Fes Trip Overview
Make the most of your time in a UNESCO World Heritage city on this private walking tour of Fez led by an art historian guide. In addition to navigating while you take in the scenery, your guide offers background and stories often unheard by visitors about the city’s top cultural and architectural landmarks. Highlights include artisan shops, fountains, gardens, the Batha Museum, Jewish Quarter, and the gates of the Royal Palace.
Private tour ensures a personal experience
Visit top landmarks with an art historian guide
Hear facts and anecdotes often missed by visitors
Convenient pickup from local accommodations
Additional Info
Duration: 6 hours
Starts: Fes, Morocco
Trip Category: Transfers & Ground Transport >> Private Drivers
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What to Expect When Visiting Fes, Fes-Meknes, Morocco
Make the most of your time in a UNESCO World Heritage city on this private walking tour of Fez led by an art historian guide. In addition to navigating while you take in the scenery, your guide offers background and stories often unheard by visitors about the city’s top cultural and architectural landmarks. Highlights include artisan shops, fountains, gardens, the Batha Museum, Jewish Quarter, and the gates of the Royal Palace.
Private tour ensures a personal experience
Visit top landmarks with an art historian guide
Hear facts and anecdotes often missed by visitors
Convenient pickup from local accommodations
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Marinid Tombs, 329C+X64, Fes, Morocco
Begin at the Merenid Tombs of Fès.
Stop At: Musee des armes, Borj Nord, Fes 30030 Morocco
Next, stop at the Musée des Armes, a fortress that once protected Fès. Today it is possible to see a display of 8,000 pieces of artillery from Makina, the arsenal built by Moulay Hassan I. Enter the Fès el- Bali through the symmetrical horse shoe arches at Bab Boujeloud (The Blue Gate). Fès -el Bali, best characterized as a sea of rooftops embellished with minarets and domes, is too narrow for cars. Aside from walking, donkeys and mules are still the best way to travel within the cities old walls.
Stop At: Mosque and University Karaouiyn, Fes, Morocco
Upon entering Rue Talaa Kebira, the main street in the medina, you will see lines of shops covered by canopies. Make your way to the Karaouiyine Mosque. Located in the Karaouiyine quarter, the Mosque is one of the oldest in the world and functioned as the first university in Morocco.
Stop At: Dar al-Magana, Rue Rue Talaa Kebira, Fes Morocco
After your visit, continue along the streets which will lead you to some of Fes’ most important buildings including Dar el- Magana, a fourteenth century water clock and Zaouia el Tijaniya, containing the tomb of Ahmed el Tijani, who spread his infamous doctrine Tariqq el- Tijaniya (The Way) throughout Morocco.
Stop At: Medina of Fez, Fes 30000 Morocco
We will also stop to visit the Ech Cherabliyine Mosque (Mosque of the Slipper makers) then browse the souks selling henna, slippers, caftans, silks, jewelry and spices.
Stop At: Nejjarine Fondouk, 327F+WJ5, Fes, Morocco
Next onto the UNESCO recognized site, Fondouk el- Najjarine. Within the foundouk’s three floors is the Musée de Bois, which displays carved doors from the Bou Inania Medersa.
Stop At: Medina of Fez, Fes 30000 Morocco
Stop for lunch within the medina at one of the fine Moroccan palace-restaurants ( On your request your guide can suggest some of the best restaurants in the town for lunch).
After lunch we will visit the Musée Dar el- Batha to view the great collection of pottery, leather-work, wood, books and manuscripts from the nineteenth century.
Stop At: Bab Ftouh, Boulevard de Tamdert, Fes Morocco
Next, enter Bab el Ftouh, the “Gateway of the Aperture” to explore the Andalusian quarter, a residential part of the medina laced with monuments. Our last part of the tour will take you into the Fès el Jedid, a kasbah which functioned as Morocco’s administrative center until 1912. Explore the royal palace and many interesting quarters including the Moulay Abdalllah Quarter, the Mellah (Jewish Quarter) and a little farther down south lies Ville Nouvelle (The New Quarter).
Pass By: Bou Inania Medersa, Rue Talaa Sghira, Fes 30110 Morocco
Within the medina, we will the following historical sites:
Medersa Bou Inania: An (Islamic school) founded by Abu Inan Faris that is highly decorated from floor to ceiling. The medersa is one of the few religious places in Morocco that is accessible to non-Islamic tourists.
Pass By: Kairaouine Mosque (Mosque of al-Qarawiyyin), Fes el-Bali Qayruwan quarters, Fes 30030 Morocco
Kairaouine Mosque: Morocco’s second largest mosque was built by Fatima in 857. The Kairaouine Mosque became the home of the West’s first university and the world’s foremost center of learning at the beginning of the second millennium.
Stop At: Mosque and University Karaouiyn, Fes, Morocco
University of Al-Karaouine: Founded in 859, this university is one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the Muslim world and is considered the oldest continuously operating institution of higher learning in the world.
Stop At: Medina of Fez, Fes 30000 Morocco
Medersa el Attarin: A (Koranic school) that was named for local spice merchants known as attar. Founded by Sultan Abou Saïd in the 14th century as a students’ dormitory, it is attached to the Kairaouine Mosque.
Stop At: Zaouia of Moulay Idriss II, Fes 30030 Morocco
Zaouia Moulay Idriss II: A zaouia (shrine) dedicated to and the tomb of Moulay Idriss II, who ruled Morocco from 807 to 828 and founded the city of Fès for the second time in 810.
Dar Batha: A Hispano-Moorish palace dating from the end of the 19th century that houses admirable collections of traditional art from Fès.
