BACKPACKER - ENG - From Fes El-Balì to Chefchaouen (Morocco)
BACKPACKER - English Version - From Fes El-Balì to Chefchaouen (Morocco) - NoPainNoGlory.TK by BackpackerR
Fes or Fez, the holy city of Morocco, 980 feet above sea level, the bottom of a fertile valley. It is the provincial capital. The old town, its buildings, its markets and its mosques, one of the most attractive of the whole Islamic world.
For the population of Morocco is the third largest city and the oldest imperial city and this is the prevalence of secular prestige and importance of its ancient university on culture and art of the Muslim North Africa.
You will find it written by all parties, and I do not deny it, enter the medina of Fes el Bali, seems really to make a trip to the Middle Ages.
Colors, sounds and smells, dominate the senses, the first time will be stunned, is a fascinating experience!
The medina is UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Morocco food is spectacular! The spices are unique!
Costs 5 Dirhams, you can enjoy the snails, a gastronomic delight! The stand is located on the street, and between Talaa Seghira Derb el-Horr.
Try some of the myriad of street stalls, delicious sandwiches with meat cooked, the flavor of a thousand spices, joy and passion in the process! All this costs between 10 and 20 dirhams, 1 - 2 euro to be paid for a single meal.
I recommend a meal in a restaurant elite, which can cost 70-100 dirhams.
La Kasbah!
At the entrance of the Medina, at Bab Bou Jeloud, this restaurant gives you the opportunity to dine on a terrace where you can admire the medina. The menu, tagine, cous cous and grilled meat to satisfy your palate!
The only means of transport in the heart of the medina are donkeys, they feel constantly scream Ballaké which in Arabic means caution.
As you will notice that the gas arrives in the medina with the ass!
Arrived in Chefchaouen in the late afternoon, I went in the main square of the medina, Plaza Uta el-Hammam,
in a cafe where I enjoyed a mint tea, watching what was happening around me.
In this square you can admire the Grand Mosque and the walls of the Kasbah, a central fountain, very characteristic.
The medina is characterized by narrow streets, colored with white walls and blue doors, the white reflects the sun, and heat, blue for mosquitoes,
has kindly described as a local resident.
Different the medina of Fez, this is smaller and it is hard to lose orientation.
The medina of Chefchaouen was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
One of the must-see attractions are the waterfalls of Chefchaouen in Ras-El-Maa, crossed the bridge you can admire the ruins of a mosque, now abandoned for a century.
For the more ambitious I highly recommend an excursion to the Jebel, for 4 - 5 hours, part near the Camping Azilane, following the road to Ain Tissimlane.
The trail is marked by a yellow stripe and white marked on the rocks.
I went for an hour, then for lack of time and forced back, I had to give up, so it's a company that will be taken!
If you want more information on excursions to be made in Chefchaouen area, contact the tourist office
which also makes use of a good expert guide for a half-day tour will cost 120 dirham.
To sleep advice Mouritania Hotel, a magnificent structure with a tiled courtyard, a bed is available at 5 euro per night, also has an excellent internet point.
Do not miss the cafe in Chefchaouen and Bab-Ansar Cafe, near the Falls of Ras-al-Maa, Aziz and Patisserie, a bakery for delicious breakfasts.
From what I have seen Chefchaouen is a city to relax and go hiking.
If you want to use a bath, you should go to the center form alive, in the Atlas Riad Chefchaouen, the hotel that stands at the top of Chefchaouen, treatments from 50 to 400 dirhams.
Do not miss the steam room, Barakat Douches, 8 Dirham, times, for men has opened in the morning, for women, in the afternoon.
To take the bus to Fes, I decided to walk the 6 miles separating from Dardari Chefchaouen, in the street I had the opportunity to see children returned from school that is offered as information guides, taxi riders, loggers, makers bricks, and so on and so forth!
The view is breathtaking, the food flavor is strident, the people are fantastic, life full of rhythm and joy ....
Morocco fantastic! See you soon!
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