Welcome to MOROCCO’S HOLLYWOOD | Ouarzazate & Ait Ben Haddou
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Welcome back friends! In this episode of our mega Morocco road trip we leave Marrakesh & head back over the Atlas Mountains into Morocco’s Berber heartland. It’s a pretty treacherous drive with lots of snow, but we make it over without too much drama.
Our first stop is Morocco’s Hollywood, aka Ouarzazate. Owing to the immensely beautiful and unique landscapes around here, loads of films & TV productions have been set here. Gladiator? The Mummy? Game of Thrones? Yep, all here!
The star of the show is of course Aït Ben Haddou - a village completely made of mud. Mud! A whole village! It’s hands down one of the most incredible places we’ve visited on our travels.
But that isn’t the only reason we’re here - coincidently, this is also the part of Morocco that so many of you have suggested that James looks like he is from.
And honestly having now been here - we totally get it!
Hands up in the comments who’d have jumped on that mule to cross the river?!
And if you haven't already - don’t forget to like & subscribe!
Sarah, James & Ady
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Moroccan seems to be the only country all over the world where you can find both snow and sand! Welcome..
USA, China, India, Australia, Spain, Algeria, Iraq, Iran, Turkey…. All these countries have snow and sand
Scotland too! 😅
@@lamniniadam6700 algerie? No
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Morocco only with sea ocean sand mountain snow
@17:17 the tower you see is the solar power station Noor .. the biggest solar station in Africa ... i think it was featured in one of James bond movie
We’ll have to Google that and find out which movie it was in! Thanks for the info 😀
Do not forget to visit Setti Fatma, as well as Ourika and the Toubkal Mountains, and climb to the top
Thank you ☺️
The thing u saw might have been the Ouarzazate Solar Power Station and its huge solar tower, which is around 250 metre tall one of the tallest buildings in Africa :)
We’ve just looked it up and We think so! Incredible 😀
As said before, it's the Solar Power Station, this station will provide about 6 million British people with electricity from 2030.
Hi that thing that seems like a huge tower is a sun array comming from the largest solar panel station in the world and because it position like a circle the light focuses in one point to the point that becomes visible and its so hot around that area because of the heat that generates from there
You can see it from Google maps the shape is magnificent
Just had a look at the satellite view on Google maps 😮 It actually still looks like an alien space station 🤣🤣 Just an incredible project.
Your channel helped me get ready for Morocco! In Morocco now, and it is wonderful, the people are so kind and helpful. I'm 71 years old and traveling alone. No problems just wonderful experiences. Rode a donkey up to a Berber mountain village, ate by the sea in Casablanca, danced at Dar Dada, thank you thank you thank you
you welcome any time in my country morocco you are the most welcome peace and love
The artworks photographed inside Ait Ben Haddou Palace: There are a number of international works of art that were used in the palace to film the events taking place inside it: - The Italian film “Sodom and Gomorrah” in 1962, directed by Robert Aldrich. - The Italian film “Oedipus Rex” in 1967, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. - The American film “The Man Who Would Be King” in 1975, directed by John Huston. - The Arabized English film “The Message” in 1976, directed by Mostafa Akkad. - The English film “Time Bandits” in 1981, directed by Terry Gilliam. - The Italian-English series “Marco Polo” in 1982. - The American film “The Jewel of the Nile”, 1985 AD, directed by Louis Tigue. - The Afghan film “The Living Daylights”, 1987, directed by John Glenn. - The American film “The Last Temptation of Christ”, 1988, directed by Martin Scorsese. - The American film “The Sheltering Sky” in 1990 AD. - The American film “Kundun” in 1997, directed by Martin Scorsese. - The American film “The Mummy” in 1999, directed by Stephen Sommers. - Gladiator movie, 2000 AD, directed by Ridley Scott. - The American film “Alexander” in 2004, directed by Oliver Stone. - The American film “Kingdom of Heaven” in 2005, directed by Ridley Scott. - The movie “Babel” in 2006, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. - The American film “One Night with the King” in 2006, directed by Michael O. Sajbel. - The film Son of God, 2014, directed by Christopher Spencer, Tony Mitchell, and Crispin Rees
The thingy magic is the tower for a Concentrate Solar Power (CSP) plant. The tower acts as the focal point for the rays reflected by the mirrors. This CSP plant is the largest in the world. When it will be completed it will be capable of powering up the whole of south of Morocco.
That’s some serious power it will generate! 😮
That bright light is coming from a solar power complex located 10 kilometers from Ouarzazate city. The production of the solar power station is 510 MW, Make in it the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant. It's called "NOUR Ouarzazat"
Oh wow! Ok I’ve just googled it, it looks immense! That can be my bedtime reading tonight 😀 Thanks for the info 👍
The thing you saw is a big solar project at the region of Ouarzazate:Noor Power Station
So incredible!
Thanks for sharing, lovely family! Unbelievable how beautiful and diverse the landscape is in Morocco.The "Alien Space Station" must have been Noor Solar Plant, the biggest in Africa. It is futuristic, no doubt. But all of you crossing the river on a mule! That is definitely a ride back in time!
And yes, you look like a local, James. But try to dress like one for a day and bargain hard in the souk. It will be a day to remember! It will be fun, trust me!
Thank you 😊 It really is beautiful and diverse, we love it. Having now read about Noor we think thats definitely what we were seeing, just incredible. And regards dressing local, no spoilers but make sure you come back next week! ❤️😀
The massive thing you saw is Morocco biggest solar energy stations, producing electricity.. its called NOOR 1, 2, 3
It must be SO big, you can see it from everywhere around there!
@@TheWholeWorldorNothing it is actualy you can see it from outter space ! Leonardo DICAPRIO made a tweet about few years ago
Got a lot of friends there... Ourzazate, Tichka, tajda, Tabount, Ait Bin Haddou, Fint, Tifoultout, Skoura.. .
Really nice part of Morocco ❤️
Ich hoffe ihr habt schöne Zeit gehabt, die kleine ist voll süssss 💞🤗
Thank you ☺️❤️
Hello..
Its a solar system....a huge ....I think its the largest one on the planet...a james bond 007 scene being shot there ....glad that U guys R having a good time 🙏🌻🌻
Thank you ☺️
Love that you are showing the diversity of morocco and moroccan people. Your family are amazing to watch !!!❤️
Thank you so much!! ❤️
Bro you should do a DNA test, you look 101% Moroccan 😂 .., I recommend you to visit ifran , it's a different whole city than any other one in Morocco, you'll feel like home there because of the European buildings design and cold weather , enjoy your stay 😊😊😊
I’m hoping to do a DNA test soon!
Thanks for sharing this video with us 👍 from Ottawa 🇨🇦
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching 😀
Hello , first thing you need to change your name from James to Jamal 😂. For the alien building that's the solar power center it will feed in 2030 UK too through a under water line from Tangiers to south Uk.
I hope you enjoyed your trip here in Morocco and i hope you will come back soon.
Thanks for the info! That’s incredible, no wonder its so huge if it’s providing power for Europe and the uk too!
So many famous international movies were filmed in ouarzazate such as gladiator spy game alexander prince of persia and so much more
Yeah it’s incredible! Easy to see why though, beautiful around there and the studios too 🙌
Chokran lik
You should meet another brave woman " itchy boots"... she's fighting Moroccan weather as you do. She's on a motorcycle
We’ll look her up, thanks for the recommendation 👍❤️
❤, merci, j'apprécie, et vis avec vous, la joie du voyage.
Thank you ☺️❤️
It's like a trip back in time that you made in this beautifull valley of ouarzazat🇲🇦❤️
Very nice and interesting video thank you for sharing 👍
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
مرحبا بكم في المغرب ونتمنى لكم قضاء جولة رائعة و آمنة.. تحياتي لكم وبالتوفيق
Thank you ☺️❤️
The bright light you saw far away, is from the solar power complex "Noor". it is the largest concentrated solar power plant in the world .
Thanks for the info! Im going to read more about it now 😀
Fun trip 🌹👍
Absolutely 😀
How amazing your beautiful British accent. You are a school for us, in a country where English is purposely politically marginalized from Paris ! Pupils learn it only 3-4 years before acceding to university. And, the ESP English (scientific and technical, business..) still doesn't exist in different studies.
However, there are some french bilingual countries as Algeria, Mauritania, Tunisia, Lebanon, Belgium and Switzerland.. where pupils learn English 7-8 years beside the two official languages.
What a lovely compliment 😀 Honestly the UK is also very behind in learning other languages for various reasons 😏
Thanks...very nice vidéo..Amazing Atlas mountains..
Ait Benhaddou..Village histoire émouvante....départ des caravanes vers Tambouctou et Chenguit..
Familles berbères juives et musulmanes vivaient en paix dans cette Kasbah ( Forteresse)..
Thank you ☺️ Yes the history was fascinating, our tour guide was very knowledgable and explained everything as you’ve said ☺️❤️
ALWAYS A PLEASURE WATCHING YOUR ADVENTURES
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I am absolutely loving this Morocco series. What an astonishing place you're visiting. Thankyou for sharing x
Thank you! We’re having so much fun making it, just a beautiful and diverse country ❤️
Finely you find out what I told you since you arrived to Morocco, you look familiar in the southeast of the country, who knows maybe your great-grandfather is from there !?😎, Blood Brothers
Yes 🙌 I’m definitely going to do the DNA to confirm 😀
We are living the same climatic condition here in CA as in Morocco this years.
Yep there are similar things happening in the UK too right now!
I was recently on our bus tour through the very same places you show on this video (going east to west) -- probably a couple of days before you came through. We got stopped at the small town of Imiter, and had to turn around and go back to the previous town to stay for the night. The road was impassable because the melting snow from the mountain was flowing over the road and the police wouldn't let anyone through. The next day we were able to get through this point, but then were delayed on our way up the Atlas Mountain pass at the town of Agouim for a half hour. They had just reopened the pass an hour before, but there was one-way traffic in the city center of Agouim due to parked cars buried in the snow and just a lot of snow with no where to put it.
Oh wow! Sounds like we got lucky with our timing then. It was amazing to see that much snow but it will probably take some of the communities around there quite a while to recover. Hope you enjoyed your trip anyway ❤️
Like, before watching 👍
Hope you enjoyed it!
Tanmirt
Bravo
First, another wonderful video! I really look forward to your Morocco videos each week. Next, although my husband is from Marrakech, his parents are from the countryside between Marrakech and Ouarzazate (you would have travelled through the area on your journey). You definitely look like you could be a cousin to my husband! If you spend a lot of time in Morocco, you can begin to recognize the faces of the different areas of the country.
Thank you so much, we really appreciate the support. It was so amazing getting to this area and really understanding what everyone had been saying, I genuinely saw so many people who looked very similar to me!
It is a solar farm (noor) one of the biggest solar farms in the world
🙌 amazing
You guys have visited more places in my country than what i did 😂. Love your content, keep it up 👌🏻
It’s often the case! There are so many parts of England that we have never been to and its way smaller than Morocco 😅 Glad you’re enjoying the videos ❤️
Hari OM
Another outstanding episode on your tour! Those ancient mud built towns are amazing. And I love those old doors, too, Sarah! Ady is growing so fast... huggies from me. YAM xx
Thank you ☺️ Agreed, they’re absolutely incredible, not only beautiful and intricate but sturdy and large and multi stories. Just amazing! If we didn’t have solar panels we’d have probably chucked the doors on the roof 😅 Hugs back ❤️
I hope you come back to Morocco again
Macha alag
Welcome to my hometown ❤
Hello Sarah, James & Ady, this episode is another level, from food tour to full advanture, loe guys.
Enjoy your stay in Morocco.
Thank you so much ☺️ We really appreciate your support and encouragement each week ❤️
Jamil
Rai3
"The alien" looking thing you were seeing from far is a solar power plant, called noor(light in Arabic), said to be the biggest in the world.
Just amazing!
Yassalam
Tank
Please tell me I'm not the only one that thinks James looks like Idris Elba🤷♂️🤣 surely he's been told this before?!
Great vid as always guys can't wait for the next 🙌💚
I must get told it about once a week, definitely not just you! Although I must say I can’t see it myself, but there are far worse people I could (and have😅) be likened to so no complaints 😉
Bro Morocco constructed this Huge solar panel to supply for future Europe with clean energy Power
It’s amazing!
You have to visit Dakhla, it is the Perl of the south of Morocco, Beautifull beaches, even Ivanka Trump was there 😃
Btw the map you are showing is only half of Morocco.
We would love to visit there in the future! We’ve heard great things. The map was only to show where we actually went 👍❤️
great job lovely people. I know it's not easy...carry on the lovelies from UK
Thank you so much! ❤️
Tbarklah
mah city! I was borne there
Very lucky! ☺️🙌
Mij home town Ouazazztte
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@@TheWholeWorldorNothing but ay liv nou in de Nederlands almous 35 years
Could it be Noor solar plant tower. Its actually the biggest solar plant place in the world. Morocco is investing a lot of money in green energy, we want to be a hub in green energy science.
From what other people have said we think it mist have been. Its unbelievable just how big it is, you can see it from so far away!
@@TheWholeWorldorNothing I didn't read the comments of others 😅, my bad.
@@zaidtiane4235 no not at all! The more people confirm it the more we know that’s definitely what it was. And not an alien invasion 😅
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That village looked amazing, the detail and the doors 😍😍 How you manage to not buy everything is a testament to your will power. I’d be broke! And that campsite under the date palms. Just beautiful ✨
It was really stunning! Honestly the struggle is real, it takes quite an effort not to buy everything 😅 So much of it is beautifully crafted, hand made, and really great quality for really low prices. We keep saying that if/when we go back to bricks & mortar we’ll come back to Morocco and fill the van up with stuff to decorate and furnish it 😀❤️
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Thoroughly enjoyed yet again. Your videos are not only informative but also show how beautiful Morocco is. Looking forward to the next one already xx
Thank you so much, so glad you enjoyed it and hope you’re well! ❤️
Great video as always 👍
Question is ; did you ever find out what is that mysterious white THING is ?,)
Thank you, we’ve been informed by a lot of our community on here that it is the Noor solar Power station. We googled it and it certainly looks like what we were seeing!! Its unbelievably huge and strangely beautiful 😀
What a pity you didn't have time to visit the Atlas Studio, so many famous movies sets can be seen there ! Also, you missed the Flint Oasis which is gorgeous.
I hope you did go to see the Toghra canyon, you were so close !
The road to Merzouga has so many beautiful sceneries I do hope you will have time to explore more.
I am living in Morocco for 6 years now and the Dades valley, Merzouga and the M'Hamid sand dunes are probably my favorite places to visit !
We did consider the film studios but the reviews aren’t great and we weren’t sure Ady would enjoy it so maybe next time 😀 Todra gorge was beautiful, we’d have loved to have spent a bit more time in this area but just don’t have enough of it! ❤️
@@TheWholeWorldorNothing I only see one solution... You'll have to come back !
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It's the Ouarzazate Solar Power Station, also called Noor Power Station it is the biggest solar station in Africa
It’s amazing 🤩
The bright tower as you said is the Nour solar energy plant .. one of the biggest in the world
It’s incredible 😀
I love & enjoy watching your vids very informative about region's of Morocco 🇲🇦😉 💕 ♥️the alien 👽 thing is Noor the biggest solar station in Africa 🌍 it will replaced old energy & supply Europe 🇪🇺 in the future no wonder coz Morocco is got abundance in sun 😀
Thank you ☺️ Noor is definitely a great use of the abundance of sun! ❤️🇲🇦
Amazing vidéo ❤️👌
Thank you ☺️
It's the tower of the concentrated solar power plant which is concentrating the sun ray and reflect it on mirrors on the ground
It’s amazing!
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I love your Vlogs, keep it going guys!!!
Thank you! Will do!
Beautiful people beautiful Morocco 🇲🇦 Ouarzazate Adventure Stunning 😍
Thank you. We really loved this part of Morocco! ❤️🇲🇦
The light you saw was from nour, the solar station.
Incredible!
Bein
I wish you a good time in Morocco you are your little family 😊
Thank you! 😃
wooooow 👍👍
Ayoz
Hi that big tower with Light is one of 4 solar power system
Amazing! ❤️
it could the reflection of the Solar plant, that around there. it's a huge solar plant with some 500 thousand giant Mirrors reflection
We think so! It’s incredible!
Home to me; la Vallee des roses Boulmane du Dades ♥️😊😊😊😊😊😊
You've done a great job showing us amazing spots in Morocco that even most Moroccans didn't know!
Beautiful country with beautiful scenery!
I love it and I'm glad I found your channel!
It's noor ouarzazate the biggest thermal solar power station in the world.
Amazing!
It's a solar power plant. It's called noor it's one of the many more to come in Morocco as we shift our power consumption to pure green electric power..
There are more being built?! Wow!
@@TheWholeWorldorNothing YES the one you saw at warzazat is only the first and second part of the project they are working on the 3rd part and there is actually another similar project being build in Dakhla there will be an underwater cable that will connect Dakhla to England will be exporting clean electricity to your home country real soon =D
That’s amazing!
@@TheWholeWorldorNothing it is. For the planet for our countries to go forward. I really hope you are enjoying your stay here in Morocco. 🖖🏻
We’ve had an amazing time, thank you 😊
please guys it's not Berber village, it's an amazigh village. ❤❤
Hope you're enjoying your Tour, I'm already loving you and your tours.
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I can tell my friend that you look also South American like a Brazilian or Colombian 😁
We’ve visited Brazil and Colombia and I got mistaken for being from there too 😀😅
Beautiful 😍
Welkome in Morocco
Hi man youtube has recommended me your video and I really love it . I just wondering who did the editing ? and if you looking for a video editor to do engaging editing and eye-catching thumbnails?
Thank you. We do everything ourselves and we’re very happy with the editing and thumbnails but thanks for the offer 👍
It’s called NOOR ouarzazate one of the biggest solar power plant in the world it uses solar energy generate steam to produce electricity
It’s incredible!!
The artworks photographed inside Ait Ben Haddou Palace: There are a number of international works of art that were used in the palace to film the events taking place inside it: - The Italian film “Sodom and Gomorrah” in 1962, directed by Robert Aldrich. - The Italian film “Oedipus Rex” in 1967, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. - The American film “The Man Who Would Be King” in 1975, directed by John Huston. - The Arabized English film “The Message” in 1976, directed by Mostafa Akkad. - The English film “Time Bandits” in 1981, directed by Terry Gilliam. - The Italian-English series “Marco Polo” in 1982. - The American film “The Jewel of the Nile”, 1985 AD, directed by Louis Tigue. - The Afghan film “The Living Daylights”, 1987, directed by John Glenn. - The American film “The Last Temptation of Christ”, 1988, directed by Martin Scorsese. - The American film “The Sheltering Sky” in 1990 AD. - The American film “Kundun” in 1997, directed by Martin Scorsese. - The American film “The Mummy” in 1999, directed by Stephen Sommers. - Gladiator movie, 2000 AD, directed by Ridley Scott. - The American film “Alexander” in 2004, directed by Oliver Stone. - The American film “Kingdom of Heaven” in 2005, directed by Ridley Scott. - The movie “Babel” in 2006, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. - The American film “One Night with the King” in 2006, directed by Michael O. Sajbel. - The film Son of God, 2014, directed by Christopher Spencer, Tony Mitchell, and Crispin Rees
Bon vidio bein
I'm with Jay, make a spag sauce from scratch lol
Definitely tastes better and very simple 😀❤️
More clay than mud or a mix from straw & mud i think 😁
Yeah a mixture we think 😀❤️
Haha that part u said they thought you were from there as well cuz of your looks and personality looks similar of the people there. Thats what i often think these days seeing tinted people like you, i just found out to be alot in england, im so glad to have seen so many subsaharan people actually are in england as they are not much in netherlands.its boring without yall in netherlands lol.
Im from Ourzazette too but in the netherlands.
I just bought a single ticket to Ouazazate… Any tips welcome!
Ouarzazate man,, hahaha
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I love your little one
Cute and quite and enjoyable thank u for everything
the poor donkeys, in most southern countries they unfortunately don't have a good life. Are simply abused as beasts of burden, often have to work until they drop and are not treated well. 🐾💚
what you've seen is Ouarzazate Solar Power Station
🙌 its amazing!
It's the biggest solar energy base in the world. Not a spaceship for sure lol
Glad to hear its not a spaceship 😅