The lively cafés filled with locals and the outdoor markets where the strangest things happen. We would definitely recommend staying in the old city, rather than in the new town. We were especially flabbergasted by the authenticity of the oldest part of Fez (yes!), Fez el-Bali. Since it’s world’s largest urban area without cars, the only transportation you’ll see is provided by carriages, motorcycles and… donkeys. Especially when you enter (after 45 minutes of searching) the blue gate, Bab Boujeloud, you feel like you arrive in a completely different world. With its best-preserved Medina in the Arab world, you are seemingly transported 1000 years back in time, making it like a walk through a historic movie. For you, at least 45 minutes! That was no surprise everywhere we turned we saw stone pathways, mysteriously opening out into stall-lined streets before being squeezed into steep dead-end alleys that were so narrow the sun doesn’t find its access. Still, on the question how long a walk would take to the blue gate she answered. I asked our Riad-hostess if she ever lost her way and she giggled “yes, everyday – that’s the magnificence of it”. The Medina feels like a maze where even locals get lost. Just north of the Middle Atlas Mountains, this former Moroccan capital is home to the ‘’mother’’ of all Medinas. I would like to start my Fez travel review with saying that Fez is a city where you won’t get bored easily. Now that I have been there, I can speak from my own experience. Gastronomy? We were going to find out soon, this is my Fez travel review! So, authenticity, few tourists and sun were covered. Hardly surprising they suggest, considering it was found in the 9 th century and has kept its reputation as the cultural and spiritual giant of Morocco. It has become a sort of movie set of tourist-orientated and camera-ready experiences.įez on the other hand (from what I read during my pre-research) has a cobblestoned medieval that transports you back in time the moment you enter the medina’s walls. But, they compete for tourist-crowds, which made the city somewhat commercial ‘superficiality’ over the years. Picking on my 2014-rymory I could recall that I loved Marrakech’ roof top bars, mint-flavoured shisha, monkeys, belly dancers, acrobatics, very high-end Riads hiding behind non-assuming plain walls and all the other hip elements the city offers. So, I woud like to start my Fez travel review with a Moroccan debate: Marrakech versus Fez. Two beautiful cities, making it rather hard to come up with a decision. From what I have seen, they all have their unique charms! MARRAKECH OR FEZ? For time-rich travellers, I would definitely recommend visiting as many Moroccans cities as time allows. I was able to confirm the magical impact of the country, after having visited several places in 2014 (Agadir, Essaouira, Marrakech, Sidi-Ifni & Tiznit). So, after some research the Girls Who Travel Noah & Kiki decided to go to magical Morocco. My Fez travel review: where to go to find authenticity, gastronomy and as few tourists as possible? I can name very few options within a short flying distance, but to find these elements at a place where the sun always shines is hard. In this way we can monitor if the article is reached by a broader audience anyone travelling to Fez (Fes). *As an TRY-OUT, our FEZ travel review is written in english.
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