الثلاثاء، 12 مايو 2009

Tetouan in Chefchaouen

The program this afternoon, walk to Tetouan. The city overlooks the green valley of Oued Martil. To enter the medina, its ramparts pass, you can choose between seven beautifully engineered doors. Now, follow your inspiration. This alley shaded by a vine off a delicious freshness. Observe the buildings decorated with ceramics.

Lift the nose! The wrought iron balconies of the houses are typically Spanish white. Not surprisingly, Tetouan is known for its Spanish-Moorish architecture. Khalifa's Palace, built in the seventeenth in the reign of Moulay Ismail, is a model. Enter the patio smells jasmine, listen sing its fountain, enjoy the calm before entering the Souk El Fouks.
What animation! Citadins djellaba in white or dressed in European mountain in burnous gray striped peasant Fouta miles succumb to the temptations of the shops. What a pleasure to follow their example.

A 60 km south of Tetouan, Chefchaouen be sure, one of the most pleasant cities of Morocco. The blue and white city arises a detour route to maisonsétagées with its tiled roofs round. With a score of mosques and shrines, the holy city of Chefchaouen breathes an atmosphere of deep serenity. After bathing the joys of Cabo Negro, it is good to stroll along its streets paved with cobblestones, meditate on a relaxing plot shaded by drinking tea in a Moorish cafe!

NOT TO BE MISSED

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THE MEDINA

A maze of winding streets and tangled that sometimes sink under the houses to reappear in the open air. Each street is devoted to a particular activity. On the square-Hassan II, the Royal Palace, former residence of the representative of the Sultan under the protectorate.

THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

For mosaics from Lixus. It depicts the Three Graces from the Four Seasons, Venus, Adonis, Mars and Rhea (the parents of Romulus and Remus). On the floor, coins and ceramics from the Roman period from the ancient site nearby Thamood.

THE JEWISH CEMETERY

Among the thousands of graves, a quirk: tombs carved with motifs précolombiens. It is the Jews from Spain, revenues from South America, were inspired by these themes to decorate their graves, which is not yet much in the Jewish religion.

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