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Fes Slideshow
Fes
Travel Blogs from Fes, Morocco
Fes is Fabulous.
... to provide the pleasant sound of running water. Historically, women in the various city medinas (and presumably elsewhere) throughout Morocco were not allowed to leave their homes except to bathe at the hammam and possibly to pray on special ...
Feb 06, 2010
Fes, not Fez - that's a hat
... by buying a fountain and pot, they should arrive by christmas. Then it's off to wander through the Medina and visit the famous Fes tannery where they dye the leather in large outdoor clay pots. Of course the viewing platform was in the leather goods shop, ...
That camel is getting closer and closer...
Very quick one here as it's after 6pm and I'm off to Merzouga (the Erg Chebbi desert) tonight on the 8:00pm Supratours bus (FWIW 140 Dh ~ $17) An 11 hr. ride through the night, but I have my iPod audiobook, movie, etc. plus will hopefully sleep some) ...
Stupid Internet Cafe
Will report back soon, my usb file got reformatted to giberious and the internet is far from the campsite. I will be in the Atlas mountains for the next five days so you guys will just have to wait! Missing you guys! ...
The little cylindrical hat with tassels...
... spot off the main entrance. Fez, or Fes, aka the red cylindrical hat with tassels. The second largest city in Morocco and the town we were going to attempt our first medina trip through. It is a former capital and considered one of the ...
Comunicação difícil
... que ele falou, mas pelo tom de voz ele estava meio transtornado. Acho que ele tem tanta convicção que é o único cara honesto de Fes que não admite a gente confiando em outra pessoa. Ou ficou com ciúmes. A conclusao dele era que era golpe, mas a ...
Still heading north.
An overnight stop. We had no real desire to visit another medina, this time with its huge population. And no wish either to prolong our visit to a very muddy and unkempt campsite. Maybe next time, Insh ...
Real Morocco
... pass, and I left Lyon a couple days early. My flight home wasn't for a couple days, but if I screwed around in Morocco any more, I'd be buying a nice expensive ticket back to France. I think I drank some of the water or something funny, ...
Cultural heart of Morocco
... ; It is also the most ancient of Imperial cities in Morocco and the most complete medieval city in the Arab world. When originally researching Morocco, Fes was described to me as a "maybe" – go there if you have the time. I found this a ...
Fes, ou la tentation de l'artisanat!
... le thé tout en prenant ça relax! La belle vie quoi! D'autres nouvelles sous peu, il nous reste encore deux jours complets à Fes et puis, départ pour Marrakech. De là, on aimerait bien aller voir le Sahara et Ouarzazate en passant par le Haut Atlas ...
kruh se uzavira
Z Rabatu jedeme opet klimatizovanym vlakem do Fesu a taxikem k brane mediny. Rozhodli jsme se, ze si ubytovani na posledni dve noci radne vybereme. Jirka se usazuje s batohy v kavarne a ja obiham ruzne hotely a domaci hotely v rodinach. Neni to zadny ...
The Ceramic artisans in Fes
Hi All We hired a guide for our day in Fes, Assif. He was so knowledgeable with a great personality. A real joker. One of the highlights was a visit to a ceramic artisans workshop. It was amazing. I purchased a most beautiful ...
Chefchaouen-Ouazanne-Fez
... from the heat, the air must come directly from the middle of the sahara, so hot and so dry. We finally get to Fes, it's enormous with I gigantic medina. We get to our hotel (Batha, just beside the medina). Reservation made through internet and the ...
Fes Medina
I had breakfast at the Riad this morning as it is included in the rate. It was really nice and I was sat at the table with my roommates. 2 guys from Sydney and a girl from Essex! It was lovely and very relaxed atmosphere. After saying bye to the ...
By train, bus, and boat!
Summary of how to get from Granada to Fez Today was a hectic day of transportation. Woke up at 5:45 am, grabbed the 6:50 am train from Granada to Algeciras, got there at 11:00 am. Then took a shuttle at 11:45 am to Tarifa, got ...
Camel for dinner?
... up some higher terraces to look down over the Derb Chouwara tanneries. Reputed to be the largest of all the tanneries in Morocco, I was simply here to observe a bigger and more varied tannery than that seen in Marrakech. With a much larger ...
Must not buy rugs...
... ;t haggle for it, and luckily they didn’t have a finished one there, so we said we would think about it and return if we wanted it. We had a great meal of madukka, (potato scallops) fried egg with bread and a spicy sauce. I think we love Fes! ...
Battling Fes Medina
... camel burgers but it was only 10.30 so we headed on – good thing too as they were 95dr (9.50 euro). George and I bought a Fes hat – has to be done in Fes, and Lucky and Kendra got caught when looking at buying some Jelabas. Lucky bought his ...
campsite with a fat man on a scooter
Fes was officially the most expensive place to camp in Morocco, rocking in at an insane 120 dirhams per night, outraged at hitting the near £9 mark Anna was quick to point out that the fat profiteering monkey was charging excessively for use of his ...
Rugs... again?
Today we visited the old town of Fez with a guide for 200 Derum for the entire group plus 20 Derum per person for a Moroccan hamburger. We kind of were forced into the hamburger unfortunately since our guide just bought them all without consulting people ...
Fes Medina
... inhabitants and around 200 Jewish families. From here we went to the outskirts the South (Bourg) to get some incredible views of Fes Medina. This was so worthwhile. We could see the impressive enclosure. From the hills south of the city, we headed into ...
A Day of Fès
... know how to make Henna tattoos. They wanted me to try some on my hands, and as it's something enormously cultural in Morocco, of course I accepted. They also showed me photos of their previous guests who had also got henna tattoo. Not everybody gets to ...
"THE DAY I TRY TO GET A KISS", IN FEZ
... ;No, I’m not letting you do that.” Lucas reminded her we were in an Islamic country. “This is Morocco! Do you see how many police have stopped us this far?” Lucas got through the police ...
Fes
... artisans, tin makers or noise makers, all done manually. Throw in the odd donkey and you have the biggest medina in Morocco. Suffice to say - we shopped! Oh and did laundy! We finally have dry clean clothes! My camel count is now ...
Fes-ty
... had booked some time before. Carved sacko walls, painted ceilings, marble, roof top balcony with a view of fes, kitchen ,bathroom (with hot) and our own hamam. It was amazing! Headed out to have alook at the town and ...