Fez to Chefchaouen: Discover the Journey

Tour Plan 

During this day trip to Chaouen de Fès through the Rif mountains, you will discover Chafchaouen, a mountain town in northeastern Morocco with a superb setting, full of charm and authenticity. The city is characterized by the Andalusian blue architecture and is famous for its beautiful local Rifi rugs.

Every corner of Chefchaouen’s Medina offers a magical view of the city streets and surrounding mountains. Its small streets are very beautiful, colorful, and pleasant to walk. Uta el-Hammam is the heart of the medina and a meeting place for locals, there are many good cafes. In the same square, you will visit the city’s great mosque and the kasbah with its very pleasant gardens.

The visit to Chefchaouen must also take your time and immerse you in the way of life of its inhabitants, very different from the frenetic pace of the big cities of Morocco. You can go down to the modern city to attend the weekly market (Monday or Thursday) where mountain inhabitants with traditional clothing come to offer their products.

Information / Highlights

Full day from Fez to explore the pearl of the north of the blue city of Chefchaouen, the famous Moroccan city with blue and white streets in the Rif mountains. During this 12-hour private tour, you will visit the small town and discover: shops, cafes, the 15th-century mosque, the Outa el Hammam square, and the Kasbah museum.

Chefchaouen is a city in northwestern Morocco built 600 m above sea level on the Rif chain. The name of the city means in the Amazigh Rifain “the horns”, Chaouen because of the mountain peaks that dominate and surround the city.

The province has in the field of tourism important and diversified potentialities including historical monuments, the main points of interest of this trip are the blue and white colored streets, the mosque of the 15th century, the place outa lahmam, the museum, and the Portuguese Kasbah.