One Day Tetouan and Chefchaouen

Tetouan / Chefchaouen 

Depart from Tangier to "White Bird" located in the Rif Mountains. Tetouan is a unique combination of Arab and Andalusian cultures.

Visit new town where you will see Hassan II Square, governor’s palace, Spanish garden, the first North African mosque and the walls of the Kasbah.

Enter medina through Bab el Okla and continue on for a walking tour of the old town. This tour will include the Jewish section, the Andalucian section, the Berber market, the ladies market, Guersa el Kbira and a visit to the Ethnographic and Craft Museums. Leave the old town, stop for refreshment and then continue to Chefchaouen, one of the most beautiful towns in Morocco.

Chefchaouen is situated in the Rif Mountains, just inland from Tangier and Tetouan. Hashish is subsequently sold all over town, but is mostly the domain of native Chaouenis.

The town was founded in 1492 by Moorish exiles from Spain.

Chaouen (or Xaouen, from the Spanish), as it is often called by Moroccans, is a popular tourist destination given its proximity to Tangier and the Spanish border. Though there are few modern sights, a calm and relaxing atmosphere provides by mountainous location. This tiny mountain village has two hundred hotels in order to host the summer swarm of European tourists. One distinction possessed by Chefchaouen is its blue-rinsed houses and buildings, a tradition that comes from the town's former Jewish population.

A popular shopping destination is Chaouen , it offers many native handicrafts that are not available elsewhere in Morocco, such as wool garments and woven blankets. The goat cheese native to the area is also popular with tourists.

If compare Tetuan with most of Moorish towns, it’s much more clean. The Tutuan’s streets are straight and fairly wide. Several of the houses belonging to aristocratic Moors, offsprings those people, who was expelled from Spain, have fine courts surrounded by arcades, some with planted with orange trees and marble fountains.