cliff is very beautiful.

The Valley of Todra:
Oasis that happen as a green ribbon along deserted places, on 20 kilometres long and an average of 1 to 2 kilometres. Situation of the Valley: The limits of the valley are from the north, the Big Atlas, the ceiling and the valley of the Oued Imider; from the South the oriental part of the Jbel Saghro on the East the oriented chanes of the North South of the Bou Touri, the Jbel Tisdafin and the Ferkla.
The Oued of Todra:
The Oued Todra is one of the Oueds that is straight from the Cheris, it changes its name in its inferior part and take that of the districts it crosses, the ferkle, before throwing itself to the Cheris. The Todra Oued descended from the Great Atlas and is alimented in its high part by numerous sources and never lacks water. At least in its middle Valley.
Description of the Oued:
the oued Todra has limpid water in an agreeable taste, its bed is never marked; a big number of diverted cannons give in all times an abundant irrigation to the plantations that borders it. During the inferior part of its run it crosses the inferior stage of the plain, it pours in the middle of a canyon of about 1,000 meters of wideness separated from the neighbouring fields from 8 to 10 meters. The depths of the canyon are made of sand and covered by the palm trees: it’s the heart of the oasis… in the part where it crosses the superior stage; the Oued digs a Valley with a little curve. Having a dept of 1,200 to 1,500 meters of large. At the time when the snow melts down the Oued Todra so strong overcomes the boundaries of Testafit. It follows its flow across the plain in a bed which all along the year is nothing but a path full of galets. So during only few days the Oued Todra and the Oued Ferkla become one big river. The Todra is not always full. The principles are: On the left side assif tidrin; on the right side assif Imi N'OUZLAG, which confluent to Ait Snan, the Oued Arg n'sidi Ali or Bourk, which confluent to Taourirt n'Imzilen, and the Oued Imider which pours in the Todra at Taria. All the oueds have water only when it rains.
The Valley and Gorges of Dades
The Valley of Dades, road of thousand Kasbahs. From Ouarzazate at Boulmane to Dades, you will discover on 170 km, one of the most astonishing views of Morocco. Stuck between Jbel Sarho and the massif of High Atlas, the Oued Dades serpent in an arid and deserted view to succeed in alimenting a series of Oasis. Within the numerous Kasbahs the one of El Kabbaba, Dar Aïchil, Dar Ait Souss, Amerhidi.

The Valley of Draa
The Valley of Draa: The Oued Draa has given birth to an immense oasis of 200 Km long at the foot of the Anti-Atlas. This valley at the borders of the desert was long time ago connoted by the nomads, and the habitants of Draa who have been fortified their habitat (Kasbahs) and their villages (Ksour).
From Agdz to Zagora, eight palmeraies follow each other. Their freshness cross the rocky sites that surrounds them.  Along with the ones that descend the Valley of Daraa wonderful monuments were built from soil, ksour with their ramparts or Kasbah with a crenal squared tower finely made. The small openings, always triangular. At the end of the day there is a way to go so as to profit by the warm colours and the shadows games and light on the Kasbahs. On the borders of the river, they grow serials, henne and vegetables in the valley, pink lauriers, palm trees and the Tamarisk. This axe is vitale for the region.

Tamnougalt:
The astonishing Kasbah which regardless of its falling down from the inside, they kept their allure as a fortress of the ancient capital of Mezguita. In the counter part, Palmeraies and interesting Ksours which the habitants continue to entertain with their traditional techniques.
Tamegroute with its famous mosques with a ceiling of blue faïence and a white tower, are the influent medersa its library created in the XVI century, enclose superb Korans.

The desert starts as you leave Zagora; She always constitutes the most meridional state of a touristique sojourn in Morocco. We can even have wonderful excursions beyond the M'hamid. As well as the palmeraie of Amzrou, at two kilometres from Zagora, where we can find beautiful green places that the walls belt protects them from the sand tempest progressing living place to the first dunes of the desert. Other sand dunes are at Merzouga, each village at about 30 kilometres from Erfoud, chief-place of Tafilalet, one of the world’s sand extended, which continue on the Algerian territory on hundreds kilometres.
The Acacias:
At half way from Agdaz in the valley of Draa is the locality of Ait Saoun. Here the soil offer a typical tree which we can not find elsewhere but in this Valley we know that the Acacias habitually can be found in the Savannah of tropical Africa. It’s a tree with yellow flowers that have a nice scent, disposing in grapes, growing in hot regions.
The Valley of M'goun
It is situated between Boumalne and Skoura and constitutes the integrant part of the big valley of Dades at 1586 meters of altitude. the particularity of this site resides in the cultures and the gardens  that are irrigated by the flowing water of the Oued; its about an enclosure of  roses with a charming  perfume that spread up at the month of Mai leaving space to a festival with a folkloric characteristics, economic, touristique and cultural. So the air is full of nice scent while the women are collecting in the bags the petals of flowers, urgently distilled in the modern factories that export the product all over the world and they are the bases of the innumerable perfumes.
The Palmeraie of Skoura

The Palmeraie of Skoura is at 40 kilometers from. Ouarzazate in oval of the valley of Dades at 1188 meter of altitude between Atlas, Anti-Atlas and the valley of Dades, known by its olives and its oil. The forgers bring water from the mountains to irrigate the palmeraie which off fraichness to the oasis , daedal the luxuourant gardens at the shadow of date palm trees, pomegranates, fig trees, almond tree, dimes of cereals. Within the numerous Kasbahs of the oasis, the one of Ben Moro and of Amerhdil deserve the visit.