Culture & Film
A week here sits inside a culture that was practising hospitality long before anyone called it wellness. Cooperatives, ceremonies, the kasbah road, and the desert that half of cinema has already used as a backdrop.
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Where Was Gladiator Filmed? The Morocco Behind Maximus
The question has more than one answer, but the desert half of Gladiator belongs to Morocco. From the slave province of Zucchabar to the return of Ridley Scott for Gladiator II, here is where the film was made, and how our southern retreats take you along the same film road with nothing left to chance.
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Game of Thrones Filming Locations in Morocco: Astapor, Yunkai and Daenerys in the Desert
Before she took the Iron Throne, Daenerys Targaryen crossed Slaver's Bay, and much of that journey was filmed in Morocco. From the Atlantic ramparts of Essaouira to the earthen towers of Aït Ben Haddou, here are the real Game of Thrones locations, and how our southern retreats take you along the same film road with nothing left to chance.
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Ouarzazate Film Studios: Where the Movies Are Made in Morocco
Behind the red walls of Ouarzazate lie some of the largest film studios in the world, the desert backlot where cinema has staged Rome, Egypt and Jerusalem for sixty years. Here is what the Atlas Studios are, what has been filmed there, and how our southern retreats take you along the film road with nothing left to chance.
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The Film Road of Morocco: Aït Ben Haddou and the Kasbahs That Hollywood Chose
From the studios of Ouarzazate to the earthen towers of Aït Ben Haddou, one road has doubled for Rome, Egypt, Jerusalem and the imagined worlds of Game of Thrones. This is the Morocco that the greatest films chose, and how we take you through it with nothing left to chance.