Region de Fes-Boulemane Vacations, Region de Fes-Boulemane Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

We spent a very very long day walking through and exploring the ancient 9400 twisting and turning lanes of ancient Fes.  It was incredible...I felt as though I stepped through a time warp back into the 9th century.  We started off by driving to the top of a moutain overlooking the ancient city for some pictures and to grasp the size of it.  It looks so peaceful from above but is absolutely not!  It is a flurry of constant activity... as I soon found out. Our next stop w…

Here was our travel plan from Gate 1 for the day: Day spent wandering through the narrow alleys of countless souks (bazaars), tanneries, and remarkable Islamic architecture.  Tonight, enjoy a Moroccan dinner in the Medina including entertainment.

It was only 2 weeks and a few places, but in that time, I fell in love with a small mountain town, felt lost among the big city world of Fez, rode horses into the country for a starry night on a farm, and embraced and respected the time of Ramadan..

Fes is one of Morocco's Imperial cities, and was founded in 789 AD ... growing to be the largest city in the world (it is believed) around 1170 to 1180 AD.  Today the old city is a tourist magnet ... it is full of alleyways packed with just about everything you can imagine, eg. spices, meat, hardware etc.  It is also home to a cooperative tannery where leather is cured naturally using products like pigeon droppings then coloured with natural dyes.  While the old c…