Kasbah tower
Over the Blue City.
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Chefchaouen's historic fortress and the first core around which the town grew, founded as a stronghold by Moulay Ali ibn Rashid in 1471 to defend the area against the Portuguese, and rebuilt and restored in later centuries. It stands on the west side of Outa el-Hammam square, with walls and towers of reddish-orange earth. Inside is a shaded Andalusian garden with tall trees, plants and a fountain, a small ethnographic museum in a traditional house showing costumes, weapons, musical instruments, old tools and photographs of the town, and the remains of old cells where prisoners were held. The highlight is climbing one of its towers for a view over the whole Blue City, its roofs stepped up the mountainside, the minaret of the neighbouring Grand Mosque and the surrounding peaks. A foreign visitor's ticket costs eighty dirhams according to the Ministry of Culture's ticketing site, half for children aged seven to thirteen, and it opens from nine to five. It is in the heart of the town, a natural first stop.
Over the Blue City.
Shade and a fountain.
Costumes and tools.
Outa el-Hammam square, old medina, Chefchaouen
Yes for the tower view over the whole town and the calm garden; the visit is short, about an hour, right on the main square.
