Chefchaouen Blue

It’s a small picturesque village in the northern Moroccan hills. And it’s really, really blue:

April 21st, 2009 in Morocco

Comments (3)

LauraApril 21st, 2009 at 9:17 am

is there a reason for the blue? why blue? why everywhere?

YM TingApril 21st, 2009 at 1:34 pm

Is this a dreamland? I’ve never seen something like this. It’s a different kind of blue, different kind of feel.

Gabriel OpenshawApril 21st, 2009 at 5:14 pm

It’s crazy, isn’t it? I never expected to find a village like this where the whole downtown is completely blue. It really was like walking in a fairy land.

I don’t really know why it’s all blue. My understanding is that it dates back to the Jews that used to inhabit the village, and became tradition. Perhaps there’s more to it than that. Whatever the reason, it’s fairly remarkable.