Taroudant is also called 'Grandmother of Marrakech' because it looks like small Marrakech with its surrounding ramparts, but unlike Marrakech almost entire city is located inside its walls. The Saadians briefly used it as a capital in the 16th century, before moving to Marrakech.
Tioute is situated 25km southwest of Taroudant and that is where not of the biggest stone-built kasbah in the south and is still owned by the local caid. Bacause of its wonderful romantic sight, this location was used in Jacques Becker's French film Ali Baba and the forty thieves in 1954.
