{"id":9223,"date":"2025-11-01T11:16:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T11:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/?p=9829"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T14:09:29","slug":"mountains-and-medinas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/mountains-and-medinas\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountains and medinas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"intro wp-block-paragraph\">Morocco, 893km<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morocco has an atmosphere like nowhere else, and this circular tour takes in the best of the northwest of the country. Begin in the port city of Casablanca and take the spectacular Atlantic coastal road to Tangier, at the very northern tip of the country where the Strait of Gibraltar separates Africa from Europe. Then it&#8217;s time to venture into the Rif Mountains to the country&#8217;s &#8216;Blue City&#8217;, Chefchaouen, famed for its maze of pastel blue buildings and steep cobbled lanes, before returning to Casablanca. Allow at least three days to soak up everything this incredible area has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Climbing high<\/strong><br>Never mind the Atlas Mountains \u2013 the Rif Mountains are a motorcycle paradise of rugged terrain, twisting bends and spectacular vistas around every turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Touching base<\/strong><br>Tangier, historically the home of artists, spies and smugglers, has much to see including the old medina and the Caves of Hercules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.harley-davidson.com\/share\/rides\/4BKkMicnA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Click here to view this route in the Harley-Davidson Ride Planner and start planning your next adventure.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Originally published in 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"9150\" src=\"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1451125794-e1765978653195-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9150\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morocco, 893km<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":9149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-9223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-riding-routes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9224,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9223\/revisions\/9224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}