Splendid Fes
9 Rue Abdelkrim El Khattabi Fes, Morocco
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17/3 - camel burgers and touts
Why do people assume tourists are consumers? Probably because the vast number of us are! We told our guide at the start of our tour that we didnt plan to buy much, yet we still seemed to end up in a large number of shops, disguised as 'cultural experiences'..! I won't deny I enjoyed the tour through the old medina, built around 809ad, but there …
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Last Stop: Fes (by Vienna)
... give them memorizing exercises, which were usually verses of the Quran. By the end of their time at the university, they have the whole Quran memorized! We took a few pictures, and a very friendly and brave cat joined us in most of them. She was so cute—we wanted to take her home to keep our cat company!
After that, we stepped back into the hectic souks, into the spice market. Spices were shaped into tall cones of golden yellow saffron, olive ...
La Tourista in Fes :-)
... it's okay here. I mean we don't have a problem with it but .." Well he clearly had!
Anyway, I walked around for a bit and as I was getting out the man who asked me for 10 dhs, came out of the toilet, call me and asked me how it was in a very rude abrupt manner. I told him it was good and then he asked me for more money. I blatantly refused and also told him he was not giving me a very good image of this place!
I headed back towards ...
Camel for dinner?
... as-Seffarine (brass makers square) can usually be found before arrival, due to the number of metalwork places beating out metal in the area. Heavens knows what it must be doing to their ears, as none of them wear ear defenders! It’s really deafening as the men take their instruments to huge metal items that they bring down onto the metal with a lot of force! So it was nice to enjoy some peace at the Funduq Tastawniyine – a hotel for travelling ...
A Cooking Class in Fes
... he grew up in along with his parents, wife Katima and their three sons. Upon arrival, together with Katima, we immediately set out to the souks to shop for the necessary ingredients.
Katima informed us that we would be learning the various salads but Lowell also requested to learn the lamb couscous with vegetables, the pastilla of chicken and almonds. To give you a feel for the Medina in Fez, it helps to know that there are 9,000 tiny streets, all of ...



