Square, Plaza sights in Chefchaouen
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Medina
Chefchaouen's medina is one of the loveliest in Morocco. Small and uncrowded, it's easy to explore, with enough winding paths to keep you diverted, but compact enough that you'll never quite get lost. Most of the buildings are painted a blinding blue-white, giving the whole place a clean, fresh look, while the terracotta pantiles on many buildings added an Andalucian flavour.
Centred on Plaza Uta el-Hammam, the medina occupies the eastern half of the town centre, with its main entrance on its western side at Bab el-Ain. The majority of hotels and restaurants are found here.
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Plaza Uta el-Hammam
The heart of Chefchaouen's medina is the shady, cobbled Plaza Uta el-Hammam, dominated by the red-hued walls of the kasbah and the striking Grande Mosquée. The square is lined with cafés, which are blissfully relaxing places from which to watch the world go by, or for recuperating after a hard day's trekking (or shopping). Just off the northeast corner of the square is the Funduq Chfichu, an ancient accommodation and stabling block, long used by pilgrims and travellers and still full on market days.
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