Hot n’Cold Moulay Yacoub: Morocco’s Therapeutic bath

Rabat – There are trips made of simple things like a warm breath rocked by the natural heat of water.

Moulay Yacoub is a legendary pilgrimage town, located twenty miles from the imperial city of Fes near the cities of Meknes and Ifrane, as well as the ruins of Volubilis.

This region harbors both of Berber culture and the Fassie (the inhabitants of Fes) culture.

Nestled in a landscape of hills, the village has a pleasant climate all year round and a wonderful nature. It is most known for its warm spring, which flows naturally at 54°C, and rises from a depth of 1500 m. Its mineralization, temperature and flow rate, make it one of the most important and most interesting baths of Morocco, especially for its therapeutic qualities. Though the smell of sulphur may be somewhat nauseating, the spring has hyper-thermal water.

Moulay Yacoub attracts 2,500 people per day, or nearly one million visitors annually. The prices are affordable and vary between MAD 7 and MAD 35. There is a wide variety between the old area and the most recent Moulay Yacoub Spa. With its renowned medical teams, Moulay Yacoub Spa is the most modern facility, receiving only 40,000 visits annually. There is certainly a wide difference in terms of the spring’s use, services, prices, and type of customers received.

Here, it is recommended to immerse oneself in the baths. The warm and soothing waters of Moulay Yacoub relieve rheumatism, nose , throat, and skin diseases, and gynecological problems.

Small businesses, such as cafés, grocers, house rentals, and parking, have grown up all around the traditional baths. The region has the potential to become a central economic hub if the authorities responsible for tourism enlarged sustainable projects.