Most store owners, waiters and other workers know or understand Arabic, French, English and many other languages. You’ll find that with globalization, Fez has become a melting pot of languages. Though most of the activities and sites of interest to travelers is in the old city, many travelers do find themselves venturing into Fez el-Jdid to visit the Jewish Quarter, Dar Batha Museum and take a stroll in the Jnane Sbil gardens while most avoid the Ville Nouvelle altogether, unless they are traveling to the airport, train station or getting a bite to eat somewhere a bit more modern than the offerings in Fez el-Bali.įez is a medieval city, a heritage site, and for centuries life has largely gone on unchanged. We include a similar map of Fez in each itinerary packet that travelers receive before their tour takes place with us at Journey Beyond Travel.īesides the labyrinthine Fez el-Bali, there are two other parts to the city: Fez el-Jdid (the “new part of the city”, which is still a few hundred years old) and Ville Nouvelle (French for new city, constructed under the French Protectorate era in the first half of the 20th century). All of this makes Fez a must-see destination. Today, the past mixes with the present in some unexpected ways for you to discover. There is a continuous play between the bustle of small, winding medina passages and the quiet, reflective interior spaces that give Fez its charm. Though most of the activities and sites of interest to travelers is in the old city, many travelers do find themselves venturing into Fez el-Jdid to visit the Jewish Quarter, Batha Museum and to take a stroll in the Jnane Sbil gardens while most avoid the Ville Nouvelle altogether, unless they are traveling to the airport, train station or getting a bite to eat somewhere a bit more modern than the offerings in Fez el-Bali. Note the balance of complex stucco and tile work used to decorate these architectural gems!īesides the labyrinthine Fez el-Bali, there are two other parts to the city: Fez el-Jdid (the “new part of the city”, which is still a few hundred years old) and Ville Nouvelle (French for new city, constructed under the French Protectorate era in the first half of the 20th century). Though non-muslims are not allowed into any of the mosques, there are two medersas - Medersa Bou Inania and Medersa el-Attarine - both of which give a sense of the splendor of the Islamic architecture. Ancients mosques and medersas (often: madrassas, these are Islamic schools) are dotted through this labyrinthine city.
The city has endured through so much history. This is where most travelers spend their time in Fez.Īs you walk through Fez el-Bali, you are literally walking through 1,300 years of Moroccan heritage that has only recently been touched by the advent of globalization and the recent influx of tourists.Even with this uptick in tourism, the magic of Fez endures. This is the oldest part of Fez, Fez el-Bali, and it is the world’s largest car-free urban space as well as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The bustling cafés and outdoor markets quickly give way to quiet narrow streets where children are hard at play and donkeys are hard at work carrying supplies up and down the twisting, mud brick corridors of the medieval city. When you stroll beneath the famous blue gate of Bab Boujeloud, you are seemingly transported 1,000 years back in time.
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