Medina of Fez
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Fez's market heart hasn't changed it layout much since medieval times, still a maze of narrow passageways and houses full of merchants vying to sell you carpets, pots, dates, fish, leather and other local arts and handicrafts. Cars can't fit between the houses so the medina hasn't been able to embrace all the extra speed, danger and noise motorised traffic can add to a busy place – and even if a car could fit between the buildings there would never be enough space to turn around in this magically unplanned maze. Small and large pottery, tanning and carpet making factories run in much the same way they always have, meaning with no health and safety regulations and lots of authentic dirt and smells. You will find the modern seepage of globalised tourism in some of the 'Made in China' tat that Morocco is now wealthy enough to import, but the more traditional crafts and trades survive in the market's huge meandering heart.
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Review by editor ‘Fez: Marrakesh without the crowds’By Stanley Stewart for The Sunday Times. First published November 9, 2008. There was a moment in the old medina in Fez, not far from the great... Read more » Review by press. ‘It's a kind of magic’By Tahir Shah for The Guardian. First published Saturday October 11th, 2008. ...Visitors to other Moroccan cities like Marrakech, snatch up... Read more » Review by press. ‘Medina of Fez’'Founded in the 9th century and home to the oldest university in the world, Fez reached its height in the 13th–14th centuries under the Marinids, when... Read more » Review by press. Have you been here? Why not add your own review or report an error. |
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