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| Sefrou, presentation of the city |
Where to sleep in Sefrou? |
| 38 km to the South-east of Fez, Sefrou is a city surrounded by orchards and staged between 800 and 900 m of altitude on the two banks of the Aggai wadi, crossed by several arched bridges. |
It occupies an alluring site to the limits of the plain of Fez and the middle atlas plates. Cascades and brooks run in a bed of greenery, thanks to the abundant sources which spouts out from the base of the plates.
This small white city at the feet of the mountain had already acquired some importance in the 12th century, thanks to its situation between Fez and Tafilalt. It carried on developing a century later, when it hosted a strong Jewish community originating from the South of Algeria. The ancient Mellah thus occupies most of the old walled city.
Centre of craft industry and a market of fruits and cereals. The cherries of Sefrou are highly famous.
Each year in June, the festival of Cherries gives place to rejoicings, Berber songs, dances of the country, fantasia, tank parade, under the presidency of the "Queen of Cherries" and of its following. |
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