Rabat – The “Blue Pearl of Morocco” Chefchaouen has been featured among the world’s 20 most colorful places.
American monthly magazine Architectural Digest ranked the blue city 12th, ahead of South Africa’s Cape Town and Peru’s Vinicunca.
The magazine stated that Chefchaouen’s blue-painted buildings “create a truly striking image,” making it “an irresistible tourist attraction.”
The selection of Chefchaouen among the world’s most colorful places reflects the beauty of simplicity. The city’s eye-catching yet relaxing blue has attracted international tourists looking for a cozy town surrounded by majestic natural landscapes.
Chefchaouen has been a holiday destination for numerous A-list celebrities including Liam Hemsworth and Laura Den who celebrated the release of Jurassic World in the blue city in June.
Despite featuring only three colors, blue, white, and yellow-orange, the Moroccan city received a better ranking than the USA’s multi-colored Georgian-style buildings on East Bay street in Charleston, South Carolina which took the 15th position.
The US’ largest hot spring, Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, ranked in 16th place.
Poland’s Wroclaw lagged behind the American tourist destinations but it ranked higher than Istanbul’s old Jewish quarter of Balat, Curacao’s Willemstad, and Sweden’s historic center Gamla Stan in Stockholm.
Meanwhile, Italy’s Cinque Terre took the title of the world’s most colorful place. The centuries-old seaside village is widely popular among tourists. According to Architectural Digest, Cinque Terre is googled 718,000 times every day.
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Indonesia’s Kampung Pelangi, also known as Rainbow Village, followed in the second position ahead of Colombia’s colonial town of Guatape, Argentina’s La Boca neighborhood in Buenos Aires, and Denmark’s harbor site Nyhavn in the capital Copenhagen.
Cuba’s renowned instagramable streets in Old Havana occupied the seventh position, behind Little India in Singapore.
Taiwan’s Rainbow Village in Taichung followed in the eighth position, ahead of Italy’s Burano and Procida. The two Mediterranean cities feature multi-colored streets with touches of blue, green, pink, orange, and yellow.
The same colors are replicated in France’s Colmar, so known as “The little Venice of France,” which ranked in 11th position.
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