A one-day walking plan of the Fes medina, from Jnan Sbil to the Merenid tombs
Ten stops in the right order, the entrance fees, the one café worth a detour and where to be at sunset. Starting from Dar Fayrouz, walk it backwards.
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Notes from Fes
Guides, itineraries and stories written from the house.
How not to get lost in the Fes medina: read the street signs
The medina looks like a maze, but every lane tells you whether it goes through or ends at a door. Here is the trick, plus the app and the entrance that make arrival easy.
From Fès-Saïss airport to the medina: private transfer or taxi, and where the car stops
The airport is 18 km from the old city. Our private transfer or a grand taxi, the small city taxis at the stations, where every car stops, and how to walk from the square to our door.
Amazigh, not Berber: the language on the street signs of Fes and the Amazigh calendar
Every street plaque in the Fes medina is written three times. The middle line is Tamazight, in the Tifinagh alphabet. Here is how to read it, why "Berber" is the outsiders' word, and why Morocco is in the year 2976.
Is the day trip from Fes to Chefchaouen worth it?
Yes, with one condition: leave early, and if you can, sleep there. Here is how the day really goes.
Two days in Fès el-Bali, starting from R'cif
A calm itinerary for a first visit: the big monuments on the first day, the quarters and the workshops on the second, and the roof at sunset both evenings.
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