OUED LAOU:
Getting away from the hustle and bustle
The main attraction of Oued Laou is the remoteness, the easygoingness and the great beach. The town by itself is nothing spectacular, and the immediate surrounding landscape is nice but no more. The drive to Oued Laou, either northwest to Tetouan or south to Chefchaouen will however take you through some dramatic landscape and the least populated areas of Morocco north of the Saharan regions. People in Oued Laou are friendly and open. It will rarely take long before you find yourself in a friendly talk around some cups of coffee — or smoking hashish (which is very common in this region). The beach goes on for kilometres, and due to limited number of inhabitants and even tourists, there will always be a stretch of sand that you can have to your own. If you do not want to spend the sunny hours in solitude, the stretch in front of the town is always filled with active Moroccans.
