TRAVEL TO OUARZAZATE FOLLOWING 'GLADIATOR'!
AÏT BEN-HADDOU & ATLAS STUDIOS: The gladiator school.
The ‘Gladiator’ production then moved to Morocco, where there was a lot of room for improvisation!
Ouarzazate and the Atlas Studios brought to life the gladiator school where Maximus was sold as a slave.
The Atlas Corporation Studios are the largest film studios in the world!! Over 30,000 square meters of desert, where not only ‘Gladiator‘ was filmed, but also ‘Game of Thrones‘, ‘Babel‘ and ‘The Mummy‘.
This massive film set is open to the public, even if there isn’t a shoot happening on the day of your visit. Admission fee is less than €5. You can visit the studios and enjoy the breathtaking Sahara Desert on amazing tours.
Great scenes of slaves gathered, desert journeys, and combat trainings were filmed at the base of the Atlas Mountains.
The amphitheater where Maximus fights his first battles was built with local materials and techniques by making 30,000 adobe bricks. A part of this set is still open to visitors.
The architecture of the area, with its geometric shapes and colourful designs, and the surrounding natural beauty of Ait Ben Haddou, led to its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Not only was it a location for ‘Gladiator’, but also for other massive productions like ‘Game of Thrones‘.
