Best stargazing spots in Morocco

Morocco gives you dark skies when you leave clusters of lights. Check moon phase before you fly. Your strongest edge for stars plus silence near Merzouga is a hammada site set back from busy strips yet still minutes from the dunes when you want sand by day.

hamadaretreat.com sits on the hammada very close to Erg Chebbi, with wide tent spacing and distance from other camps, ideal for Milky Way season without a wall of string lights behind you.

• Hamada Retreat near Merzouga, hammada calm with quick access to dunes, low neighbor spill, quiet nights for tripod work.
• Oukaimeden in the High Atlas, thin air helps faint stars, pack serious cold layers.
• South of Zagora toward Mhamid, darker horizons than many roadside stops with a good host.
• Agafay west of Marrakech, convenient though more city glow than deep Sahara.
• Atlantic south near Mirleft, clear winter pockets paired with coastal days.

Give your eyes fifteen minutes without phone screens. For silence plus stars, start with Hamada Retreat before chasing every map pin.