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Tétouan

Tétouan is a city in Mediterranean Morocco.

37km

35.56667-5.36667

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City in Morocco

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35.8-5.8333

Fez

City in Morocco

109km

34.3-4.6

Meknes

City in Morocco

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33.895-5.554722

Rabat

capital of Morocco

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Casablanca

City in Morocco

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Sights (10)

Oued Laou

City in Morocco

32km

35.45-5.08333333

Asilah

City in Morocco

89km

35.46666667-6.03333333

Marinid Tombs

The ruins of fourteenth-century tombs, located on a hill with excellent panoramic views over the medina and the wider city, as well as the olive tree lined hills surrounding the city. A nice place for some peace and quiet, a sanctuary from the bustle of the rest of the city—though you may still see the occasional tout.

105km

34.06976667-4.97924167

Bou Inania Madrasa

A breathtaking 14th-century religious college. The best example of Islamic architecture a non-Muslim can see in Fez, with wooden walls elaborately carved with geometric patterns and Arabic calligraphy, and a beautiful minaret. In the courtyard there is a portico with a still-functioning mosque, separated by the rest of the courtyard by a small moat.

106km

34.06194444-4.98277778

Zaouia Moulay Idriss II

The tomb of Fez's founder. Entrance is limited to Muslims, but the view from just outside its doors is still well-worth hunting down.

106km

34.06484722-4.97472222

Al-Attarine Madrasa

Built by the Marinid sultan Uthman II Abu Said in 1323-5.

106km

34.065-4.97333333

University of al-Qarawiyyin

university

106km

34.06444444-4.97333333

Ibn Danan Synagogue

A synagogue dating from the 17th century, with a Jewish cemetery nearby. There aren't set opening times, but the guardian will let visitors in for 20 dirham each and give a brief tour of the inside.

106km

34.0523-4.9922

Fez, Morocco

City in Morocco

108km

34.03333333-5

Bou Inania Madrasa (Meknes)

A beautiful Qur'anic school; you can explore all floors including the roof.

121km

33.895-5.56667
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Chefchaouen

Morocco
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Chefchaouen

Chefchaouen is a gorgeous mountain city in northeastern Morocco.

The beauty of Chefchaouen's mountainous surroundings are enhanced by the contrast of the brightly painted medina (old town). It is this beauty and the relaxed atmosphere of the town that makes Chefchaouen very attractive to visitors.

The city was founded in 1471 as a small kasbah (fortress) by Moulay Ali ibn Rashid al-Alami, a descendant of Abd as-Salam al-Alami and Idris I, and through them, of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Al-Alami founded the city to fight the Portuguese invasions of northern Morocco. Along with the Ghomara tribes of the region, many Moriscos and Jews settled here after the Spanish Reconquista in medieval times. In 1920, the Spanish seized Chaouen to form part of Spanish Morocco. Spanish troops imprisoned Abd el-Krim el-Khattabi in the kasbah from 1916 to 1917, after he talked with the German consul Dr. Walter Zechlin (1879–1962).

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