"Mountains, desert, oasis villages." Top 5 Page for this destination Province d' Ouarzazate by dabuwan

Province d' Ouarzazate Travel Guide: 713 reviews and 2,322 photos

This is me at the Todra Gorges - Province d' Ouarzazate

The Ouarzazate province is located in central Morocco, right south of the High Atlas mountains, down to the Sahara desert and the border with Algeria. It is mainly a mountaineous, desertic region with terrific landscapes and many natural beauties and big contrasts, like snow in summer on top of the High Atlas peaks and unbearable heat year-round on the first sand dunes of the Sahara Grand Erg.
The places I enjoyed the most have been the Todra Gorges, the historical village of Tamegroute and the High Atlas mountains. Oh yes, there are sand dunes, too, but I was arriving from Algeria where I had seen nothing else than sand for the previous two weeks...

My other Morocco pages in VT:
- Marrakech
- Wilaya de Fes (Fes municipality)

Last visit to Province d' Ouarzazate: Jun 1991
Intro Updated Feb 17, 2003
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Les Gorges du Todra - Province d' Ouarzazate

Les gorges du Todra (1) Things to Do (9)

The Todra gorges are 15 km from Tinerhir, a dull town 100 Km east ogf Ouarzazate. It can be difficult to arrive here by... more travel advice

The Atlas: still some snow on the highest peaks - Province d' Ouarzazate

Summer snow in Morocco? Things to Do (9)

In the High Atlas mountains there are some peaks more than 4000 mt high. While travelling from Ouarzazate to Marrakesh I... more travel advice

Hotel El Mansour at the Todra Gorges - Province d' Ouarzazate

Silent nights.... Hotels (1)

This is (was) the only hotel at the Todra Gorges. Basic, but clean. At night the silence is absolute and it can be a bit... more travel advice

Les gorges du Todra (2) Things to Do (9)

I suggest you visit the gorges early in the morning as it can get really hot (at least in summer, when I visited). Look... more travel advice

Comments (28)

Jerelis May 13, 2007 at 10:59 AM Report Abuse

Nice tips and great pictures ... Thanx for sharing!
barryg23 Feb 26, 2007 at 12:46 PM Report Abuse

The landscape around Ouarzazate looks great in your pictures.
awayhome Mar 24, 2004 at 10:14 AM Report Abuse

Fantastic place! I would love to go there someday. Great page, happy travel-))
nada1712 Nov 26, 2003 at 12:16 PM Report Abuse

Morrocco is fascinating - beautiful pics of the Todra Gorge and Ouzarzarte Best wishes nada
sachara Aug 28, 2003 at 8:52 AM Report Abuse

Great page of this wonderful area. Funny I realise now, that I visited the same area in two parts with 25 years in between.
globetrott Aug 12, 2003 at 4:37 PM Report Abuse

An excellent page with great pics ! Todra Gorge was a great experience for me as well !
ncfg Aug 9, 2003 at 10:36 AM Report Abuse

Another great page about Marroco, it is indeed an exotic country. Thanks for sharing.
Bwana_Brown May 17, 2003 at 8:44 PM Report Abuse

Great shots of this area! It brings back memories!
Alice-Kees May 5, 2003 at 12:00 PM Report Abuse

There's even more to explore, having seen your pages on Ouarzatate! Thanks...
titti Apr 30, 2003 at 1:13 PM Report Abuse

again...nostalgia nostalgia nostalgia....