We finished up our trip with a day and a half in Fes. Having already been to Marrakech, I expected something similar: medieval walled city, narrow cobbled roads, lots of motor scooters, trash on the streets, women grabbing your arm to apply henna against your will, that sort of thing. I was pleasantly surprised. Fes had a very different vibe: more laid back, less touristy, a little wealthier and cleaner and quieter. Also, there was very much a focus on all of the local handicrafts, of which they are justifiably proud. I listed a number of the artisans and craftsmen that we visited during my post on the tile factory. Here are photos from several of them, with a few photos of just Fes thrown in.
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| a very narrow road in Fes |
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| the dyeing district |
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| a square with many metal workers |
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| a shop with handmade perforated shades and other metal work |
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| our guide talking to a friend of her that we ran into |
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| an old hotel that had been converted to a bookshop |
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| wall decoration at what claimed to be the oldest university in the world (I would say it was more like a divinity school because it was only for studying the Quran.) |
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| the school's courtyard |
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| the girls peeking out from a dorm window |
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| another hotel, this one converted into a woodworking museum |
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| an underground room full of wood chips for feeding a fire to heat water for the hammam |
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| the tannery |
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| transporting the previously tanned leather |
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| detail from our hotel, Dar Fes Medina |
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| another detail from our hotel |
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| view from our hotel's roof deck |
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