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Chefchaouen is all blue. In every direction, there’s just more blue. Dark blue, light blue. Vibrant blue, dull blue. Blue, blue, blue, blue. It’s what draws visitors here to Chefchaouen in the first place. And once here, it draws you in further, until you feel like you’re in a magical frozen or underwater world.

The old medina of Chefchaouen is not large but it’s the kind of place where you’re happy to walk the same streets over and over again.

As the light shifts throughout the day, the blue glow changes, and you can look at the alleys afresh.

And with freshness. The colour makes everything feel so crisp and clean.

This is a welcome difference from the larger cities of Morocco like Fez or Marrakech.

Its streets aren’t large, they’re not full of shops, the crowds aren’t thick and there’s less mania to the atmosphere.It’s another one of the reasons Chefchaouen has been a favourite stop along the Morocco tourist trail for decades. This is a relaxing break where the lack of sights is part of the charm. In the town itself, it’s easy to spend a day wandering and trying to find new angles of blue. Up and down stairs, along the main arteries, through the small winding passageways.

The main square has open air cafes and restaurants where there’s no rush to move on. A slow lunch, a leisurely coffee, an hour or two catching up on emails from a cushioned lounge.

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Merzouga is a small village in southeastern Morocco, about 35 kilometres southeast of Rissani, about 55 kilometers from Erfoud, and about 50 kilometers from the Algerian border. The village is known for its proximity to Erg Chebbi, an erg and it is for this reason a part of the itineraries of many tourists visiting Morocco. Merzouga has the largest natural underground body of water in Morocco.

The dunes of Merzouga are nestled in the Moroccan desert, Merzouga is renowned for its huge sand dunes. The region Drâa-Tafilalet, province Errachidia. Many activities are available for you. Dromedary ride, quad biking on the dunes, night under the starry sky, hiking in the desert to admire the beauty and changing colors of the dunes. No doubt, if you love adventure, Merzouga is the perfect place.

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Want to discover Fes? There are a thousand ways to do it. This imperial city is the capital of the traditional culture of Morocco. Cradles of knowledge, its superb Medersas are the flamboyant symbol. This fortified city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, will take you back to the Middle Ages. Located inside the Medina, the entry into the Bab Bou-Jeloud district is made by a huge door made in 1913, decorated with blue and green tiles, the colors of the city.

Inside this area, visitors can visit the Bar Batah Museum, which brings together the Arts and Traditions of the city. This area is located in the palace that carries the same name, not to forget that it was erected during the 19th century. The Koranic school Bou Inania has an architecture full of various ornamentations. Built in the middle of the 14th century, this Medersa is part of the process of the dynamization of the city which was started by the the merinides dynasty.

Tourists can also stroll along Talaa Kebira Avenue, one of the longest in the city and dotted with shopping boutiques.

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Want to discover Meknes? There are a thousand ways to do it. Despite being a quiet and modern city, Meknés was one of the most powerful cities of the kingdom and its walls tell the most fascinating stories of Morocco. Meknés was an impressive city of Hispano-Moorish style surrounded by high walls pierced with monumental doors which today shows the harmonious alliance of Islamic and European styles in the Maghreb of the seventeenth century. Meknès is a city in northeastern Morocco, founded in 711 by the Meknassa tribe, from which the name of the city derives.

Located at a 130 kilometers from the capital Rabat, it is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and the third largest City of the kingdom with a population of 519 296 inhabitants. The historical heritage of Meknes has been recognized as such since the beginning of the 20th century and part of the monuments, sites and areas classified as “national heritage” in Morocco.

Today, protected by forty kilometers of 15 m high defensive walls, pierced by nine monumental gates, it has preserved imposing key monuments, including twenty-five mosques which earned it the nickname ” Hundred minarets “. Among them, the Great Mosque, founded in the 12th century, is remarkable for its gates with beautiful carved awnings, ten Hammams, palaces, vast granaries, vestiges of Fondouks (hotels for merchants) Of the Almoravid, Merinid and Alawite periods.

Its Medina and the vestiges of the royal palace have earned Meknès to be classified as a World Heritage by Unesco. The city is still prosperous, taking advantage of the rich crops of the Saïs (cereals, olive trees and vines). It is considered an exemplary witness of the fortified cities of the Maghreb. It is a remarkably complete property representing the urban and architectural structure of a seventeenth-century of North Africa, harmoniously combining elements of Islamic and European design and planning.

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Want to discover Marrakech city ? There are a thousand ways to do it. Whichever way you choose to live in Marrakech, you will certainly take a bit of Marrakech in you, it is a place full of surprises! With its innumerable markets, gardens, palaces and mosques, you will have the full view.

The city of Marrakech, also called the red city is the fourth largest city of the Kingdom after Casablanca, Fez and Tangier with 928 850 inhabitants in 2014, it remains the tourist capital of the country. More than a city, Marrakech is a pearl polished by the history and taste of hospitality, knowing how to welcome its guests with open arms for centuries.

The city is subdivided into two distinct parts: the new (or modern) city, there are numerous hotel complexes, luxury boutiques, banks, tea rooms and café terraces and the Medina or historic city (ten kilometers wide), It is easy to imagine the caravans loaded with goods, tools and handicrafts. The Souks offer everything the traveler expects: colors, atmospheres, perfumes, smiling and welcoming faces.

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Located in the foothills on the southern slopes of the High Atlas in the Province of Ouarzazate, the site of Ait-Ben-Haddou is the most famous ksar in the Ounila Valley. The Ksar of Aït-Ben-Haddou is a striking example of southern Moroccan architecture.

The ksar is a mainly collective grouping of dwellings. Inside the defensive walls which are reinforced by angle towers and pierced with a baffle gate, houses crowd together – some modest, others resembling small urban castles with their high angle towers and upper sections decorated with motifs in clay brick – but there are also buildings and community areas. It is an extraordinary ensemble of buildings offering a complete panorama of pre-Saharan earthen construction techniques.

The oldest constructions do not appear to be earlier than the 17th century, although their structure and technique were propagated from a very early period in the valleys of southern Morocco. The site was also one of the many trading posts on the commercial route linking ancient Sudan to Marrakesh by the Dra Valley and the Tizi-n’Telouet Pass. Architecturally, the living quarters form a compact grouping, closed and suspended.

The community areas of the ksar include a mosque, a public square, grain threshing areas outside the ramparts, a fortification and a loft at the top of the village, an caravanserai, two cemeteries (Muslim and Jewish) and the Sanctuary of the Saint Sidi Ali or Amer. The Ksar of Ait- Ben-Haddou is a perfect synthesis of earthen architecture of the pre-Saharan regions of Morocco.

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