If you’re crazy about photography, mountains, tiny narrow alleys, colours and genuinely nice people, you’ll fall in love with Chefchaouen Morocco. Just like I did! Chefchaouen is so much more than what we see on Instagram though. You know what I mean! Most of what I’ve seen are shots from the flower street and the blue doors. I’m not saying that they’re not adorable, they absolutely are which is why you’ll see some shots here from them too. But there’s way more to Chefchaouen! and the shots below are my modest attempt of showing you that.
My photo inspiration diary
This is the view of the main square from the terrace of the restaurant Casa Aladin. Even on a slightly grumpy day, the view was simply incredible.
View from the terrace. It’s ok to go up for the view without sitting down to eat or drink.
Sometimes all you need is one photo to get a feeling of what the medina (old town) really is like. Full of color, locals’ crafts and people everywhere, it’s pretty hard to have a quick breeze through this place and just leave.
If you’re trying NOT to buy anything, I can tell you … it’s hard 😀
On the scale from 1 to 10 how much do you absolutely love this little front door? I vote 10! I couldn’t stop admiring how tiny and round this door was. And YES, it was just someone’s front door!
Now if you want a little challenge, go take a photo of every different type of door 😀 Good Luck!
This is one of my most favorite shots from Chefchauoen because it shows so so nicely what a regular street in the old town looks like. With the cool door, the art and the traditional for sale clothes, this was just one example of how unique each alley is!
How cute is it that they put their clothes for sale on the street walls, making everything so colorful.
The view from the top of the Spanish mosque hill is pretty hard to explain in a few words. Which is why I had to take A LOT of photos to show you just so I don’t have to put it into words which will never give it enough justice. All I wanted when I saw this view was to have more time to go up the very final point atop of this mountain! One of the many reasons I’ll be going back to Chefchaouen 🙂
It’s only when we look from above that we can truly appreciate how blue this place is!
Because I have too much to show you, here is one more.
I love blue but I had to put some contrast in, hence the happy pink jacket 😀
You wouldn’t believe I’ve been to Chefchaouen if I don’t snow you at least one cat photo 😀 If you’re allergic to cats though think twice before heading to Chefchaouen without your allergic pills. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE! And I mean this quite literally 😀 They’ll be sitting next to you at your restaurant table, they’ll be in your feet whilst you’re buying your orange juice and will definitely be meowing at you with all the cuteness they’ve got to get a piece of your freshly bought pastry 😀 So watch out!
The dream life: Chill like a Chefchaouen cat 😀
This was the view from one of the highest points in town. You gotta go up and up and up until you see these views. It’s a lot of stairs if you start in the main square but trust me, seeing this with your own eyes is well worth the effort.
The contrast between the green outside the medina and the blue inside is just phenomenal.
The real beauty of the old town is that pretty much every little bit of it is so so different that you never get bored from just wandering around. We must have walked some of the streets dozens of times and the one pictured below is for sure one of them. But how could we not when it’s so beautiful!
I couldn’t stop but admire the traditional clothing of the men in Chefchaouen. They looked as if they’ve just walked out of a fairy tale – see the guy on the front line.
If I didn’t tell you this was in Chefchaouen, you probably wouldn’t have known this is in there. The waterfall, all the green fields and mountains, I sure didn’t know of this side of Chefchaouen before I went there. It sure is a special part of town.
Can you see the waterfall travelling down?
And last but surely not least, here is the so popular Flower street. You will have seen this shot hundreds of times but seriously who goes to Chefchaouen without taking a shot here 😀 And soak up some sunshine like me in this photo.
Did you know that this street became popular through Daddy Yankee’s video to the song Boom Boom 😀 How is that for an interesting fact LOL
This is just a tiny percent of the hundreds of photos I took in Chefchaouen but I really hope they’ll inspire you to visit.
