Draa Valley

The Draaa Valley ("Valley of a Thousand Kasabs") is a small region in southeastern Morocco, near the border with Algeria. Here, in a narrow valley between the mountains along the banks of a small river, people lived for many centuries in settlements called kasabs.

The most famous Casaba of the country is considered to be Ait Benhaddu, on the site of which many famous Hollywood films were shot ("Lawrence of Arabia", "The Man Who Wanted to Be King", "Pearl of the Nile", "Gladiator", "The Mummy" and others). There are too many tourists in the oscabs, so locals sometimes tend to be aggressive if they are not given money.

You can travel through the valley by renting a car or joining a group in a jeep safari. The roads are good, but in places steep and extreme.