Ok, I am a little blue but the town of Chefchaouen is extra blue! Chefcha was founded as a fort to help protect the Muslim and Jewish refugees coming from the Pograms of Spain in the 15th Century, it wasn’t good enough for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that they leave Spain, they were often sought out in Morocco and killed there. Humans are lovely.

The original fortress walls still exist and inside is a lovely Spanish style garden with fantastic views.

There are multiple explanations for why the city is painted blue. One explanation is just that blue is a calming and tranquil color, which is true in this case. I was able to forget about my worries for a while here!

Another explanation is that at one point, the city’s population was largely Jewish and blue is the Jewish color so the town was painted blue. There are almost no Jews left here but they have kept the traditional colors which is just fantastic.

Regardless, it was the perfect place to spend a few hours, wandering the shops and relaxing before our drive to Fes which boasted a lovely landscape!