Day Trip from Fes to Chefchaouen

   After breakfast departure with the driver to Chefchaouen, the city which is about 3 hours from Fez is called the “Blue Pearl” because all the buildings, doors, windows, fountains, and streets are painted in different shades of blue. The city was considered sacred for centuries and was even forbidden to foreigners. Only recently, in the 1950s, have things changed and the city has become a tourist destination that few people know about yet. The medina is a maze of narrow, blue-colored alleys and the reason for this is purely religious and not aesthetic. Inhabited by Berbers, it was founded by Spaniards coming from Andalusia, which is why the old part of the city resembles Andalusian villages with narrow streets and walls full of flowers. Most of its inhabitants still speak Spanish today. In the center of the old town, you will see the Outa-el-Hammam Square where you will find the Tarik-Ben-Ziad Mosque which hides an octagonal minaret inspired by Seville’s Torre del Oro and a splendid fortress. The new town is built further down. Return to Fez in the evening. Expected to get to Fez around 06:00 Pm.