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The south of Morocco holds places never dreamed. Undiscovered corners that turn distant despite their proximity and mute who contemplates them. A rare scenario where you enjoy the enchanting beauty at every turn. The vastness of the desert oasis dotted with beautiful, color Kasbahs awaiting silent land; roses that grow wild in places never thought …, this is the Deep South: an amalgam of characteristics together brilliantly to make the traveler to enjoy an experience unforgettable.
Sotogrande Magazine delves into the southern Moroccan readers discover a magical, distant and totally rewarding. Although there are thousands of ways to get lost, started the tour in Ouarzazate, the starting point from which to glimpse the wonders of so-called Big Sur.
THE GATE OF THE DESERT
Ouarzazate is known by many as the gateway to the desert. Their paths traveled by caravans trasaharianas long, connecting Marrakech to Timbuktu. Its name comes from the Berber and meaning ‘no noise’. A perfect definition to speak of a land where peace is strained every corner. Something that has become the ideal destination for those seeking to find peace in a world entirely different from theirs.
If something haunts in Ouarzazate, Morocco and South, are his landscapes, full of contrasts, tones and colors. Unrepeatable prints straight out of a story and that any visitor will be surprised. Images that are completed also with the Kasbah (fortified houses) and Sour (walled villages) of adobe buildings that seem unimaginable birth of their land and convey to those who visit at another time. Ouarzazate is impossible without going away from, for example, the Kasbah of Tiffoultoute or of Knar of Aid Benhaddou. Two iconic pieces with which to enjoy the traditional local architecture and a good advance on the famous route of the 1,000 Kasbahs.
As in the rest of the way, Southern surprises at every turn with their culture and traditions. In Ouarzazate will become irresistible to buy any carpet, cane basket, pottery or any other local crafts with which to remember every glance was a day away from the world.
FILM DESTINATION
Since 1984, Ouarzazate, also a film destination. Its magnificent climate, geographic and economic pushed many movie studios to settle in the area. Today you can visit great sets of blockbusters the likes of Lawrence of Arabia, Moses or Gladiator.
From Ouarzazate, open endless paths that lead to a charm of southern Morocco. By Bomana, lies the arid Dads Valley, dotted with a Sour Kasbahs and incomparable uniqueness that make up the so-called ‘Path of 1000 Kasbahs. “This tour is recommended to let go and deviate a little from the road to watch, almost by surprise, the typical Berber houses that stand in mud almost magically.
OASIS
In this way, it is essential to make a short stop at Skouras palm grove, an oasis of movie where you receive the freshness of nature, which seems to have chosen the most unlikely place to grow.
The next station will be the gorges of Tundra, which seem to trap the traveler on his head tapering to levels almost prohibited, offering snapshots dyed red, purple and orange on a unique land that leads the traveler to Bomana, through the gorges of Dads.
THE VALLEY OF THE ROSES
Further east, waiting for one of the most surprising: the Valley of the Roses, whose capital is the fortified village of El Gouda Kola M `. From there, heading north, and up through the valley of the M `Goon, visitors will find a large valley along twenty miles shows filled with roses of a species called Damascus. The villagers that the first raised came in a caravan from Mecca and initially were used only to enclose the land. Today, such is the importance of this plant; every family owns a plantation in irregular portions, which are mixed with wild areas capriciously offering a unique view of color and beauty. Roses are the source of income for many families in the south, the harvest season, celebrating, luckily for the tourist, a great feast in his honor in May that stains all of petals and floods every corner of an intoxicating aroma .
Drama Valley
Farther south lays the Drama Valley, one of the most privileged spots in this fascinating tour that bathes the river that bears his name. Nearly 200 kilometers of narrow an incredible oasis where date palms grow, acacia, oleander, fruit trees or henna. A paradise in the heart of a desert and desasolado where travelers will also enjoy such destinations as the Knar of Dissertate, one of the sour that dot the valley where I could see the Museum of Arts and Berber traditions.
The last stop on this fascinating route will Mohamed, the starting point for excursions Sahara. In Tinfoil, two high dunes represent an advance of the desert. To arrive fully, we must continue westward to the long Mohamed Chi gaga dunes, where we will see mounds of up to 150 meters.
Few know the little secrets of the Great South and that they abound throughout the region amazing things to do, see and experience. This is only a fraction of a fascinating world that is one step away from Spain and that everyone should visit sometime.