Ouarzazate was founded by french 1928.Through it the trans-Sahara caravans once passed linking Marrakech to Timbuktu,to Mali and to the caravanseral of Sahel.Today the Moroccans have been work hard promoting it as a big destination.Nowadays it is the most developed city in Southern Morocco and get a good strategic position for the presence of the film industry and cinema studios.Ouarzazate offers the biggest Glaoui Casbah in the region,it is Kasbah of Taourirt, or '' hill fortress" as it derived from the Berber and Arabic combination.There is a magnificent view from the terrace of the Kasbah.
Same 30Kms from Ouarzazate,on the top of a hill, located an other exotic UNESCO heritage site, Ait Ben-Haddou  Kasbah with mud construction,it is considered of the best preserved Kasbah in the whole Atlas region.Its an attractive place for film-makers,that many famous movies were filmed,like '' Tea in the Sahara " and " Babil"......