We visited Chefchaouen a city in northwest Morocco couple years back. December in Chefchaouen was like someone turned the saturation up but the thermostat down.
Sun-basked days, chilly evenings, great people, great food and bright blue houses.
1. Situated in a mountainous region in northern Morocco, Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Rachid, who was a distant descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.
At first, it was just a small fortress, now known as the Kasbah in the heart of the city. It was built to protect the area from Portuguese attacks at that time.
2. The city consists of a Medina, the historical walled town, and a new town that has grown outside the former city walls. Narrow alleys, shops - very colourful.
3. Instagram has made Chefchouen overly popular, to the extend that some alleys are
overly-filled with cheap decorations for tourists to take pictures.
4. The kids were
not bored. No mobile phones!
5. Djellaba - long full sleeves robe. Very common in winter. And there were cats everywhere.
6. Evening was no less beautiful
7. Community bread oven - on the left. A traditional communal ovens where families bring their own dough to be baked by the baker. Long-standing Moroccan tradition.
8. Handmade Birkenstock?!
9. Sun-kissed alleys...
10. Tajine at Sofia's restaurant. Chefchaouen story would be incomplete without "Tajine", a slow-cooked stew made in a heavy clay pot,
usually with meat (chicken, lamb, or beef), vegetables, spices, and sometimes olives, preserved lemon, dried fruits, or nuts. On those cold night, this was heavenly.
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