Hollywood in Morocco

We headed out in the morning for Ait Benhaddou via Ouarzazate, we stopped for a tour of the Atlas Film Studios, famous for films such as Gladiators, The Last Temptation of Christ, Living Daylights and Game of Thrones. It was fascinating to see the sets and how they were made.

The guide also worked as a film extra and assisted with the cameras, so he showed us some of the tricks they use in films. The result was our starring in our own mini version of Cleopatra... good fun!Read more