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Fes Slideshow
Fes
Travel Blogs from Fes, Morocco
Ripped Off Time Travel
... we had stepped back a thousand years. After all the medieval cities we have seen over the past few weeks, I wasn't that excited about Fes, but the Medina (old city) of Fes, while being the largest medieval city, is by far the most authentic. With over ...
Fez
... us that we couldn't miss the highlight of the tour - he tried making us pay for entrance although it was included. It was a mosque. My one regret on the trip in Morocco was not seeing more mosques. I don't think you can ever get enough mosque ...
Smooth operators and hard bargainers
... , Tunisia. Within a few centuries, the two towns were united and became the intellectual and spiritual capital of Morocco. Indeed, Fes still functions as a center for spiritual piety and learning, as the high concentraton of mosques and medersas attest ...
Imperial City of Fes
... found an inexpensive hostel (cheapest we've had so far), which was located again in the ville nouvelle area. Our first day in Fes comprised of checking email, sitting in cafes drinking fresh squeezed OJ and walking around the new town trying to find an ...
Great Hotel in Fes
This entry is for fellow travelers looking for a great jem in Fes. The single room I booked with Pension Talaa in Fes (75 dirhams) turned out to be a substandard prison cell-like shack featuring mildew everywhere and walking through the rainy roof in ...
My home for the next month and a half
... charming... Then we finally found our hotel and got settled...the next day we switched to the youth hostel as it was cheaper and same sort of lodgings...I also headed out to ALIF Arabic Language Centre in Fes) where I tried to sort out my ...
Fez from "That 70s Show". Also a Funny Hat.
A few kilometres outside Meknès are the ruins of Volubilis, another derelict Roman city. We were awed by the intricate mosaics that still decorate the broken remains of the Roman villas. The slow passage of centuries has done little to dull the vivid ...
We are in Africa!!!
We are in Africa! Yesterday we took a ferry from Tarifa, Spain to Tanger, Morocco, in Africa. So we went from one continent, Europe, to another one, Africa - and it only took 35 minutes! When we got there, tons of people were rushing off. We were ...
The American Election
If ALIF has anything to do with it and if indeed it represents a valid cross-section of American yoof then they are indeed very excited about the presidential election. Or rather they are excited about Barrack Obama and worried about John McCain. ...
The French
Well, let me get one thing clear right away. Despite what im about to say i actually quite like the French. In many ways their attitude to modernity is to be admired as is their undoubted patriotism. And yes i am aware that this sounds like one of those ...
We Heart Fez!
11.5.09 We Heart Fez! After the intensity of yesterday, touring Fez with Sayid, we needed (and made) a low-key day for ourselves today. Up at 8:45am (only ...
On a lighter note.....
... like being at home. Lots of interesting people with experiences and a sense of adventure that has brought them from America to Morocco for a summer.....it can be a pretty infectious atmosphere. Anyhows, Ive got to go and get my washing ...
Fes
... a drink or two then back to the hotel for a bite to eat before dinner. Finally managed a pub crawl in Morocco, though admittedly not a particularly good one. Walked to a bar called Mezannine that I noticed across the road from Jnane Sidil earlier ...
Fes
And so to Fes, the old capital of Morocco and undoubtably one of it's wonders. From the hilltop, Fes is surrounded by the city walls. The old town is a jumble of clay rooftops ... and satellite dishes sat on every one of them. Incredible! Maps in ...
Drive to Fez
... of humans. It was really cool. We went to Ifrane for lunch. It's a very odd town - called the Switzerland of Morocco because of the architecture. It was built by the French some years ago as a holiday escape and now it's a popular place for ...
Dusty Old Town
... all day ha ha. He had the gift wrapped before we even said that we wanted it. Hassle I am not really liking fes as much as Marrakech and cant believe now that you can get Ryanair flights here god help the tourist brits who think that its good ...
Back in Fes
... shisha pipe and my jelaba back home on Tuesday as they are too heavy and bulky to take on Ryan air flight. Cost 800DH!!! Apparently there isno seamail from Morocco, only airmail. Once again got the feeling I got ripped off and got the "non-local" price. ...
Welcome to Morocco!
... Ceuta when we got off the ferry which is actually an enclave of Spain and, on advice, went to the supermarket for duty-free (Morocco is quite liberal for alcohol and when you can get Smirnoff and London Dry gin for about £2 a bottle, we'd only regret ...
Fascinating Fez
Fez is the spiritual and cultural capital of Morocco, and it was here that I was finally able to experience the exotic Morocco I had been looking forward to. Having previously had a tantalisingly brief visit to Tangiers in Morocco, as a day trip ...
The city of Fes
Fes is considered the spiritual capital of Morocco with its almost 1million inhabitants. Fes officially has the largest medina (market) and leather tannery in the Arabic world – with 10,000 streets. Fes is also known to have the oldest university in ...
Off to Morocco!
We begin our short journey into Morocco (via run-down Algeciras where we stock up). We first have to get out of Tangier, before arriving at Fes. This ancient city is unbelievable. Just wandering through the endless labyrinth of the Medina, seeing all ...
Morocco Madness
... last entry so that the trip will go in chronological order and hopefully show the right travel vectors on the map). Impressions of Morocco: smoking and drinking mint tea is the national past time. You will rarely see women out in public, but the men ...
Fez
... camels head hanging in a butcher made my jaw drop and I saw my life flash by as I was floored by a donkey. I love Morocco. We decided to hire a guide to help us navigate the 9000+ streets in Medina. Fetah didn’t really show us anything ...
Diving into Fes with a guide
... them stay here to be finished into sandals, bags, poof covers, belts, coats, etc & the rest are shipped all over Morocco to be finished. I exercised restraint & only purchased a pair of closed-toe slippers. Of course, our personal clerk was trying ...
Morocco!
... we got squeaky clean! Over the next few days we set about exploring the alleys and markets of Fes. Fes is known as the cultural capital of Morocco and is the base for many artisans. We visited the tannery, an orphanage, an historical academic ...
Leaving Shit Chaouen
... English well, he suddenly became very unhelpful and didn;t understand English. We finally left Chefchaouen in the afternoon and arrived in Fes at 19:30, just as it started to rain. A man helped tried to help Brendan get our bags off the bus ...
Farewell Fes!
Friday, our last full day in Morocco, we went on another tour around Fes with Abdul and his wife came along. She only spoke French, so it was harder to communicate with her but I tried to remember some of the French I learned in lower school to understand ...
Fes
... not own a donkey they hire one as a taxi to take them and their goods to and from the market. Fes has the largest medina in Morocco. A medina is a city within a city and most were built prior to the 12th century. They are totally ...