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Chefchaouen

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Chefchaouen
Photo: Badr Rachadi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A mountain town in the Rif whose medina is painted in every shade of blue. Wander the lanes, see the kasbah on Plaza Uta el-Hammam, and walk up to the Spanish Mosque for sunset.


Hike in Talassemtane National Park to the Akchour waterfalls. It's about 2 hours from Tangier.

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