Visit Zagora
- Art & Culture
- Handicraft
- Desert
Zagora: How to get there?
3 hours by bus from Ouarzazate.
Zagora: See when to go?
Between April and November
Zagora: For how long?
One day
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Zagora Holidays
Arid climate, kasbahs, palm groves, shepherds and oases – in a few words, that's Zagora, the gate town to the desert, summed up.
Zagora: What to see nearby?
What our travellers think of their stay
South of Ouarzazate in the Drâa Valley Zagora is the last main town on the way to the Chegaga dunes further south.
My suggestion
The last town where it is possible to arrange a trip to the desert, this is the main reason to stop in Zagora.
Arid climate, kasbahs, palm groves, shepherds and oases – in a few words, that's Zagora, the gate town to the desert, summed up.
My suggestion
And it's in Zagora that you'll find the famous sign: '52 days' journey to Timbuktu'. In reality, if you were going to make the trip across the desert by camel, it would take you more than 100 days to make it across!
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