Ibis Fes
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Fez, the City
The hotel is situated next to the railway station in a non-tourist area, so it was very pleasant just to sit in one of the street cafes to eat breakfast and drink coffee and watch while the ordinary life of this city got on with the day without being hassled by the touts that infest all the tourist areas in this country. There are a few beggars and …
The Road to Fez
It's surprising how cold the desert can be at 0600 after being so hot during the day. At 0630 the sun was rising and illuminating the sand dunes at low angles showing sharp contrast between the lit and unlit slopes to wonderful effect. The morning light also revealed that the desert is far from a lifeless pile of sand: the surfaces of the dunes are …
Fes: Land of Leather, Carpets and Silver
We bought the train ticket from Casablanca to Fes, boarded the train and found an empty compartment. We were alone for all of a minute when a native Moroccan Berber entered the compartment and greeted us.
He told us about himself - he works at the airport in Casablanca and he wants to start a travel agency when he can. We talked to him …
Fes, home of the world's oldest university
In a discussion with a Moroccan who had lived 20 years in Canada and had only moved back to Morocco in the last few years, we talked about tourism in Spain versus Morocco. He lamented that Morocco received a fraction of the tourists that Spain gets but could enumerate the many foul ups made by the Moroccans that made that the case. One such foul up …
Tannery! Tannery! Come! Come!
... goodbye. He was a salesman working on a commission and probably spotted another target walking in the door that was more likely to part with their money. We were looking for slippers; however, when we heard that many of the products were made out
of baby camel skin, it was another reason to bolt.
Stepping out of the tannery we proceeded into the maze of the downtown. There were no street names. The moment neighborhood kids saw us all they said ...
Location
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Standard city hotel, modern, a bit spartan, acceptable
Conveniently next to the railway station, safe local non-tourist area
Short taxi ride to the Souk (10 to 15 Dirhams)
Good local restaurants and cafes nearby
Staff efficient and helpful
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.