What to do · Chefchaouen
Walk through the blue streets of the upper medina
Information
- Price
- Independent · free
- Duration
- 2 h
- Season
- All year · best from April to June and in September and October
- Who it's for
- Everyone, with slopes and steps
- With a dog
- On a lead; narrow streets, and crowded by mid-morning
The medina climbs the hillside from Uta el-Hammam square towards the Souika quarter and the Bab el-Ain gate. The most photographed streets are above the square: painted steps, flowerpots on the façades and wooden doors. You do not need a map: if you walk downhill, you end up in the square.
Set out early. Between seven and nine the streets are empty and the light is soft; by mid-morning the wool weaving workshops and carpet shops open, and the tour groups arrive. Ask permission before photographing locals, and do not sit on people's doorsteps for the photo.
As a familyWith teenagersWith a dog
