Hotel Cascade Fes

... we'd picked out from the Lonely Planet guide book. Following the rather crude Lonely Planet map of Fes, we eventually found ourselves at the Hotel Cascade, located on the edge of the old Medina. The hotel was surprisingly good, with large spacious rooms, ...

Fes photos here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=173903&id=613699523&l=5b92047fff When I got back to Fes on Monday, Hotel Cascade was full!! Lots of people pouring into town for new years. Kind of a relief as I didn't want to have to face ...

... http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=173780&id=613699523&l=fc91719104 Wednesday morning caught a train from Casablanca to Fes. Shared a room with Draz at Cascade Hotel which is a bit of a dive, but cheap and in a good location. After a couple of ...

... - and I mean everyone everywhere so far has been completely wonderful.  Giving us free tea on the rooftop terrace of the hotel last night; free cup of coffee latte and a crossaint this morning; 15 different people that I pestered in the medina this ...

... to be a Synagogue and Jews don't pray on Sundays, but no big deal. Everyone needs to make a buck, right? So Fes was wonderful - relaxing, recharging, a nice change from the super intensity of Marrakesh. A few more days in Morocco and we'll be ...

... 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 ...

... to get us in (even though we had our big backpacks on) than too many hotel touts. We tried the first one - the Cascade hotel, and after walking up several flights of steps, we found a rather disinterested bloke saying that it was full until midday, and ...

... who were trying to get us to go to their hotels telling us our choice in hotel was bad, we checked into the Hotel Cascade which is a long-standing backpackers favourite and located right amongst the action. We opted for the roof terrace top sleeping ...

... Marrakech. After the five hour bus journey we were quick to get a cab to the omd town (Medina) and book a room in the Hotel Cascade. After dumping our bags we went in search of a bookstore, having ran out of reading material and being forced to buy the ...

... everywhere - awesome! Took a taxi (one of those old Mercedes) through the town right into the heart of Fes where we checked into our hotel. The receptionist didn't speak much English, and we knew almost nothing in French and absolutely no Arabic, but ...

... we had an accident today... Eventually arrived safely in Chaouen and found Hostel Souika in the medina without too much trouble. Nicer than Cascade Hotel in Fes and has free wifi - albeit slow... but lucky to get any wifi in the mountains I reckon. Walked ...