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Medina of Fez

Fes el-Bali | Central Morocco, Fes, Morocco
Ranked #1 of 12 shopping in Fes
4.5 of 5 stars 297 Reviews
Type: Neighbourhoods, Landmarks/ Points of Interest, Flea/ Street Markets
Activities: Shopping
Traveller Description: The old Medina of Fez is not to be missed--truly an extraordinary place.  If you ever want to feel completely out of touch with the western world... more »
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 May 2012 NEW

very enclosed and busy. Locals always want to help show you the way and and despite telling them we don't want a guide they always to be just that. Difficult to see much as streets very narrow. Let someone guide you to leather/dye works. They hope you will buy something.

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SOUTH AFRICA
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6 reviews 6 reviews
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 May 2012 NEW

The painstaking work done at the pottery is amazing. Go to the tannery - carry mint to help with smells. The tannery made me appreciate my life and what I have. All the craft work done in the medina is wonderful but labour intensive. A walk through the medina is a step back in time. It's such a pity that... More

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12 reviews 12 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 May 2012 NEW
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The Medina is what I came to Morocco to see even though I didn't know it before I arrived. It is the mystery and the colour and the romance of foreign travel all rolled into a few (very packed) square miles. While I loved this experience, I can fully understand why you must have a guide to go into the... More

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4 reviews 4 reviews
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 May 2012 NEW

active, exciting...a little too exciting perhaps but colorful and fun!

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Preston, United Kingdom
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13 reviews 13 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 May 2012 NEW

Loved all the different things you could buy. Anything from food right down to carpets, furniture etc. also a lot of sightseeing being done from inside the Medina. Did not like so much the atmosphere, felt a little bit threatend, which was the only pace in the whole of Morocco we did.

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Sydney, Australia
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17 reviews 17 reviews
Reviews in 11 cities Reviews in 11 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2012

This was a great experience and is not to be missed, although make sure you book a tour guide for your first trip through this Medina. It is particularly busy with winding narrow streets and so easy to get lost! A real trip back in time which every traveller will enjoy.

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Vienna
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12 reviews 12 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2012

Wind the clock back 1500 years and you are here ! No where else in the world like it, but make sure you have a guide , or you may never be seen again,it's just a nightmare of a maze .

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London, United Kingdom
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2012
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I have been to Fez in Morocco not long ago and it is really nice you have all these narrow roads and once you get there on your own you may not know how to get back unless you're with an approved guide or ask somebody and that somebody will expect a tip. If they see you on your own... More

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Santa Monica, California
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53 reviews 53 reviews
Reviews in 24 cities Reviews in 24 cities
25 helpful votes 25 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 May 2012

You want exotic...this is it. Nothing compares to the sights, sounds and smells that will smack you aside the head!

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Oxford
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10 reviews 10 reviews
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 May 2012

Three and four storey grey-gold walls beside single- floored souks squares and alleys. People working, shopping, beside/ below/above thousands of others, private doorways to mosques, homes, shops, palaces, donkeys and mules, fruit,metal,silk,henna,mint.. unchanged for hundreds of years in all its crumbling beautiful dusty splendour. Muddling, exciting, extensive, eternal. shopping trolleys and barrows,

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