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Ait Benhaddou & Moroccan ksour

TVGame of ThronesOuarzazate, Morocco✦ Verified

George R.R. Martin and the production drew on real desert citadels; the mud-brick ksar evokes Essos's slaver cities.

Photo of Ouarzazate, Morocco
Photo: Heribert Bechen .. thanks for 2.6 mio. visits from Bergisch Gladbach, Germany · CC BY 2.0

Visiting

Access
Publicly accessible
$
Cost
Paid entry
Nearest town
Ouarzazate
Nearest airport
Ouarzazate (OZZ) / Marrakesh (RAK)
Best season
Oct–Apr; summer is extreme
Respect the residentsA UNESCO earthen village still partly inhabited — hire local guides.

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