Fes Off The Beaten Path

Fes...My Home through a Hole in my Dreams

 It is known that it is the slight smell of decay that gives jasmine it's depth and it's elusive quality. With Fes, decay is the ambient environment and yet no place has ever seemed so alive to me.... 

A medieval city in Morocco

 The city of Fes is composed of three distinct parts. Fes Ville Nouvelle is what most visitors to Fes first see, as the train and bus stations are located there, as well as most of the more expensive... 

Fes - For a fistful of Dirhams !

 Fes - UNESCO world heritage monument, the oldest of the Royal Cities of Morocco, and a religious center for several hundred years - was my first introduction into Morocco, a country I have longed to... 

Keeweechic's Fez

 Fez is one of Morocco’s four Imperial Cities and certainly the oldest and has been declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Fez (or Fes in French) was established in 789 by Idris I and called... 

Fes - worth a longer stay

 I spent about half a year in Fes, studying Arabic at an institute there (oh, Arabic, can it ever be learned!) and had a great time there. The city is pretty big, about 600.000 inhabitants, and is...