Tizi n'Tichka Pass
The high mountain pass that connects Marrakech to Ouarzazate across the High Atlas — 2,260 metres at the summit, the highest paved road in Morocco. The drive takes three hours each way. On the northern side: cedar forests and Berber villages. On the southern side: the landscape drops into the pre-Saharan plain in a series of hairpin bends. The transition from green Morocco to desert Morocco happens here.
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Multi-day journeys featuring this place
Curated routes that pass through Ouarzazate
3 Days
3-Day Sahara Circle
Mountains to sand and back. Stars so dense they press against your chest — and a silence that rewrites what you thought quiet meant.
4 Days
Marrakech to Fes
The classic — red city to medieval labyrinth via the Sahara. The corridor that defines Moroccan travel.
4 Days
Todra Gorge & Tinghir
Morocco's deepest canyon — three hundred metres of vertical limestone with barely enough room for the river and your held breath.
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