Tucked into the Rif Mountains, every wall, stairway, and doorway is painted some shade of indigo. Morning mist rises off the hills, shopkeepers unfold their rugs, and the whole town turns cobalt in the golden hour.
Small enough to walk end to end in an afternoon, but worth lingering a night. The goat cheese is a regional specialty; the ras el-maa waterfall at the back of the medina is the locals’ favourite late-afternoon spot.