Changelog

When It's Quiet shows the medina's usual rhythm — dawn is calmest, the day-trip buses fill the Bab El Ain to Ras El Maa corridor roughly 10am to 5pm, and the town empties again after five. It also maps the busy months, so you can plan a visit (or a quiet errand) around the crowd. A typical pattern, not a live count.

The two walks from the Akchour trailhead — God's Bridge and the Grand Cascade — with grand-taxi logistics from town, how much water to expect by season, and the carry-it-out rule the gorge depends on.

Today's air over the town in plain words — and, on an east wind, whether the haze is Saharan dust or smoke. Dust shows up as coarse particles (PM10); smoke shows up as fine ones (PM2.5), so the tool can tell them apart. Pinned to the top of the town page.

Three tools to start: self-guided walks timed around the tour buses and built on the etiquette residents ask for, common questions covering arrival without the scams and the crowd clock, and verified contacts for emergencies, the hospital and ONEE.

Nine docs on the town beyond the blue walls: where day-tripper crowds actually concentrate (and when), what residents say about photography in doorways and motorbikes in the alleys, seven years of drought, and the August 2025 Derdara fire. The requested walking-route tool looks workable if it routes through consenting businesses rather than residential lanes.