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Sacred Places of Chefchaouen

Sacred Places of Chefchaouen

Chefchaouen · Morocco

9 stops5.3 km1 h 6 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Quizzes
  • Offline

Walk through Chefchaouen with attention to the mosques that shape its spiritual life and give meaning to its streets and gathering places. Along the route, you will see nine mosques, from Bouzafer Mosque to مسجد بدر, and notice how each one marks a distinct point of worship. Take this walk to encounter the city through its sacred architecture and the quiet presence of places made for prayer.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 9. The rest are in the app.

  1. Bouzafer Mosque

    Bouzafer Mosque

    Bouzafer Mosque is a Muslim place of worship in Chefchaouen, Morocco.

  2. Sebanin Mosque

    Sebanin Mosque is a Muslim place of worship in Chefchaouen, Morocco.

  3. The White Mosque of the Souk

    The White Mosque of the Souk is a mosque in Chefchaouen, Morocco.

  4. 3 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. مسجد سيدي الحاج محمد الشريف العلمي

    مسجد سيدي الحاج محمد الشريف العلمي

    A Muslim mosque in Chefchaouen, Morocco.

  6. Mosquée Hassan althani

    Mosquée Hassan althani is a mosque in Chefchaouen, Morocco.

  7. Mosquée مسجد السنة

    Mosquée مسجد السنة

    Mosquée مسجد السنة is a mosque in Chefchaouen, Morocco.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 3 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

3 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 9 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Something to answer

    A few questions as you leave a stop, written from the story you just heard.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.