Morocco Travel Guide

CAFE

PATISSERIE

BAR

BAR

BAR

NIGHTCLUB

Bab el-Ansar Café €

Offline map Google  map (Bab    el-Ansar)   Set into    the outside wall    of  the medina, this    cafe    has a

great location overlooking the falls of Ras el Maa, with three terraces tumbling down the hill.
Views are particularly nice in the late afternoon, with the sun catching the mountains opposite.

Chez Aziz €

Offline map Google map (Ave Hassan II) For a great selection of pastries, make your way here.
Pizzas and pan-inis are also on the menu. They squeeze a mean juice and make good coffee
too, for a quick breakfast on the run.

SELF-CATERING

The market off Ave Hassan II is excellent for fresh fish, meat, fruit and vegetables, and gets
particularly busy on Monday and Thursday, when people come from outside Chefchaouen to
sell produce.

Several local specialities are worth checking out, particularly the fragrant mountain honey and
soft ewe’s cheese – both served up at breakfast. Add fresh dial makla (a type of bread) and
you have your picnic.

Drinking

While it’s easy to find kif in Chefchaouen, it’s hard to find a beer.

Bar Oum-Rabiá

Offline map Google  map (Ave    Hassan  II;  10am-10pm) A   very    masculine   option.

Hotel Parador

Offline map Google  map (Pl el-Majzen;  beer    Dh23;    2-11pm)    The soulless    bar here    is  better  but

wine is only available if you eat in the somewhat dubious restaurant.

Atlas Chaouen

(beer Dh20; 2pm-late) The jazzy bar here is the nicest but further away.

Entertainment

Atlas Chaouen

( 11pm-3am) The disco here is the only nightclub in the area. Hotel guests are the clientele
during the week, joined by locals on weekends.

Shopping

Chefchaouen remains an artisan centre and, as such, an excellent place to shop – especially
for Riffian woven rugs and blankets in bright primary colours. Many shops have looms in situ, so
you can see the blankets being made. Previously silk was the mat-erial of choice: the mulberry
trees in Plaza Uta el-Hammam are a legacy of these times. Most of the weaving nowadays is
with wool, one of the area’s biggest products.

The largest concentration   of  tourist shops   is  around  the Uta el-Hammam   and Pl  el-Majzen.