Why this ride
A named mountain-road corridor with sustained elevation change and pass scenery. It links naturally to Medina of Fez and Chefchaouen Rif landscape.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Fez to Chefchaouen
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 195 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 54
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Editorial context
Coordinates are curated start-via-end route seeds. They are not a surveyed centreline or navigation geometry. Run road snapping, topology checks, access checks and a live-status review before publication.
Access context
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Seasonal context
Mar-May; Sep-Nov
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Fez
Fez is the oldest of Morocco's imperial cities and it has been busy for well over a thousand years. The medina, Fès el-Bali, founded in the late eighth and early ninth centuries and listed by UNESCO, is a maze of thousands of alleys, many too narrow for anything but a donkey, and it is often described as the largest car-free urban area in the world. Inside are workshops, mosques, madrasas, fountains and markets, all packed so tightly that the sky is often a thin strip above your head.
Read the complete Fez write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fez sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Chefchaouen.
2. Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen sits at the foot of two peaks in the Rif Mountains, in northern Morocco, and it is famous for being blue. Nobody is quite sure why the old town was painted in shades of sky and indigo. Some say it started with Jewish refugees in the 1930s, others that the colour keeps mosquitoes away or cools the houses, and local explanations vary. What is certain is that the effect is extraordinary, with stairs, doorways and walls washed in blue and fresh paint going on every spring. The town was founded in 1471 as a small fortress by Moulay Ali Ben Rachid, to guard against Portuguese raids from the coast, and it later received Muslim and Jewish refugees from Andalusia, whose influence shows in the architecture.
Read the complete Chefchaouen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Chefchaouen comes up 195 km in.