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Ranked as «World Heritage of Humanity», by Unesco, Fez is also a prized destination thanks to its touristic infrastructures, its renowned gastronomy, its relaxation centres, its medina and its year-round rich cultural life.

A city of memory, Fez is home of an amazing Fès,First ville des cultural and historic heritage : , capital of the medersas, palaces, ryads, foundouks, gates, Kingdom in 808 museums, mausoleums, universities, squares, under the reign of fountains, galleries, souks and craft art … Moulay Idriss II, a spiritual and This guidebook will help you discover the many cultural centre assets of this city, founded in 808 by Moulay of traditional Idriss II. The city Fez is a perfect combination Morocco, Fez is a of tradition and modernity, while offering the many faced city visitor a unique urban setting, a real open-sky of incomparable museum with its medina, its ramparts and magnificence. gardens.

The region of Fez also offers numerous exploring possibilities and socio-cultural activities (waterfalls, lakes, spas, cedar forests, moussems, etc…)

Fez remains the city where berber people and arabo-andalusian populations met and where Muslims, and Christians lived, and still live, together in tolerance and total harmony.

Tourists, businessmen, holidaymaking, families, city breakers, will all find in Fez and region a privileged venue for relaxation, meetings, work, shopping and discovery.

This is what we will try to present in this issue of the Tourist Guidebook.

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Contents

Fez Tourist Guide

• Editorial 3 • Fez, the oldest imperial city 6 • History 8 • Fez El Bali… a timeless city 11 • Fez Jdid… following the Merinides’tracks 23 • Fez… the new city 26 • Tour 28 • Fez, the city of knowledge, art and culture 34 • Ziyarates Fez 44 • The medina of Fez shines again 46 • Meknes, the Moroccan “Versailles” 48 • Historical Monuments 49 • History of Meknes 50 • Exploring the region of Fez 52 • Ecotourism 55 • Festivals, moussems, concerts and exhibitions 58 • Cultural diary of Fez 65 • Gastronomy 66 • Spirituality 67 • Sports and discovery 68 • Fitness and relaxation 74 • Shopping in Fez 78 • Fez by night (where to go) 80 • Accommodation in Fez and region 81

Tourism Directory 83 • Lodging 84 • Fez by night 91 • Restaurants 92 • Travel agencies and tour operators 94 • Transport 96 • Culture 100 • Sports and discovery 102 • Fitness and relaxation 103 • Useful information 104 6

Fez, the oldest imperial city

Nested in a vallery at the foot of the Mountains, Fez, the prestigious home of Muslim civilization, and cradle of Berber culture and Arabs of , fascinates by its historic wealth, the medieval medina of Fez El Bali, its magnificent monuments and its fabulous homes, its medieval medina, the beauty of its monuments and the splendor of its historic homes. Fez, the city of Arabian Nights, Founded at the end of the 8th century by historic, spiritual Idriss II, this ancient city is one of the oldest and cultural capital cities of . Once dubbed the «Athens of Morocco, is a of », Fez has since its creation been must for lovers of depicted and idolized by poets, historians culture, history and and chroniclers such as Ibn Khaldoun, Leon hispano-moorish l’Africain… and it has hosted numerous architecture. scholars from Andalusia such as Ibn Tofail and Ibn Rochd (Averroes) and Maimonide.

The intellectual fame of its Koranic university, its renowned Quaraouyine, its Arabo-Andalusian style monuments, have in the course of time transformed Fez into the religious and cultural centre of Morocco. Its monuments, its walls, the medieval design of its narrow and winding streets, its mosques, palaces, fondouks and medersas 6 7

(theological schools) which since 1981, this museum- have emerged over a period city has managed to preserve of twelve centuries of history, its traditions over time are all equally ornamented : (liFeztyles, mores, customs, carved wood, chiseled bronze, etc.) while becoming a zelliges (multi-colored tiles), modern and very active tourist moucharabiehs (wooden city with its palaces, hotels, windows), columns golf courses, restaurants, spas, and carved plaster. All this entertainment and shows… art is the evidence of the creative genius and know-how It is now an inevitable stop for of Moroccan artists - highly- lovers of history and hispano- talented craftsmen, from the and Orient and Andalusia. for those looking for a real Ranked as «Universal Heritage change of scenery at the gates of Humanity» by Unesco of Europe. 8

History

At the end of the 7th century, fleeing the Abassides hegemony in Baghdad, Idriss 1st, descendant of Prophet Sidna Mohammed (Peace be upon Him), took refuge among the of Central Morocco. Supported by many tribes who declared him King of Morocco, in 789 AD he founded his capital on the right bank of Oued El Jawahir (which later became Oued Fez). When he died, his son Idriss II completed the work on the left bank The dynasties of the Oued and decided in 809 to establish succeeded one the seat of the dynasty there. This city became another in Fez, leaving as legacies the first Islamic city in the country. A few magnificent palaces, years later, it welcomed hundreds of political mosques, gardens refugees from Andalusia, Cordoba. That and medersas… population was strengthened by the influx of That’s how Fez Jews from Andalusia and seven years later, by has rapidly become 300 families of craftsmen and traders from the religious and Kairouan (now Tunis). Fez El Bali is built cultural centre around the famous mosque of Quaraouyine in Morocco. and other religious, cultural and architectural heritage.

Under the reign of the Almoravides, especially that of Youssef Ben Tachfine, Fez went through a cultural and artistic development crowned by the construction of the College of Almoravide patients, a medersa doted with a 9

library, and by the reopening new equipment : foundouks, of the Saharan gold trail. In fountains, public baths, the mid-12th century, the furnaces, mills, bridges, etc… Almohade Sultan Abd El Fez would then know its Moumen took over the city golden age in the early 14th «visited by travelers from all century. In the second half of over the world». the 15th century, the city was Its inhabitants traded with hit by the unrest prevailing , Central , the in the kingdom at the end Sahara, the Orient and even of the Merinide dynasty. Fez with some Christian countries. was affected by the advent of The city was then thriving. In the new dynasty Beni Wattas 1250, Fez became once again in 1471, and the arrival of the capital of the Merinid Muslims and Jews expelled eEmpire for two centuries. from Spain in 1492, and With the Merinide dynasty, indirectly by the arrival of the Fez was at the height of its Portuguese in the Atlantic glory. The Merinide rulers harbors. created a new city called Al - In 1666, Moulay Rachid Medina Al - Bayda (the white restored order, gave a boost city), from where they exerted to trade and once again chose their power. Another name Fez as the capital. After a was given, «Fez El Jdid» in long period of turmoil in the opposition to «Fez El Bali». first half of the 18th century, They introduced the new the city regained its peace and official institution, namely prestige. the medersa, meant to spread In competition with the the Malekite doctrine and burgeoning economic activity to form a team of officials of in the 19th for Justice, Administration century, Fez kept its religious, and Government. Finally, intellectual and commercial they provided the city with influence. 10

The Idrisside Kingdom After the death of Sidna as the new «cherif» (title given Mohammed (Peace be upon to the descendants of the Him) in 632, several endless Prophet, Peace be upon Him) succession wars punctuated in 809: the first Moroccan the history of Islam. dynasty was born. Idriss II Fratricidal war was waged continued his father’s work. by Idriss Ben Abdellah, a He exerted his authority on descendant of Fatima and other regions and provided his Ali (daughter and son-in- kingdom with an organized law of Sidna Mohammed, State. Fez was proclaimed the Peace be upon Him) against capital and hosted numerous the Abassides of Baghdad. immigrants from Cordoba In order to escape from the and Kairouan who turned bloody reprisals of Calife the city into an intellectual Haroun Al Rachid, Idriss and spiritual . Idriss II took refuge in Morocco, in died in 828, his descendants the city of Walili (Volubilis). questioned their father’s The recently-Islamized Berber unification policy. tribes, enthralled by that pious scholar, proclaimed him Although weakened by their leader and imam (788). endless wars of succession, the The alliance was sealed by Idrissides were declared Calife the marriage of Idriss with a of Cordoba at the beginning Berber princess, Lalla Kenza. of the 11th century. Haroun was so furious when However, the division of he learnt about the creation Spain caused their decline of this independent kingdom and their end in 1055, date that he had Idriss 1st poisoned when Sijilmassa was stormed in 791. His posthumous son by reformist conquerors, the Idriss II was then recognized Almoravides. 11

Fez El Bali… a timeless city

A medieval city founded in 809 by the Idrissides, «Fez El Bali» is the cradle of Berber and Arabo-Andalusian culture and is the historic hub of the city and of the kingdom Today, with its neighbourhoods, souks, mosques, medersas and buildings, Fez houses a unique heritage. There are different routes for discovering Fez El Bali. We recommend that you walk across the history of the city through three main Strolling gates - Bab Boujloud, or Bab El in the medina, Ghissa. even for Fez residents, requires knowing and The gates remembering all the many gates. Bab Boujloud Built in the 12th century by the Almohades, Bab Boujloud is one of the most beautiful gates of the medina of Fez with its blue and green earthenware, its cedar wood and carved stucco. Restored in 1912, the gate opens on the neighbourhood which holds the same name, and from there, you can get to the Bou Inania medersa and the mosque Sidi Lazaz.

Bab Ftouh This gate was erected by the second son of the emir Zénète Dounas, on the site of a more ancient gate. It was rebuilt under the reign of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah, in the mid- 18th century.

Bab El Guissa This monumental gate is a fine example of the sober architectural trend, it was built as the name suggests, by the zenete Prince Agissa Ibn Dounas. The particular fact of neighborhood proximity is generated by the holding of a bustling souk of domestic birds, where passionate Breeders will come together every Friday morning . 12

The Medersa

The Quaraouiyine University Bou Inania Medersa It is the oldest medersa. It is the most visited Founded in the 9th century, theological school by the it is the oldest university tourists in Fez. in Moroccan history where about 300 students followed Built in the 14th century by different courses (legal the sultan Abou Al Hassan studies, grammar, theology, of the Merinide dynasty, it Koranic law,…) delivered by stands out with its , well-known professors at that its enameled earthenware time. In the 10th century, mosaics and its dazzling the library was supplied with carved cedar wood ceiling. 30,000 books, among them 10,000 manuscripts. The Opposite the medersa, you university also owns a 9th can see the hydraulic clock of century-handwritten Koran, a Boui Inania, dating back to manuscript by Ibn Rochd 1357. The medersa is open (Averroes) dating back to daily from 8.30am to 12am - 1320 and another one the 11am on Fridays - and from Muqaddima offered by Ibn 2.30pm to 6.30pm. Rochd himself. Admission fee payable. 13

Fez El Bali… a timeless city

Sahrij Medersa of the Medina of Fez, at the This Koranic school was initiative of His Majesty King built in the Andalusian Mohammed VI. neighbourhood of the medina, between 1321 and 1323, Cherratine Medersa by prince Abou el Hassan This monument was built Ali under the reign of the in 1670 during the reign Merinides. It also used to host of the 1st Alaouite sultan the students of Al Qaraouiyine Moulay Rachid. Meant to University. Brilliant and accommodate students and coloured, this residence teachers who were not from contains a basin dedicated to Fez, this medersa is noticeably ablutions. There is an aura plain and sober. of peace and serenity in the Besides, it is different from the building, feelings that do not other 14th century Merinied fail to overwhelm the visitors dynasty medersas. while exploring the place. The medersa houses 125 cells was recently renovated as part divided into three levels all of the restoration program along the galleries protected of the historic monuments from sight by moucharabiehs. It could seat 300 students from the Qaraouiyine university.

Attarine Medersa The Medersa Attarine is located opposite the mosque Al Qaraouiyine and close 14

to the Attarine souk (spice order of the Merinide sultan merchants). It was built Abou Al Hassan. in the 14th century by the Not far from there, you can Merinides under the reign of find the fondouk Tsetaoui, sultan Abou Said (between «Tetouanis», which dates 1323 and 1325). Meant to back to the 14th century and host about 60 students, this which used to accommodate medersa is considered by the Tetouani students of Al historians as the most refined Qaraouiyine university. Koranic school in the Muslim The Seffarine (brassware world especially because of workers) square also leads its splendid architecture, to the very rich library of Al its mosaics, its cedar wood Qaraouiyine University. ceiling, its gates and its From Seffarine square, you calligraphy. The medersa has can walk to the dyers street been restored several times, where you will find small and it is open daily from workshops where wool and 8.30am to 12am, and from cotton skins are still dyed in 2.30pm to 6.30pm. caldrons. That street leads to the Sidi El Aouad bridge and Admission fee payable. from there to the Andalusian neighbourhood. Seffarine Medersa It was built in a traditional The Medersa of Seffarine was style in 1280 near Oued recently renovated as part of Fez on the Saffarine square the restoration program of by the Merinide sultan Abou the historic monuments of Youssef. From the square, the Medina of Fez, at the you can access Misbahiya initiative of His Majesty King Medersa, built in 1346 on the Mohammed VI. 14 15

Fez El Bali… a timeless city

The Mosques and Zaouias

Moulay Idriss Zaouia became the main mosque in It is the oldest holy place in the city. Fez. It houses the grave of Moulay Idriss II, the founder Andalusian Mosque of Fez and of the Idrisside The Andalusian Mosque dynasty. It is open throughout was built in 861 within the the year for Muslim visitors Andalusian neighbourhood and once a year, in September, in the «Adouat Al Andalous» a moussem is organized to area by Meryem Al Fihria, the pay tribute to the city patron sister of Fatima Al Fihria. saint. The mosque, which used Al Qaraouiyine Mosque to be a mere oratory, has The Qaraouiyine mosque undergone many changes over was built in 857 in the the time. In 956, a minaret Qaraouiyine neighbourhood was added, modeled on its where refugees from rival Al Qaraouiyine. Kairouan, Tunisia, used to live. They settled on that Between 1203 and 1207, it bank of Oued Fez in the 9th was almost entirely rebuilt by century. Built under the reign the Almohade sultan, and was of the Idrissides by Fatima Al enriched with a fountain in Fihria, daughter of a wealthy 1306 and a library. Kairouan merchant in 933, it 16

You can access to it past the Sidi Ahmed Tijani Zaouia Chouaara tanneries or Bab and Mosque Ftouh. From the Andalusian It is one of the most famous and mosque, you can get to Sidi eclectic zaouia in the history of Bou Ghaleb mausoleum. Africa and the Maghreb. It was founded by the Sufi Cheikh Sidi Ali Boughaleb Sidi Ahmed Tijani (1150 Mausoleum AH/1737-1738) in the Blida This great saint was from area of the medina of Fez Andalusia. He studied and twenty years after the creation taught in Fez in the early 12th of the Tijanya Tariqa. century. Numerous families The Tariqa’s (spiritual path) go there on the occasion of followers flock from about their son’s circumcision. 40 countries and meet in Fez Every year, a Moussem every year in a forum organized takes place where the saint’s by the Ministry of Habous and followers meet. Islamic Affairs. 16 17

Fez El Bali… a timeless city

Both the zaouia and Cherablyine Mosque the mosque are near Al It was founded in the 19th Qaraouiyine mosque. The century by the Merinide plain-looking Tijania Zaouia, sultan Abou El Hassan and where Cheikh Sufi rests, was was restored by the sultan restored in 1302, 1307 and Moulay Sliman between 1316 as well as in 1999 and 1793 and 1823. 2006. By walking down Talaâ Kebira Today it is closed, awaiting Street, you will find the house restoration. of Ibn Khaldoun who was a famous Arab historian, sociologist and philosopher.

Moulay Idriss Mzara A building with a small minaret and located near Cherablyine mosque, this venue is sacred for the Moulay Idriss Zaouia’s followers. The legend claims that Moulay Idriss stopped there for a rest and decided to found the city of Fez on the very spot. It was restored under the Saadian reign in the 16th century. 18

animals. The hosts occupied The Fondouks the upstairs rooms. (caravanserail) The building which, according The fondouks in Fez are to historians, dates back to the located all along the main 18th century, was completely alleys of the medina (talaâ restored by «Karim Lamrani elkbira, talaâ sghira, ras Foundation». The Foundouk cherratine, nejjarine, sefah) houses henceforth the Museum close to the main gates (bab of Arts and Wood Craft Trade. boujloud, bab elguissa, bab It is open every day from 10am ftouh). to 5.30pm. The most famous ones are : Admission fee payable.

Peaussiers Fondouk Staoniyine Fondouk (Skin traders Fondouk) It was built in the 17th In the courtyard of that century close to the Fondouk, you can see sheep Qaraouiyine mosque. Today, hides drying before undergoing it houses small workshops and the tanning process. It is warehouses. a square-shaped building, with an open-sky courtyard surrounded by a gallery. That gallery is sustained by brick pillars and it leads to rooms for the storage of the products or for craft art work.

Nejjarine Fondouk (Carpenters Fondouk) The fondouk used to host foreigners who stopped by in the city. On the ground-floor, the moucharabieh-ornamented galleries, divided into cells, used to accommodate the 18 19

Fez El Bali… a timeless city

Museums

Dar Batha Museum Dar Al Batha Palace This museum abounds with This former palace lies on the many treasures from Fez, edge of Fez El Bali ( ancient fez ) and Fez Jdid. It houses among them a collection of the Museum of Arts and ceramics made in the pure Traditions of Fez. The palace Fassi tradition, coins from the was built by Moulay Al Hassan dynasties’ era, rugs and jewels and Moulay Abdelaziz. from the Middle Atlas as well as numerous other Hispano- Installed in eleven rooms, Moorish archeological pieces collections are arranged by dating back to the 9th theme: book art, pottery, century. copper, wood, weaving and This ancient palace built embroidery, rural arts, in the 18th century by the collection of doors, zellige of art and religious and funerary Alaoui king Moulay El arts. Hassan 1st (1874-1894) was turned into a museum by royal decree in 1915. The Belghazi Museum The museum is 5 min away It was originally a large 17th- from Bab Boujloud. It is open century . It was turned every day, except Tuesday, into a museum by the Belghazi from 9:30 to 12:00 am and family and it is the first private from 2:30 to 6:00 pm. museum accredited by the Admission fee payable. government. 20

It houses collections of gold old Fondouks where the city jewels, vintage clothing, 18th craftsmen work. From there, century ceramics, Andalusian you can get to the «Attarine» or Berber music instruments, souk, the spices market, the damascened weapons and also «Henna» souk where plants rugs and embroidery. for hair dye and treatment and The museum is open every day for hand care are sold, as well from 9.30am to 12am and as «khol» for eye-make up and from 2.30pm to 5.30pm. «ghassoul» used for washing Admission fee payable. the hair. Also, worth visiting, the «Nejjarine» souk with its The Souks (markets) carpenters’ workshops as well as The souks encompasse diverse the dazzling fountain Nejjarine kinds of trade and craftsmen with its enameled earthenware organized into different sectors mosaic pond, protected by a of activity. Alleys on both sides cedar-made canopy covered of TalâaKebira Street lead to with green tiles. 20 21

Fez El Bali... a timeless city

The Tanners’neigh The Kissarias bourhood (traditional Also called «Chouhara», that shopping arcades) neighbourhood is one of You will find all the precious the most spectacular sites. goods shops there selling From Seffarine square, fabrics, silk, caftans (Moroccan those tanneries have been dresses), jewels,… Fez is also established since the Middle well-known for its silk articles Ages close to Oued Fez, which provides the water needed for and gold-thread embroidery. the skins’ processing. 22

Other monuments worth visiting

Dar Mnebhi The North Borj From Talâa Seghira, you That contemporary stronghold of North Borj accommodates can get to Dar Mnebhi, a the Museum of weapons arms gorgeous traditional home are displayed in chronological which was Marshal Lyautey’s order in eleven successive rooms, residence when he arrived in from the carved stone to the cannon. It is open every day from Fez in 1912. Today, it houses 9am to 1pm except on Tuesdays. a restaurant and a . Admission fee payable.

The (Borj South) The Merinides’ Tombs That stronghold was built by The majority of the Merinide Christian slaves under the tombs dates back to the 14th reign of sultan Ahmed El century and is mostly in a shabby state. They form a Mansour Ed Dehbi (1578- romantic background to one of 1603). the most beautiful views in Fez. 22 23

Fez Jdid (New Fez)… Following the Merinides’ tracks

Built in 1276 by the Merinids, «Fez la Nouvelle» or Fez Jdid was the capital of Morocco for centuries until the French established the government in . The neighbourhood encompasses several monuments, among them :

The Royal Palace According to The palace was built in the 13th century. the legend, the It opens onto the Alaouites Square, a huge Merinide prince esplanade laid out in 1968. The palace was Abu Yusouf, the enlarged and restored in the Moorish style founder of Fez Jdid in 1276, started many times during the . the construction That 80-hectare mansion is home to many of the city by palaces, strongholds, a menagerie, a mosque, resorting to the best craftsmen, a «koubba» and a medersa (theological skilled workers school), founded by the Merinides in 1320, and astrologers. and the huge Lalla Mina gardens. That huge site quickly turned into a flourishing city Bab Dekakene and into a new Dating back to the 14th century, (Tribunal pole for the Muslim Door), it is an impressive fortified gate in Fez West. The wide artery of Fez Jdid Jdid. It is thus called because that was the is worth seeing place where criminals were tried, hanged and mainly because of sometimes impaled as a warning to potential its bustling popular infidels. souks. 24

Fez Jdid (New Fez)… Following the Merinides’ tracks

Bab Semmarine Jewish families who lived and It is a multiple- arch high worked there for centuries. gate rebuilt in 1924, the real gateway to Fez Jdid. Inside, Danan Synagogue you will discover houses built That prayer venue was built at in a style different from what is the end of the 17th century. common in Fez as well as a row It used to belong to a rabbi of shops offering a wide range family, the Danans, whose of fabrics : fabrics for furniture, Fassi descendants date back for djellabas and caftans,… to the 14th century. Ibn Danan Synagogue is one The of the showpieces of Jewish The Mellah is considered the culture in Morocco. oldest neighbourhood of the Jews who fled the Spanish the Small Mechouar Inquisition. According to Surrounded by high walls, it historians, it was established is partly erected above Oued in 1438 in the of the Fez () and before the sultan’s Syrian bowmen in impressive gate to Dar el the early 13th century. , Bab Dekakene. On the right, through a Now abandoned by most Fez pathway in the wall, at a Jewish families, the Mellah is 150-meter distance,you can occupied by Muslim families. see a big bucket conveyor, But it still retains the built in 1287 by the architecture and hallmark of Andalusians. 24 25

Moulay Abdellah Mosque Moulay Youssef (1912-1927) That mosque bears its and the remnants of Moulay founder’s name (18th Hafid, in 1936, and Moulay century). It is home to a Abdelaziz, in 1942, were sanctuary, a medersa and a transferred there. necropolis. Its 25-meter high minaret is decorated with The Old Mechouar green ceramic vertical bands You can reach it through Bab and topped with four balls. Seba, which used to protect the entrance of the imperial The necropolis was palace. refurbished by Sidi Mohamed Ben Abderrahman in the It is door seven, Moulay 19th century. It is the resting Abdellah’s seven brothers, place of kings from the present who successively occupied the Alaouite dynasty : Moulay throne in the 18th century. Abdellah (1732-1757), That old site is dominated by Bab Al Makina high walls where, in 1886, an arm factory was created by an Italian mission on sultan Moulay Hassan’s initiative.

It was restored and now is used as a conference and concerts hall, especially during the Festival of World Sacred Music. At the other end of the old Mechouar Bab Segma has kept only the old tower of the Merinide door of 1315. 26

Fez… The new city

The modern city of Fez

With its broad avenues and boulevards, its buildings and its buzzing activity, the modern city of Fez looks like the other Moroccan cities, or European cities.

Many of its neighbourhoods were erected during the French protectorate and can be The new city identified by their art déco style. of Fez is characterized Most administration offices, banks and by its harmony tourist utilities are to be found in the area of and by several districts which Place de Florence, Mohammed V, Hassan II are reminiscent and Mohamed Slaoui Avenues. of art deco. The modern city houses several new districts which attract not only residential but commercial and service activities as well.

A new city-plan has been set up so that the city retains its harmony. 27 28

Tours

Far from being restrictive, each topic is presented more as a guideline, a focus around which many other testimonies of history and Moroccan culture.

Three types of signs have been set up to guide visitors throughout the tour:

• Information panels: Located at the ends Through these of the various circuits, these panels enable six circuits, it foremost, an indication of the geographical is proposed to location indicated on the map, to locate explore a selection within the medina. With the circuitry, of attractions information panels provide visibility of and historical sites, gardens, different courses, their intersection and the shopkeepers succession of attractions that compose them. spaces and historic districts, etc. • Orientation panels: Guiding through the maze of the medina, the numbered panels and colors chosen circuits allow you to easily discover the various major attractions. Double face, they indicate the start and finish of the course, for the progress report on the tour, they also indicate the direction of travel.

• Interpretation panels: Placed near major attractions, interpretive panels present succinct historical and cultural information about the monuments, public spaces or to selected commercial spaces. For the interpretation of the craft heritage, they describe the sales rooms, production areas and the involvement of artisans in the architectural witnesses of the medina. Placed to illustrate the matter, photographs accompany the text.

Translated in three languages, French, English and , these panels yearn for maximum readability. 29

On each panel, a QR code is inserted. In the scanning you can access the following Walls and fortifications information: Circuit of duration 2 to 3 • The location of the hours attraction on the interactive Available by bus, car or taxi map Access points: Gate of the • A more detailed content Royal Palace Bab-Ftouh • The media center of Main steps: Walls of the attraction Royal Palace - Bab Sagma • The testimonies of - Mausoleum Abu Bakr Ibn craftsmen, guides, people. Arabi - Kasbah Chrarda and walls - - Training Far from wanting to claim to Centre - South Borj completeness, these thematic Punctuating the urban tours will always remain on landscape of the medina the margins of the traditional and its surrounding walls, visit to the medina. borjs and kasbah is until today a unique architectural With an official tourist guide ensemble. your first steps in the city will be guided by a professional Erected to protect residents field, who will present the and jewels concealed in the city many facets of this mysterious of Fez through the centuries, space that is the medina. they mark their presence Further, thematic tours allow through the succession you,you wish to leave yourself of different dynasties. in the Medina and you focus Their defensive role being more on a specific theme. supported by the technical and artistic care allocated for their construction, they 30

Tours

also illustrate the evolution of hands, this circuit draws over time of construction between the two sides of techniques and skills of the medina the path of artisans in the development of Knowledge. Its transmission military architecture. Piercing through the different the ramparts, monumental attractions is available both gates like Bab Al Sagma or in places dedicated to spiritual Mahrouq or other ornate, are knowledge as well as spaces sure to spark your interest. At dedicated to manual and the foot of the sets extends technical expertise. Fassi countryside and hills, green in winter, ocher in Thus madrasahs in mosques, summer. madrasahs of workshops, culture and knowledge would join your walk. On one end to the other of the medina, Knowledge and this tour takes you from the Know-fair shore of the Andalusians to Circuit lasting 3h the bank of the Qaraouyine. Achievable on foot Access points : The spiritual capital city Mosque Al-Anwar / Mosque of Knowledge, Fez has and Bab El Guissa long hosted within its Main stages: Al-Anwar walls many students and Mosque scholars worldwide. Built to - Mosque An Andalous accommodate these students, - Madrasa Sbaïyine - many madrassas (schools) Madrasa Sahrij as Sahrij and Sbaiyine - Mosque El Wad - Souq are further expression of Seffah the creative genius and - Workshop leather the meticulous work of craftsmen - Bridge and up generations of craftsmen. Bin Lemdoun - Tannery Chouara - Derb Touil - Alongside these residential Embroidery workshop and schools, will shine for weaving Zaouiat Sidi Ahmed centuries the influence of Tijani - brocade workshop - the mosque al-Quaraouiyine Al Achabine. University, the first Combining the knowledge comprehensive university in of the mind to the dexterity the world. 31

will allow you to browse the medina from west to east, while going through his heart. You will discover the artisanal Monuments and Souks districts like the street of Circuit duration of 4h dyers (Sebbaghine) instead of Achievable on foot coppersmiths (Seffarine), the Access points: Place Nejjarine complex, dedicated Boujloud - Place Rcif to the wood and many Main steps: Complex fondouks and caravanserails, Bou’Inania home to craft activities. This - Talâa Sghira circuit will allow visitors to - Nejjarine Complex admire, through renowned - Mausoleum Moulay Idriss buildings, symbols of the - Fondouk El Berka identity of the medina of Fez - Fondouk Chemmaïne and and appreciate the invaluable Sbityine - Dar El Mouaqqit work done by the craftsmen - Mosque Al Qaraouyine of old days. Numerous crafts - Fondouk Staouniyine - presented in many souks and Library Qaraouyine - Place crossed fondouks along the Seffarine - Seffarine Madrasa road will give you an idea of - El ‘Aouadine - Place Rcif. the dexterity of the artisans of today, worthy successors of Browsing the high places their predecessors. of the built heritage of the city of Fez, including the Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss or the Mosque al Qaraouyine this circuit, starting from Palaces and Andalousian Bab Boujloud (Blue Door) gardens and arriving at Place Rcif Circuit lasting 3h 32

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Achievable on foot (source Azliten) where there Access points: Garden Jnane are many riads, surrounded by Sbil - Access Ain Azliten green landscapes, a traditional Main steps: Batha Museum tannery and a flea market. - Dar Pacha Tazi - C.I.P.A - Palace Abdeslmen Moqri - Riad Driss Moqri - Dar Adiyel - Palace Mnebhi - Dar Ba Mohamed Chergui - Craft Tannery Ain Azliten Circuit duration of 4h Achievable on feet This tour invites you Access points: Place to discover the various Boujloud - Place Lalla testimonies of more recent Yeddouna times of the medina, inviting Main steps: Talâa Kbira - you to stroll along shady Qaat Smen - Fondouk Tazi streets lined with exceptional - Souk Ain Allo - Souk el homes and many green spaces. Bellagine - Seqqatine - Souk The road starts by crossing el Henna - Souk Attarine the magnificent Garden Jnane - Five souks and Qissariat Sbil, and continues towards Kifah al - Madrasa Attarine the walled garden of the Batha - Madrasa Misbahya - Rue Museum. A little further, the Mechatine corner of an alley, sumptuous residences open their doors A meeting of the object, to the walker, like the Palace but more with the human, Abdeslam Moqri, Driss exploring this road will put Moqri Riad, Dar Adiyel and you into contact with these Mnebhi Palace. Reflecting men working every day to the architectural styles of the create thousand of objects 18th and 19th centuries, encountered at the turn these living spaces dignitaries of streets of the medina. in the Alaouite dynasty, Beyond mere ornament, each have now been renovated in piece falls from a tradition combination with (Fez Saiss) and know-how from a long Learning Centre (CIPA) or learning and a meticulous restaurant (Palace Mnebhi) . work.

The circuit, after crossing the Of great diversity, Fassi streets Talâa Sghira and Talaa craft will be unveiled here Kbira, ends in Ain Azliten with small touches: leather 33

work through the textile or Al-Hamra - Rue Fez Jdid through visiting heritage - Synagogue Al Fassiyine buildings, that will allow you to detect some of its wealth. More than the discovery of Go especially to encounter a neighborhood, this novice atypical work, working horn circuit at the gate of the in Mechatine street or even Royal Palace and ending the stool horse works in place Moulay Hassan, offers Seqqatine street. Marvels the visit of a real city, Fez also face the finesse and Jdid, new town or white royal delicacy of embroidery silks of city of the 13th century which Qissariat, large shopping hall was built to accommodate the dedicated to textiles. Witness residence of the new ruling the flourishing business of the Merinide dynasty . medina of Fez, the fondouks A special feature of this Qaat Smen Tazi and you will space is to have contained be present at the Souk of El the first Jewish neighborhood henna, where we can observe of Morocco, the Mellah. the pottery blue faience, the Artisans and expert traders, iconic craft region of Fez. Jews have left their mark on this area by the construction of numerous synagogues, such as Ibn Danan Synagogue or Fez Jdid the Synagogue Al Fassiyine. Circuit lasting 2 hours Beyond the Mellah and after Achievable on foot crossing the monumental Bab Access points: Semmarine, your steps will Gate of the Royal Palace lead you in the busy shopping - Place Moulay Al Hassan street Fez Jdid, which gives Main steps: Ibn Danan access to the majestic Place Synagogue Moulay Al Hassan, beyond - Bab Semmarine - Jamaa the Garden Jnane Sbil. 34

Fez, the city of knowledge, art and culture

They stopped by in Fez The city was the must-stop of historic personalities and scholars who received and transmitted knowledge, and thanks to them the city became one of the most prestigious cultural centres in the Muslim West.

Ibn Rochd - Averroes (Philosopher, 1126-1198) Averroes is the name under which the When IdrissII initiated the Arab-Spanish philosopher and scholar was construction of Fez known in the Western countries. He is the in 808, he said most renowned Arab-speaking medieval with his hands thinker. Author of the famous comments clasped : on Aristotle, he developed a critical method «Please God, of analysis of the Koran which helps to may this city relativize its literal interpretation, and become the home of sciences provide a better understanding of the texts and religious of the Revelation. learning…» This clear work blocked the way to so called And it has been fundamentalism or “integrism” which affects so for centuries only blinded minds. and up to now. 35

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even more important thanks to Ibn Arabi’s works. He had alledgedly written more than 150 books. Only 10 of them are available now. At the age of 60, he settled down in Damascus where he wrote the main part of the preserved Ibn Arabi work. His theories, his vision (Philosopher, 1165-1240) of God and of the world have Abou Bakr Mohammed Muhyi-al-din, a philosopher, left their mark on Islam and theologian and mystical guided not only the Sufi poet, born in Murcia, Spain, mystic but the whole Muslim in 1165, died in 1240 philosophy. in Damascus (). He received a traditional Koranic Ibn Khaldoun education, and at an early age (Sociologist, 1331-1406) he felt attracted by mysticism Ibn Khaldoun one of the title which led him to dedicate his historians in the Arab-Muslim entire life to God through world, he was one of the main , of which he became theologians of the history a predominant personality. of civilizations. He is often The influence of Sufism on considered as the pioneer of Muslim theology became modern sociology. 36 37

Maïmonide Colette (French writer and (Philosopher, 1135-1204) journalist, 1873-1954) His Hebrew name was Rabi Gabrielle Sidonie Colette Moshé Ben Maïmonide. He is was born at Saint-Sauveur- regarded as one of the greatest en - Puisaye (Burgundy) in models of the Jewish-Muslim January 1873. She was from thought, conciling tradition, a modest family, inherited her the Revelation, philosophy passion for literature from and science. her father. Colette didn’t hesitate to embark on the journey to Morocco, sent by A Spanish scholar, writing Paris-Soir to report on the in Arabic, Maïmonide is the criminal court-trial of Oum- symbol of medieval Muslim el-Hassen, a brothel owner, Andalusia where intellectual accused of having murdered effervescence and a certain prostitutes. harmony were prevalent In 1945, Colette was elected between the members of a member of the Goncourt the three religions of the Academy. She died in August Book, who lived together for 1955 in Paris. centuries.

His works are still studied not only by students and scholars in the Jewish world, for whom they were originally meant, but also by Muslim and Christian thinkers, «the guide for the perplexed » drafted in Arabic. 38

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Pierre Loti (French writer, He grew fond of the country’s 1850-1923) scenery and gave us dazzling Julien Viaud was his real descriptions of the landscapes name. He was a naval officer, he crossed. He also loved he traveled a lot and was above the culture of Moroccans, all a novelist. an heterogeneous people In the personal account of his (Berbers, Arabs, Jews,…) journey while a member of strongly tied to their tradition. the embassy when he was sent Loti willingly neglected the to Fez in 1889, Pierre Loti political affairs for which he portrayed the African Athens had come to Morocco. in an Orientalist-like style. From the fabulous reception A city of art given by Sultan Moulay Andalusian Music, Hassan to the prohibited The Arab-Andalusian music is terraces reserved for women, the result of a mixture of Arab it was essential that light music originating from the shone on ruins to enthrall the famous traveler who regarded Eastern Arabia, the African- himself Arab in some way. Berber music of the Maghreb Pierre Loti, an unfailing and the music from the Iberian traveler in an forever nostalgic Peninsula in 711, during the mood, depicted the journey reign of the Umeyyads (661- he made between April and 750), when Tariq Ibn Zyad May 1189 in Morocco. The conquered the Iberian Peninsula purpose of that journey was to celebrate the glory of Islam to accompany the Minister and to implement Arab- Patenôtre on a diplomatic Muslim civilization. That art mission in order to meet the contributed to the enrichment Moroccan king, in the capital of Spanish folklore and later on Fez, which was then a holy produced flamenco. Moroccan city. Andalusian music is a lyrical Loti described his adventures and instrumental repertory across , Fez and which has been transmitted Meknes. for centuries through an outstanding music tradition. In order to enhance the vocal part, this tradition combines the modal theory of the tubas with a specific system of rhythmic patterns. It represents the classical secular music. It is under the name of «tarab-al- âla», or simply «al-âla», as the 39

classical repertory of Moroccan Tetouan) are used only in Noubas was known until the colloquial language whereas Orientalists spread their works, the scholars’ references and the adopting when they spoke of manuscripts mention the word that set of patterns of words like «Moroccan Andalusian music», «Moroccan Andalusian music», «Moroccan-Arab-Andalusian «Moroccan Arab-Andalusian music», or the words tubu or music», «Maghreb-Andalusian nouba. music» or «Hispano-Muslim music». In a notorious article, The Moroccan Nouba Professor Mohamed El Fassi The Nouba is an Andalusian settled that issue without solving musical mode. It consists of a it for good. He pointed out that sequel of poems performed in the word «Andalusian music» chants and with instruments was inadequate as it denied the (muwashaha, zajal, shughl, Moroccans their contribution barwal) with intervals of to the birth and development of free or timed musical and the Nouba when we know that instrumental pieces. the present repertory owes them There is a musical introduction a lot. It was then necessary to prior to the performance. keep the original name Al-âla The Nouba is sung in one the people used in opposition voice by the instrumentalists to the Samâ : the word Al-alâ in heterophony (mixed refers to a song performed with voices). It is composed of instruments ; the word Samâ a series of movements (five refers to a group of voices. in Morocco) which are not Therefore, the words al-Alâ, necessarily interpreted in tarab-al-Alâ, Andalusian - to the same performance. Each enhance the historic feature of movement adopts a specific the origin and development of rhythmic pattern that moves the Andalusian style - fassya from the slowest cycle to (from fez) or tetouanya (from faster movements. 40

Fez, the city of knowledge, art and culture

The Nouba is based on the of , long confined mode notion called «tab» to eastern Morocco, they took (character) which ensures advantage of the weakening the Nouba its consistency of the Almohade dynasty in and identity. It is directed by the late 13th century to seep one melodic mode but other towards the West and found secondary and discreet modes the Merinides. This ethnic are added. There never is any mix of the settlement of the sudden variation. kingdom is at the origin of the richness and diversity of Actually, there are no its millennium musical and standardized interpretations of artistic repertoire. each Nouba, they are different according to the tradition and The Aïssawas the performers. It’s a brotherhood located essentially in the region of Popular Berber Fez and Meknes. music and songs The brotherhood of Aïssawas If one refers to the great was founded in the 16th scholar Ibn Khaldoun, one century by Sidi Mohamed can distinguish among the Ben Aïssa, also known as Berbers of Morocco three Cheikh Al Kamel. It is said main groups: Sanhaja, that when he died in 1526, Masmouda and . one of his followers who was The Sanhaja would have deeply upset entered into constituted a geographically a trance and lacerated his dispersed group, which is clothes and body. found in the , the Atlas; in the Saharian regions there Being in such a state, he even are the southern Sanhaja who devoured a sheep and a goat gave birth to the Almoravide (he devoured them live). That dynasty in the 11th century. legend accounts for two major As for Masmouda they practices of the brotherhood: were, until the 11th century the «hadra» (collective practice AD, predominant in the of trance) and the «frissa», a mountains Atlas and Rif, and specific Aïssawa characteristic in the Atlantic regions; they consisting of eating a live gave birth in the 12th century animal. to the Almohade dynasty. The most important moussem The Zenata finally have of the Aïssawas is held each arrived later, from the steppes year in Meknès near Cheikh 40 41

Al Kamal sanctuary, on the Its music is mainly sung, occasion of the celebration its instrumental part is less of the anniversary of the important. The concert takes Prophet Sidna Mohammed’s place under the leadership of birth (Peace be upon Him). a spiritual master, the sheikh, and the solo song is performed by the qawwal who is chosen The Aïssawas also visit homes for his beautiful voice. The on families’ demand. The faithful listen to the concert, «lila» (the night) is a musical sitting on the floor, and let night of songs and «hadra» themselves be carried away by for celebrating a happy event, the trance. The instruments for appealing to the Cheikh used are the frame drums Al Kamal’s baraka (luck), or and the oblique flute. Other for solving a tricky problem. instruments have been added During the hadra, the name since then. of God and prayers are said The samaâ music is essentially vocal as it is meant above all tirelessly until the body, then to sing the Koran suras and the soul, are taken away to verses of poetry. The rhythm finally reach trance. and the vocal movement trigger a state of trance. Sufi chants The Sufis have developed two ‘‘The dikr’’ ceremonies combining music The dikr ( plural : ladkar) is a to their spiritual quest : prayer which can be compared

to a litany, involving the ‘‘The Samaâ’’ means hearing. repetition of the name of God It is a ceremony characterized by prayers, music and dances until the body and mind are which lead to the state of taken away, thus leading the grace and ecstasy. disciple to a state of trance and consciousness annihilation. 42

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The practice of dikr can be Fassi craft art carried out individually or The craft industry has always collectively. In a collective been the core activity of the ceremony, music and dance city. It is closely linked to are performed. The dikr the history of the city and practice is different from is governed by corporations the samaâ practice as all made of workers from the the assembly is in a state same business sector. It of trance. The dikr is also operates under a well-defined headed by a spiritual master, hierarchy which supervises the the cheikh, who is joined by craftsmen’s training and the the singers. quality of the products. The craftsmen working in the same sector are gathered in districts The prayers are sung and (in Fez), bearing the name of repeated by the congregation, their trade activity : districts while at the same time the of debbaghines (tanners), disciples perform a movement nejjarines (woodworkers)... of the chest, backward and forward. That movement The craft activities which involves a sense of spiritual are still renowned in Fez are ascension resulting in a state jewelry, copper trade, pottery of ecstasy. Here, the trance is and ceramics, leather work, a collective communion. bookbinding, brassware and embroidery. Fez is also The dikr also plays an famous for rug weaving and important part in every phase the manufacturing of zellige. of agricultural life : plowing, Moreover, the traditional harvesting, threshing and trade activities have played wool work. The repetitive a great part in the artistic invocation of God’s name development and fame of aims at preventing any Fez, confirmed by Unesco harmful effects on crops such recognition of the Idrisside as hail, frost and strong wind. site as universal heritage. The song, performed by both Fez Ceramics men and women, are a Berber- The cultural history of Fez is Arabic blend. The disciples linked to its ceramics. Made get together in sessions during by the skillful hands of master which the verses of the Koran craftsmen, Fez ceramics is are repeated - the number multi-functional: jars, pots of repetitions being set by and jugs for the preservation tradition. of liquid or solid products, 42 43

plates and bowls for food Restored Monument preservation, oil lamps for As part of the renovation program light and incense burners for of historical monuments by ADER (Agency for Development fragrances. Whether blue or and Rehabilitation) of the polychrome, Fez ceramics medina of Fez, at the initiative with its decorative designs is a of His Majesty King Mohammed real delight for the eyes. Apart VI, a number of monuments from the items exhibited in have been restored or are being museums and handicraft restored. centres, it is worth seeing the •Pont Khrachfiyine private collection of «Omar •Pont Terrafine Benjelloun Foundation», •Borj Sidi Bounafae a collection of 120 glazed •Borj Boutouil ceramics spanning the period •Borj Neffara 18th century to 20th century. •Murailles Bab Makina •Murailles Jnan Drader Fez Museums •Fondouk Achich All the great eras of Moroccan •Tannerie Ain Azliten civilization have left •Tannerie Sidi Moussa outstanding hallmarks in Fez. •Dar Dbagh Chouara Museums to visit : •Bibliothèque Quaraouiyine •Mausolée Sidi Hrazem Musée des Armes •Medersa Seffarine Borj Nord •Medersa Sbaiyine •Borj Al Kawkab Tel / Fax : • Bank Al Maghrib +212 (0)5 35 64 75 66 •Sebbaghine •Musée des Arts du bois •Medersa Sahrij Place Nejjarine (Médina) •Medersa Mohammadia [email protected] •Hammam Ibn Abbad www.nejjarine.co.ma •Medersa Mesbahia •Centre artisanal •Fondouk Kettanine Av. Allal Ben Abdallah, •Fondouk Sagha Tèl. : •Dar Dmana +212 (0)5 35 62 27 04 •Dar Lazrak 44

Ziyarates Fez

Ziyarates Fez, is a social concept meant for helping underprivileged families who wish to keep and preserve their homes. It is with that objective in mind, namely the human development, that the partners joined their effort : Fez-Meknes Wilaya (Fez Medina district), the Agency for Social Development (ADS), the Regional Council of Tourism, INDH (National Initiative for the Human Development) and the Union of Ziyarates Fez Associations and Humanitarian Friendships invites to share of Fez Medina. the daily life of Fez-native families, «Ziyarates Fez» spirit in their charming The objective is to help the visitors immerse carved plaster or in the old-age Fez and decide together on its wood houses, in a family and cosy future by experiencing the outstanding Fez of atmosphere… the past.

In choosing that type of tourism, visitors will benefit from a unique and rich cultural experience. Thus, the Medina will remain alive, in its walls and soul.

Ziyarates Fez invites visitors to share the daily lives of about thirty families, in their carved- wood or gorgeous plaster houses, in a cosy and family atmosphere.

Learning how to make bread and take it to the neighbouring baker’s shop, shopping in markets and learning how to haggle ! Knowing the best places in the medina, behind closed doors... And afterwards, strolling in the streets which have by then become all too familiar. An innovative touristic program The objective is to focus on the cultural, spiritual and social aspects so as to encourage the tourists to stay longer. The concept also aims at establishing the East/West intercultural dialogue and making Islam known in its spiritual and cultural dimension. 44 45

The Homestay Partners Homestay is a tourist Fez-Meknes Wilaya supports accommodation concept which Ziyarates Fez approach which is consists of hosting visitors in under its supervision a family in the Medina of Fez. The Urban District of Fez- Families provide comfortable Medina attended to the restoration and revamping works rooms, allowing visitors to of the 30 selected houses. The discover the local people as well Regional Council of Tourism has as their way of life and thus designed procedures for quality sharing their mutual cultures. control and is in charge of the promotion of the concept. The quality «Ziyarates Fez» The Agency for Development has A quality label Ziyarates Fez, designed a comprehensive training identified by a name plate is program for host families. given to family members of the network, making it possible to The Union of Associations and Humanitarian Friendships of differentiate the families who Fez Medina is in charge of the share in the program from concept management and of those who don’t. reservations.

All the families integrated in Reservations : Union of Associations and the network have been trained Humanitarian Friendships in the tourist trade, security, 35, Sidi Kjih Talâa Sghira tourist activities, the history Fez Medina of the city, spirituality, etc… Tel. : +212 (0)5 35 63 46 67 46

The medina of Fez shines again

The program also includes the upgrade and the renovation of small alleys of Bab Boujloud, Talaa Seghira and Saffah through Attarine Diouane, Chemmaine, Sbitriyine, Bab Sansla, Khrachfiyine, Annakhaline, and Bab Al Haddadine Allamti. Thus, more than 254 traditional awnings were installed in shops, over 80 iron gates replaced with cedar doors and some 155 doors refurbished to emphasize the nobility of wood and materials The 2013-2018 used. restoration program concerned For their part, tanners have resumed their a total of 27 monuments and activities in recent months, in tanneries historical sites Azliten Ain Sidi Moussa and for some of the medina time in Chouara. Thus, several artisans of Fez, nearly and merchants could repossess their stores 4,000 buildings rehabilitated as part of the program of threatening ruin restoration and rehabilitation of historic and old tanneries, monuments of the Medina of Fez, which bridges and are located in particular, at the Souks of built Sebbaghine and Kettanine. during the reign of the Merinide It is the case also of Medersa of Sbaiyine, dynasty between the 13th and founded in the 14th century by Sultan Abu 14th centuries .In Al-Hassan Al Marini, Seffarine, built in 675 this context, 26 H / 1276 AD. AD by Sultan Abou Yacoub restoration projects Youssef and Sahrij, built in the 14th century of historic buildings by Sultan Merinide Abu Lhassan. were completed in Among these buildings, there are also the 2016. medersa Mesbahia erected north of the Mosque Qaraouiyne by the Merinide Sultan 47

Abu Hassan in 1347 and the idrisside time in the 9th Mohammadia, founded century, and Chouara, setting in the late 13th century up at least to the 16th century and renovated by Sultan during the Saadian period. Mohammed V in the 20th century, the historic bridges This program includes the Khrachfiyine, founded in the rehabilitation of the Souk of 10th century by the emir dyers (Sebbaghine), whose Zenetes Dounas above Wadi birth, according to historians, Al-Jaouahir and Terrafine, dates back to the time of designed by Zenetes emir Zenetes in the 10th century. Dounas the 11th century. It was rebuilt by the Merinide The program of restored Sultan Abu Said Othman buildings include Bab Makina in 1325 after a historical walls, built in the 14th and flooding. Borj Neffara / Dar 19th centuries, Jnan Drader Al Mouakki, built during (12th century), Borjs Kawkab the reign of the Merinide (14th century), and Sidi Sultan Abu Inan to control Bounafae Boutouil, built by astronomical chart for reasons the Saadian during the 16th related to the calculation century. of the religious calendar Were also restored the houses Dar Dmana and Dar Foundouk Achich, whose Lazrak, based respectively foundation dates back to the the 14th and 15th centuries, Saadian period in the 16th the former Agency Bank Al century, Kettanine 19th Maghrib (20th century), the century during the time Quaraouiyine library, the of Sultan Moulay Hassan Mausoleum Sidi Harazem 1st and Sagha in the 18th (12th century) and Ben century, as well as tanneries Abad (14th of Ain Azliten Sidi Moussa, century) are also among the whose origins date back to historic buildings restored. 48

Meknes, the Moroccan “Versailles”

As an imperial city, Meknes reached the pic of its glory under the reign of de Moulay Ismaïl (l672-1727) one of the great sultans of the Alaoui dynasty still ruling over Morocco. Making of it his capital, the city soon saw the implementation of ramparts of over 40 meters long sourrounding all the whole area of the Imperial city and its prominent monuments : palaces, mosques, gardens, pools, barns, stables can house The glorious 12,000 horses, wheat silos, considered sultan Moulay nowadays to be one of the local natural engeneering masterpiece. The example of Ismaïl related Dar El-Ma, the house of water; with its Meknes to its huge vaulted silos skilled in the Moorish destiny since form. 1672, and decided to He made of it an impressive city in the make out of Hispanic-moorish style surrounded by it one of the high murals dotted with monumental most beautiful doors, harmonious mixture of Islamic imperial towns and European styles of the maghreb of the and the capital 17th century, which enables it to earn the of the kingdom. nomination of «Versailles of Morocco» in the time of Louis XIV. The medina of Meknes takes its splendeur from the richness of its colours and medersas; its places and artecrafs shops, its souks which were under an Important work of restauration to rescue this ancestral heritage : a witness of a glorious past.

The European city «Le petit Paris» founded by the french in the start of the last century is still seducing the visitors with It’s colonial type of architecture called art deco. Landscapes surrounding Meknes are inviting areas to the discovery of Moulay Driss with its brightness constrasting with the red immensity of the last foothills of the Rif and Volubilis, the roman city endowed with houses dedicted to the works of Hercules in the Ephebes, the Procession of Venus, Dionysos and the Four Seasons or Orpheus, his Capitol, his triumphal arch and its forum.

Meknes will never stop making you dreaming. 49

Historical Monuments

•Bab Mansour, Place el Hedim •Medersa Filalia El Mechouar, Stinia Médina

• Attics and stables •Place Lalla Aouda (Hri Souani Ou Roua) El Mechouar, Stinia El Mechouar, Stinia •Place Lahdim •Bassin of Agdal El Mechouar, Stinia (Sahriji Souani) El Mechouar, Stinia •Jardins Suspendus El Mechouar, Stinia •Dar El Makhzen Palace El Mechouar, Stinia •Royal Golf El Mechouar, Stinia •Prison of Cara Silos souterrains) •El Haboul Gardens El Mechouar, Stinia Lahboul district

•Koubat Al Khayatine •Vue Panoramique ( Ambassadors saloon) Belle Vue district El Mechouar, Stinia Rue El Mariniyine Meknès

•Bab El Khémis •Volubilis Near Sidi Said •Moulay Idriss Zerhoune •Foundouk El Hanna Medina •Circuit «Chaîne de Zerhoune» Commune in Moulay Idriss •Le Haras Zerhoune Quartier Zitoune Mosques • Mansour Quartier Zitoune There are hundred of mosques int the city of Meknes, The most •Moulay Ismaïl Mausoleum ancients are. El Mechouar, Stinia Jamaa El kbir, Mosquée Lalla Ouda, Mosquée Berdaïne, •The Nejjarine Mosque Mosquée Zitouna, Mosquée Medina Najjarine, Mosquée Jamaa •The big Mosque Roua, Mosquée Sidi Saïd, Médina Mosquée Khadra, Mosquée Sidi Keddour el Alami •Jamaâ Roua Zitoune district Places of Worship

•Cheikh El Kamel Mausoleum •Catholics BabJdid district Eglise Notre Dame, Av. Mohammed V

•Dar Jamaî Meuseum •Jews Medina - The Synagogue in Riad district - The Synagogue in Mohamed •Medersa Bou Inania Meknassi alley «ex rue Ghana» Médina Hamrya. 50

History of Meknes

In the 18th century, Meknes region has seen the birth of the first dynasty of Morocco, Idrissides (786-917) founded by Moulay Idriss 1st, descendant of the Prophet Sidna Mohammed.

In the 11th century, the Almoravides fortified the city already conquered by the Almohade The city was who built mosques there, (Moorish founded in the baths) and kasbah. Meknes then enjoyed a 10th century period of prosperity that will be relayed by the and baptized advent of Merinides. Meknassat Zeitoun, big oriental berber tribe Many monuments will be built under the reign of this dynasty; among them the royal palace and the famous Madrasah Bou Inania.

Merinids were succeeded by the Ouatassides in mid 15th century. The arrival of the Alaouite dynasty marked a turning point in the history of Meknes. Since 1672, Moulay Ismail linked Meknes to his fate and decided to transform it into the most beautiful imperial city and the capital of Morocco. 50 51

Alias «the Moroccan Louis Arab - Moorish architecture. XIV» for almost 50 years, this Under the reign of his sultan built palaces, mosques, son, Sidi Mohammed ben storehouses, stables, ponds, Abdallah (1757 - 1790), gardens and , in a will Meknes is enriched with to give his reign a majestuous several monuments: mosques, posture, and make of it a well mausoleums and palace of Dar known capital . Beida, current headquarters of The walls surrounding the the Royal Military Academy. ancient city are pierced By registering Meknes on the by majestic richly carved list of the World Heritage doors and decorated with Sites, Unesco considered constellations (earthen ware the great ossuary walls and and mosaics). The Bab Palaces of the city all wrought Mansour is the largest and during the reign of Sultan most beautiful wall of the Moulay Ismail. 52

Exploring the region of Fez

Sefrou and the Sebou gorges (33 km, alt 850 m) When arriving from Fez, you will discover at the entrance of on the left the walls of the city, with a built-in impressive gate : it’s the main access to the city. That small white city at the foot of the Atlas was already important in the 12th century thanks to its location between Fez and the Tafilalet. It Evoking Fez became even more important in the 14th without mentioning century with the influx of Jews from . the hinterland, is like curtailing The Mellah, which survived for six hundred part of its soul. years, is as wide as the rest of the old city, with From Moulay Oued Aggaï running through it, spanned by Yacoub, a spa, to several arched bridges and which changes into Sefrou or , small mountain cool waterfalls at the city’s borders. The city cities, Fez opens is surrounded with orchards whose cherries onto the smooth are well-known. The Cherries Festival is held vales of the in June along with colorful folk events. Middle Atlas. Near Sefrou lie the waterfalls of Wadi Aggai. Natural gem and source of freshness, waterfalls represent an idyllic stroll for both visitors and locals. 53

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Immouzer du Kandar at There, you will find one of 38km (altitude 1345m, the nicest hotels in Morocco, 12,000 inhabitants) the Michlifen. It has been Located on the edge of a completely revamped and it rocky plateau, Immouzer du reopened in April 2010 under Kandar overlooks the plain of the name «Michlifen Suites 54

et Spa». Ifrane is also home A real paradise, nestled of one of the most prestigious between sweet-smelling cedar universities in the country, Al forests and colonies of wild monkeys. Akhawayne. Be ready for a thrilling time…

Azrou Azrou is a Berber city. Its A 100 km south of Fez small medina dates back to lies the city of Boulemane the 17th century, built on which is located between two the order of Sultan Moulay large mountains Tichoukt Ismail. The city is simply and Bcher. It is one of the gorgeous with its green glazed prettiest towns in the Middle tiled - roofs, which make it Atlas. Known to be peaceful look like a European village. and quiet, Boulemane offers Hikes to the Middle Atlas visitors the opportunity to are organized from there. summer hikes through the What you can do, is go to picturesque valleys of the the Ito panoramic viewpoint, Middle Atlas. Boulemane a natural terrace from where province has a natural scenery the view is breathtaking. and rich tourism potentials . 55

Green tourism … Above all, forests must be «saved»

Restore the forests balance ecological functions and Middle Atlas course and assure the social and economic development of local populations. The objective of the project of Integrated Management of Middle Atlas Forests (Gifma) launched in Fez is to encourage the green tourism, but especially revaluing the forest heritage of Fez and its region. An integrated management which will according to Fez-Boulemane Regional office of Waters It is vital to and Forests restore the forests balance ecological re-establish the functions and the Middle Atlas course and balance between assure the social and economic development of the ecological the local populations. Actually, the project will functions of pay a particular attention on the valuation of forests and the forest products intended for the international tours in the market and this through a certification based on Middle Atlas while integrated and sustainable forest management ensuring the social indicators. This management intends to guarantee and economic the effective implication of all the forest actors development of the (services of the State, the local populations, the local populations. private sector and the associations) in a confidence climate, in a constructive consensus in favor of a sustainable management of the resources and the ecosystems. Indeed, capacity buildings are at the same time an approach and an objective. It is necessary to train the partners and to equip them so that they can develop together multifunctional models of management. Capacities, which can be spread and transferred to reproduce and adapt to these models, the most vulnerable Middle Atlas forest hillsides and the other .

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Festivals, moussems, concerts and exhibitions

The National Festival of Andalusian Music Each year, the «Maison Adyel» hosts during two days, in November, magnificent Arab- Andalusian music nights led by different renowned orchestras

Dates and information : Tél. : +212 (0)5 35 63 72 28 (commune urbaine de Fez). By means of Tél. : +212 (0)6 61 40 13 71 music, sacred chants, cultural events and Festival of Malhoun Music moussems, Fez This annual event offers the chance to promotes the melhoun lovers to meet in Fez, at the menu, unification of the national troops. This ancient art of Fez cultures, religions conceals a rich repertoire of poems, «kssidas» and people. in . The Imperial Fez Malhoun covers all common poetic themes. claims to be a These include, in general, four categories of privileged cultural and music venue. themes: faith and its multiple dimensions, jalsa and playfulness, social issues, documentary and narrative dimension, historical and political topics .

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Fès, ville des Culinary Festival diplomatic role of good «Fez Gourmet» food. Parallel forums and The « Fez Gourmet » is exhibitions punctuate this organized twice a year by the event too. Association of guest houses in the city. Generally the second Dates and Information: fortnight of March and the «Parchemins concepts» first of November. During April each year these periods each Riad Tél.:+212 (0)5 35 65 39 53 prepares his best specialty, [email protected] so visitors can discover every www.parcheminsconcepts.com day a different dish in a Riad participant. Fez Festival of World Sacred Music Dates and Information : Organized between the months ARMH (Association Régionale of May and June of each des Maisons d’hôtes) year. On the menu: concerts, Tel : + 212 5 35 94 24 92 conferences, exhibitions... [email protected] Gregorian chants, samaa songs www.armhFez.com/Fez- of Sufi orders and liturgical gourmet poems of piyoutims synagogues, as well as other music that touch Diplomatic culinary the sacred (spiritual inspiration, Festival traditional, scholarly and It is organized every year classical). This world of music in the month of April to gives life for a few days to the discover both Moroccan Andalusian gardens of the and Mediterranean culinary palace Batha Fez El Bali and traditions,, and discuss the Bab Makina in Fez Jdid. 60

This meeting, which takes and artistic heritage of annually place is consituted exceptional richness and also from artists, politicians, to open a reflection on the philosophers, scientists, contribution of this heritage imams, priests and rabbis, is at the heart of the Moroccan a forum for the promotion of society today. dialogue between civilizations The Festival, which takes and religions. place in late April or early May of each year, will contribute The Fez Festival was founded to make known and spread there more than a decade and throughout the world the has since evolved to become message of peace, universality an «internationally renowned and spirituality at the heart of event» where participants Islam. from all over the world are called to vibrate for a few days Dates et informations : to the rhythm of both sacred Parchemins Concepts profane music . Avenue Moulay Kamel, Cité Mimosa,s Immeuble 6, Dates and informations : Appartement N°3 Fondation Esprit de Fez Fez - MAROC Sidi Al Khayat, BP 679 Tél.:+212 (0)5 35 65 39 53 Fez, 30200 Maroc Fax:+212 (0)5 35 65 44 67 Tél +212 (0) 535 74 05 35 [email protected] / +212 (0) 535 74 06 91 www.Festivalculturesoufie. Fax:+212 (0) 535 63 39 89 com [email protected] www.FezFestival.com Moussem Of Moulay Idriss Festival of Sufi Culture Every September, the The Festival of Sufi Culture population of Fez celebrates aims to discover a spiritual Moulay Idriss, founder and 61

saint of the city. For one Cherry Festival week, the various craft guilds Famous for its cherries, and townspeople march Sefrou houses each year in in procession through the June for three days the Cherry medina. Festival. Various folklore and During the week of moussem, cultural events are organized Fez also hosts various on this occasion. But the cultural, religious and sportive main event remains the events. election of «Miss Cherry» which attracts many visitors. Dates et informations : CRT Fez Dates et informations : Tel:+ 212 (0)5 35 94 24 92 Commune Urbaine Sefrou [email protected] Tel : + 212 (0)6 62834782 www.Feztourism.org [email protected] www.Festivalcerises-sefrou. Festival com of Samaâ and Madih The National Festival of Praise The Tissa Horse Festival and Hearing (the Prophet Every year in late September Sidna Mohammed pbuh), and early October, Tissa organized on the occasion, becomes home for two days to offers listeners four evenings of religious and spiritual Muslims the Horse Festival. Hundreds songs, on the prefecture room of riders, dressed in their (Fez -Medina ). traditional clothes, present their magnificent horses to Dates et informations : the population and participate CRT Fez in fantasias. Tel:+ 212 (0)5 35 94 24 92 Fantasias are ritual, warrior [email protected] mock assault, games www.Feztourism.org according to very specific rules 62

and whose conduct is highly Dates et information : ritualized. These equestrian Association «Al Wifak» & attacks are accompanied by la Province de traditional songs and dances Tél.: +212 (0)5.35.62.73.55 www.provincetaounate.ma by women riders. Festival of Amazigh Fantasias are conducted on a (Berber) Culture large plot which aligned riders Each edition is held on the embarked on their horses, first week of July and features handling each a powder rifle a melodic ride into the world (mokkahla) , to pursue a of the millenary roots of the frantic race marked through Berber culture, through his a group harmony in a single songs and traditional dances. detonation. The meeting is The goal is to discover, accompanied by prizes and promote and share with the entertainment. public, the Fez richness of 63

Amazigh culture, transmitted young bands of different from generation to generation genres such as street theater, primarily through storytelling, rap and fusion , besides folk poetry and songs. groups such as Aissaoua, Hmadcha and other arts The convention center is groups. also home, during a scientific conference in the same Sidi Harazem period, on «Amazigh culture Moussem and human development» Sidi Harazem (20 km far from to exhibitions of books, Fez) lives each year in March handicrafts, exhibitions of (time subject to modification) works of art, Amazigh carpets the rhythm of his Festival. and clothes. Cultural events (folklore, traditional weddings ...), sports, Dates and informations : exhibition of handicrafts of the La Fondation Esprit de Fez region are organized on this Tél.:+212 (0) 535 74 05 35 occasion. [email protected] Information : www.Festivalamazigh.on.ma CRT Fez Tel.:+ 212 (0)5 35 94 24 92 Fez Festival of Street Arts [email protected] Initiated by the Ministry of www.fez-Fez.com/moussem Culture, the event is held in sidi-harazem July each year in several public places in the spiritual capital, with the participation of many 64

Bab Boudir Festival Jumping contests This Festival is held every Held annually in April July for a week, in Bab Boudir under the aegis of the (province of Taza). On the Moroccan Royal Federation menu: cultural and sporting of Equestrian Sports, the events: folklore, fantasia, jumping contest gathers for 2 great fair with exhibitions of to 3 days the best riders in the local products. region.

Information : Information : Association du Festival Centre équestre Culturel et Touristique de Aïn Aymer, Km 2,5 Bab Boudir, Route d’Imouzzer, Comune Rurale Bab Boudir Fez. Tel:+ 212(0) 6 66 92 35 70 Tél. :+212 (0)5 35 60 64 21 64 65

Cultural diary of Fez

January •Music Festival •Annual Day of Fez •Lisan Eddin Ibn El Khatib •Various cultural activities Dating

February July •World Day for Road Safety •Moussem of Sidi Ahmed Tijani March •National Festival of •National Festival of Amazigh Culture Andalusian music •Art Festival •The annual meeting of the •Choregraphic Dance Arabic language Festival •International Women’s Day •Spring Festival of September Philosophy •Moussem of Moulay Idriss •National Festival of •National Festival of «Samaa Laughter and Madihe»

April •National Meeting of the October novel •Moussem Sidi Ali •Moroccan Cinematographic Boughaleb Film Day •Festival of Sufi Culture •Fine Arts Festival •International Fez Festival •Mediterranean Book of proFezsional theater Festival November May •World Diabetes Day •Malhoun National Festival •International Philosophy •World Sacred Music Festival Day •Collective circumcision •Fez Festival of Folk Arts •Spring Festival of romantic poetry December •Festival of the educational film • Fair of traditional crafts •Poetry Evenings Fez • Heritage Festival «history (International poetry day) and creation» •National Children’s Festival •Annual Festival of Flamenco During the month of Ramadan June • Folk Arts Festival •Environment Day • Artistic activities •Conference of • Animation of the city of Mediterranean women Fez with Tarab and Malhoune 66

Gastronomy

Fassi cuisine is made up of a mosaic of multi- flavored dishes secretly preserved in the hands of women for centuries, like «khliee» or dried meat.

If you want to discover Moroccan cuisine and taste the rich Fassi dishes, nothing is better than treat yourself and sit at a restaurant table. Riads, restaurants and hotels offer sophisticated dishes such as pastilla, prune Fez for centuries has been the tajine, sweet or salted lamb, tfaya couscous crossroads of (with raisins and onions), roast lamb with diverse populations almonds. For a starter, spoil yourself to a real (Berbers, Jews, flavor Festival with the selection of salads. Christians, Muslims, The recipes blend ancestral know-how with Andalusians,…). contemporary cuisine. Among the must The city offers a wide range of on the menu, you will also find refined culinary international cuisine : French, Italian treats from and even Asian. For light budgets, there different horizons, are eateries which offer delicious pizzas, which have been sandwiches, a selection of original salads and gradually tajines. As to the restaurants in the medina, improved (cuisine they offer meals at reasonable prices, grilled of Tafilalet, Andalusia, Middle meat, couscous, salads, grilled fish, potato Atlas, and Rif). fritters, boiled sheep heads, omelets as well as mint tea and home-made bread.

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The spiritual capital, Fez, hosts throughout the year several artistic and cultural events, mainly the Moussem of the patron saint of the city, Moulay Idriss and the Moussem of Sidi Ahmed Tijani which attracts numerous believers from the Maghreb and Sub- Saharian Africa, as well as the Festival of World Sacred Music. Fez, in its intellectual potential and its rich identity drawn from the Arab-Islamic civilization, was named «Capital of Islamic Culture for the year 2007» by ISESCO. 68

Sports and discovery

Fez Royal Golf… a dream destination at the foot of the Atlas Fez offers golf buffs a splendid golf course, located in the heart of a huge olive grove at the foot of the , at an altitude of 700 meters. Beautifully designed by the architect Cabell B.Robinson, the golf course of Fez is viewed as one of the most impressive courses in the Golf, tennis, horse world, especially since it was extended to 18 riding, swimming, holes: a prime destination for golf lovers. archery, all such leisure activities Several specialized tour operators offer a will make your golf destination in their program, as well holiday, an as internationally famed tournaments. In unforgettable addition to offering an idyllic course, the experience in one of the oldest cities Royal Golf offers the players a 100sm-club in Morocco. house which overlooks the course, a 100-seat restaurant, a pro shop, a lounge, terraces and cloakrooms.

Royal Golf of Fez www.swingolf-academy.com [email protected] [email protected] Tel. : +212 (0)5 35 66 50 66 69

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Fès, ville des In the heart of the city of Golf Oued Fez Fez Tel.: +212 (0)5 35 70 36 87 Golf Oued Fez … Fax: +212 (0)5 35 64 55 00 Alongside Oued Fez on GSM : 06 64 72 10 50 6.344 meters, a magnificent [email protected] 18 - hole brings a touch www.ouedFez.ma of aesthetics and natural refinement. Route de Meknès, 30000 Fez

This work of art is arranged Meknes Golf on either side of the and At the heart of the imperial bordered by a large eucalyptus city of Sultan Moulay Ismail, driveway that accompanies with the decoration of green the famous public promenade. tiled roofs and of the medina, in a beautiful garden The design of the golf of thousand flowers, orange course was conducted by the trees, olive trees, palm trees, Scottish cabinet Jonathan Gaunt whose experience on 5 plum, medlar , apricots, the continents and reputation are 9 hole Royal Golf Meknes well established. immerse you in history.

Responding to the desire to The Club entrance is a small create a wide range and an masterpiece with its large academy that will institute door finely decorated and a good introduction to golf, the fountain of blue mosaic the realized design meets the . Inside, the golfer follows his needs of golfers of all levels, all in the middle of a green journey back in time between oasis. the ramparts nesting storks. 70

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Near the green number 6, Meknes Golf a Moorish door leads to the Tél. : +212 (0)535 53 07 53 Royal Palace. The green Fax : +212 (0)535 55 79 34 [email protected] number 9, a superb staircase www.royalgolfmeknes.com in white and green faience Jnan Al Bahraouia, Ville leads to the club house Ancienne, Meknès Maroc. situated in the ramparts. Michlifen Golf & Country The enchantment lasts Club, throughout the game and the An 18 Hole golf in Ifrane fans of the little white ball can ONCF is building an 18 extend late into the night in a hole golf course in Ifrane, the magical atmosphere, because pearl of mountain tourism here one can play with the in Morocco. Located 10 spotlight placed throughout km south of the city, the the course. Michlifen Golf & Country 70 71

Club under construction, will •Sporting Club de Fez include a clubhouse including 10, Rue Moulay Slimane a workshop and playing Tél.: +212 (0)5 35 64 13 75 surfaces and drive. [email protected]

Tennis Winter sports In Fez, all four and five-star Skiing in Morocco under a hotels have tennis courts. totally blue and flawless sky for In there and in sports clubs, several months in the year is a amateurs will find experienced reality. In the neighbouring young Moroccans (qualified areas of Fez, ski lovers can coaches) or tennis lovers to enjoy skiing in a temperate play with them. climate. The Middle Atlas Numerous tournaments are (skiing is possible from organized in clubs, between December to February) is also members and guests, or in ideal for ski touring. hotels between holidaymakers. Fishing and Hunting •Tennis Club Fez (TCF) The adventure loves, fishermen (Yavor : coordonnées) and hunters will spend • Sporting Club Fassi delightful moments in the 10, Rue Moulay Slimane region of Fez. Tél. : +212 (0)5 35 64 13 75 They can fish in the numerous •Fez Country Club/Royal lakes located in a colorful Tennis Club Fez environment, or hunt in the Complexe Sportif El Merja, Middle Atlas Mountains. 30020 Fez Game is plentiful in the region Tél: +212(0)5 35 65 5836 (region of Azrou, Sefrou…), Fax: +212(0)5 35 72 60 62 essentially partridges, ducks, [email protected] quails, geese, turtledoves and www.Fezcountryclub.com also boars. 72

Flying the neighboring Middle Atlas Thanks to its geographical breathtaking Mountains. position and its climate, Fez In some lakes, you can swim, is an ideal venue for flying go pedal boating or indulge in sports. other water sports. The Fez aero club organizes flights and courses to train Jogging those who are looking for Jogging buffs and nature thrilling sensations. lovers are increasingly invading parks and forests Pony trek in Fez. Some go for a stroll in the region of Fez every morning in Aïn Chkef Pony trekking is another way forest, a preserved natural to discover the region of Fez. space with waymarked Along the crystal-clear water footpaths and space designed lakes, in green forests and for the strollers. 72 73

Good addresses Tennis Club Fez Royal Golf Fez Avenue Mohamed El Kourri Route d’Ifrane Imouzzer - Tél. : 212 (0)5 35 62 42 72 Aïn Chegag Tél. : +212 (0)5 37 76 38 49 Royal Tennis Club Fez 18 trous - 3168 m - par 37 Complexe Sportif «El Merja» Rte de Zouagha 30000 Fez Oued Fez Golf Ouvert tous les jours de l’année Oued Fez, N6, de 8h00 à 23h00 Fez, 30000, Maroc Tél. : +212 (0)5 35 65 58 36 Tél.: +212 (0)535703687 Fax : +212 (0)5 35 72 60 62 www.ouedFez.ma [email protected] [email protected] www.tennisperformancegroup.com

Football, Hand-Ball, Meknes Golf Basket Ball Jnan Al Bahraouia, Ville Club du MAS - Rue du Soudan Ancienne, Meknès Maroc. Tél. : +212 (0)5 35 62 30 34 Tél. : +212 (0)535 53 07 53 Fax : +212(0) 535 55 79 34 [email protected] Club de Volley-Ball U.S. Fez www.royalgolfmeknes.com Sidi Brahim Tél. : +212 (0)5 35 64 10 86 Riding stable and Hiking Aéro Club Aïn Amyer, Km 2 Aéroport international Fez Saïss Route d’Imouzzer Fez Tél. : +212 (0)6 61 25 06 26 Tél. : +212 (0)5 35 60 64 21 Ski Equestrian Club Fez Délégation de la Jeunesse et des Moulay El Kamel - Sports. Bd. Chefchaouni Champ de Courses Tél. : +212 (0)5 35 62 31 61 Tél. : 212 (0)5 35 62 34 38 Tél. : +212 (0)5 35 62 36 61 74

Fitness and relaxation

Hammams for indulging your senses is at the heart of Oriental rituals To soothe your soul and unwind your body, nothing is better than the traditional hammams of Fez where you will discover the Moorish baths still functioning like in the old days. Some hammams in the medina are more than one century old. It is advisable to take with you towels, soap, massage mitt (loofah), massage oil, etc…. Some hammams Fez offers an array have two rooms, one for women and one of fitness activities: for men. Otherwise, make sure you get the traditional hammams (steam right admittance schedule for women or baths), spas, men. Some hotels have their own hammams health and beauty where you can enjoy a whole range of beauty -care centres where and body care combining age-old rites and you will no doubt modern techniques: relaxing and stimulating spend a pleasant massages with natural essential oils, purifying time. and exfoliating scrub, rosewater-scented hammam, scrub using Morocco soft soap (black soap). Also, pedicure, manicure, hair care,… Some establishments have recreated the soothing and magic atmosphere of oriental hammams with columns, patios, fountains and urns. Don’t fail to explore the virtues of those magic and timeless spots if you want to recharge your batteries.

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Spas for your body care The mineral water is renowned Most top hotels in Fez for its healing virtues for liver provide Spa treatments to and kidney diseases. Many recharge your batteries and tourists visit the thermal spa soothe your mind. As part throughout the year. of the program, delightful moments of relaxation and ‘‘’’ mental calm : swimming pool, This thermal station is flower-scented steam bath, located at 15km North- sauna, jacuzzi, massage, body west of Fez. The hot waters care, skin care (cleansing, of Moulay Yacoub are the scrubbing, vapozone, massage) most important ones in and fitness activities. Morocco for their therapeutic Embark on a sensorial trip of virtues thanks to their well-being. mineralization, their rate of flow and their temperature. It’s in fact a hyper thermal Thermal springs water, a real sulfur sea water.

‘‘Sidi Harazem’’ The resort, which has been This source is about 30km frequented by Moroccans East of Fez. It has been since its creation, was also known since the era of 16th visited by André Gide and the century thanks to Arab Henry de Montherlant in the geographer, Léon l’Africain. 1930s. 76 77

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Shopping in Fez

Fez Craftsmanship Fez is an outstanding Moroccan handicraft creation centre. Its handicraft shops display the typical items of the city (rugs, jewels, pottery, leather goods, furniture, etc…). Its markets and souks offer locally-made products such as rugs, henbels, brass trays, poufs and leather articles. Most bazaars are on Talaâ Kebira street Fez is the hub of right in the medina. There, you will find Moroccan craft secondhand goods dealers and antique art. Its markets, dealers. The workshops and sales outlets are souks and near the Qaraouiyine, the main nucleus of commercial centres the old city (souk Chemmaîne, Sbitryine, offer a wide range Seffarine, Nejjarine). of various items. Numerous craftsmen co-ops (pottery,leather,…) offer items at reasonable prices. Fez is home also to the most famous silverware in the country.

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Fez by night (where to go)

Moroccan gastronomy was born in Fez. To sample the genuine Fassi cuisine, go to the medina where numerous riads and restaurants offer succulent and varied dishes (tagines, couscous, pastillas and other delicious local- flavor dishes).

In the Boujloud neighbourhood, plenty of small eateries offer mint tea and cheap plain Should you wish dishes for the small budgets : couscous, to have a drink or sample a home- grilled meat and fish, salads, boiled sheep made product, you head… You will probably come across quite will find all this in a few tourists, eating there in a traditional Fez restaurants, setting. piano-bars, elegant tearooms and cafés, discos You can also sample international cuisine in and clubs… the new city. You will find a great number of fabulous restaurants offering great food, pizzerias, asian restaurants and trendy tearooms . The main venues are concentrated downtown. Cheap food is to be found in the Boulevard Mohammed V area, in snack bars and eateries. 81

EditoAccommodation in Fez and region

FesNichée has a hotel capacity of 7,260 beds, which is 7 % of the national capacity. The city counts luxury hotels with remarkable infrastructures, as well as of numerous restored and renovated riads where, often comfort, luxury and authenticity rhyme with quality of service. In an average category, in the new city of Fez, you have the choice between 30 years age establishments or new hotels with modern comfort. Fès,Fez houses ville des hotels with state-of- Riads & Guest Houses the-art facilities, The concept of «Riad» or «hosts’ House», authentic riads and guesthouses takes in Fez all its value with regards to the for all budgets. quality of the houses which offer this kind of accommodation. These places, real small palaces that ally tradition and comfort, propose generally at least 5 rooms and/ or suites within an authentic fassi house, built around a patio or an internal garden. Classified in 1st or 2nd category, while waiting for a more detailed classification, in the course of elaboration, they correspond to the criteria of excellence required by the tourism ministry and are regularly controlled by the authorities both at the level of service quality and hygiene and safety regulation. All these houses also offer a catering service highlighting the Moroccan food and in particular the fassi one. They are grouped into the Association Regional of Riads and hosts’ Houses which quality charter they adopted and which initials they raise at the entrance.

The list is available on the ARMH site www.armhFez.org ARMH Fez : C/O CRT Fez, Avenue des Alaouites Fez, Morocco. Tel : + 212 5 35 94 24 92 Fax : + 212 5 35 65 01 88 E-mail : [email protected] 82

For lovers of nature, for affordable accommodation mountains and open spaces, suitable for budget travelers. Ifrane, Azrou Imouzzer offers Rates vary between 15-30 lodges which are often visited DH per person per night. by hikers. Rates depend on They are available exclusively categories and seasons. They for 13-30 years. are usually affordable. The list of steps and shelters Addresses are available lodgings is available from from the Royal Moroccan the AGIA and Sefrou Federation of Youth Association: Hostels ; affiliated with the International Federation of CRT Fez, Youth Hostels : Avenue des Alaouites Fez, Morocco. Tel : + 212 5 35 94 24 92 Parc de la Ligue Arabe Fax : + 212 5 35 65 01 88 BP 15988 - Casablanca [email protected] Tél.: (212) (0)5 22 47 09 52. www.Feztourism.org Fax: +212 (0)5 22 22 67 77 www.visiteFez.com E-mail : [email protected]

Finally, for small grants and Fez Youth Hostel Association budgets, around Bab 18 Rue Abdessalam Serghini Boujloud there are full of cheap pensions. There are also Ville Nouvelle, Fez, Morocco in Fez and Meknes Azrou, Tél : +212(0)535624085 hostels and reception centers Fax : +212(0)535624085 83

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Lodging

HÔTELS Menzeh Zalagh Fès 10, rue Mohamed Diouri Tél. : 05 35 62 55 31 Tél. : 05 35 94 08 17 Hotels 5* Fax : 05 35 65 19 95 Paiais jamai [email protected] (Fermé pour rénovation) www.Zalagh-palace.ma Tél.: 05 35 63 43 31 à 33 Royal Mirage Fax : 05 35 63 50 96 Avenue des F.A.R Tél. : 05 35 93 09 09 Les Mérinides Tél. : 05 35 93 12 01 Borj Nord Fès, route Fax : 05 35 62 04 86 The visitor has de Tour de Fès reservations.fes@ the choice between Tél. : 05 35 64 62 18 royalmiragehotels.com many hotels of Tél. : 05 35 75 20 01 www.royalmiragehotels.com Tél. : 05 35 64 52 26 various categories Fax : 05 35 64 52 25 and hosts. Sofia [email protected] 3, Rue du Pakistan For the small www.lesmerinides.ma Tél. : 05 35 62 42 65/66 budgets, the old Tél. : 05 35 62 42 67 / 68 Medina and the Ramada Fès Fax : 05 35 62 64 78 downcity area 58, Av. des FAR (V.N) [email protected] Tél. : 05 35 94 80 00 abound with small Fax : 05 35 94 25 04 Tghat hotels and well-kept [email protected] Avenue des F.A.R boarding houses. www.ramadafes.com Tél. : 05 35 93 06 93 / 94 Tél. : 05 35 65 26 77 Zalagh Parc Palace Fax : 05 35 65 26 78 Route de Meknès [email protected] Tél. : 05 35 75 54 54 www.hotel-tghat.ma Tél. : 05 35 94 99 49 Fax : 05 35 75 54 91/92 Volubilis Framotel [email protected] Av. Allal Ben Abdellah www.Zalagh-palace.ma Tél. : 05 35 65 44 84 / 85 Tél. : 05 35 62 11 26 / 25 Palais medina [email protected] Av Allal El Fassi Fès www.fram.fr Tél.: 05 38 900 900 [email protected] Wassim Rue du Liban, Av Hassan II Sahrai Tél. : 05 35 65 49 39 Bab Lghoul Dhar El Fax : 05 35 93 02 20 Mahraz Fès [email protected] Tél.: 05 35 94 03 32 Fax:05 35 94 03 62 Barcelo Fes Medina [email protected] Angle Av Hassan II et bd Chefchaouni Fès Hotels 4* Tél.: 05 .35 94 88 00 Fès Marriott Jnan Fax :05 35 94 27 25 Palace Av. Ahmed Chaouki (VN) Across Tél. : 05 35 65 22 30 76, Bd Chefchaouni VN Tél. : 05 35 65 39 63 Fès Fax : 05 35 65 19 17 Tél.: 05 35 94 06 12 Fax : 05 35 62 35 16 Fax :05 35 94 06 01 www.marriott.com [email protected] 85

Hotels 3* Zahrat Al Jabal Hotels 1* Ametis Nouzha Avenue des F.A.R Amor Hôtel Tél. : 05 35 94 46 46 31, Rue Arabie Saoudite 7, Av. Hassan Dkhissi, Fax : 05 35 94 46 06 Tél. : 05 35 62 27 24 Place Atlas reservation@ Tél. : 05 35 62 33 04 Tél. : 05 35 64 00 02 hotelzahratjabal.ma Tél. : 05 35 64 00 12 Bab Boujloud Fax : 05 35 64 00 84 49, Place Issesco - [email protected] Menzeh Fes Kasbat boujloud www.ametishotelsmaroc.com 28 Rue Abdslam Tél. : 05 35 63 76 25 Serghini FES Fax : 05 35 63 31 18 Batha Tél.:05 35 94 38 49 Place Istiqlal, Batha Tél.:05 35 94 38 47 Errabie BP: 505 Fax : 05 35 94 38 34 1, Rue de Tanger Rte Tél. : 05 35 74 10 77 de Sefrou Tél. : 05 35 63 82 67 [email protected] www.menzeh-zalagh. Tél. : 05 35 64 00 01 Fax : 05 35 74 10 78 Tél. : 05 35 64 10 75 [email protected] Fax : 05 35 65 91 63 www.hotelbatha.new.fr Hotels 2* Grand Hôtel Lamdaghri Fes Inn Bd Chefchaouni 10 rue Abbas Maasadi 47, Rue de Sidi Brahim Tél. : 05 35 93 20 26 Tél. : 05 35 62 03 10 Tél. : 05 35 64 00 89 Fax : 05 35 65 38 47 Fax : 05 35 64 35 03 [email protected] Jardin Public [email protected] 153 Kasbat boujloud Jnane Sbile www.hotelfesinn.com Bab Boujloud Fès 22, Kasbat Shems, Tél.: 05 35 63 87 16 Boujloud Ibis Moussafir Fax :05 35 63 71 32 Av. des Almohades, Tél. : 05 35 63 86 35 Place de la gare Fax : 05 35 63 86 09 Résidence hôtelière Tél. : 05 35 65 19 02 [email protected] Villa Agapanthe Tél. : 05 35 65 19 05 www.hoteljnanesbile.com 2éme cat Fax : 05 35 65 19 09 Domaine Ben Abdellah [email protected] La Paix Route de Sefrou Fès 44 Avenue Hassan II Tél.: 05 35 61 52 79 Fax : 05 35 61 98 21 Mounia Tél. : 05 35 62 50 72 60, Rue Assilah Tél. : 05 35 93 17 97 Tél. : 05 35 65 07 71/72 Pension Fax : 05 35 62 68 80 Tél. : 05 35 62 48 38 Pension Toumbouktou [email protected] Fax : 05 35 65 07 73 2éme cat [email protected] 32 Bis Oued Zhoune www.hotelmouniafes.ma Olympic FES Bd. Mohammed V Tél.: 05 35 63 70 48 Perla Hôtel Tél. : 05 35 93 26 82 Fax :05 35 63 88 51 15 Rue de la Jordanie [email protected] Quartier de la Gare Pension Dalila 2éme cat 26 , Bab Oued Zhoune Tél. : 05 35 94 36 41 Narjiss Fès Médina Tél. : 05 35 94 36 42 2/5 Lot Hicham - Rte Tél.: 05 35 74 06 57 Fax : 05 35 94 36 44 de Sefrou [email protected] Tél. : 05 35 73 09 14 Pension Bab Al www.hotelperlamaroc.com Tél. : 05 35 73 09 15 Madina Fax : 05 35 73 09 19 2éme cat Splendid [email protected] 28, Bab Oued Zhoune Rue Abdelkrim El Fès Médina Khattabi Tél.: 05 35 63 60 04 Tél. : 05 35 62 21 48 Ibis Budget C/C Lotissement Hiba Rte Tél. : 05 35 65 02 83 Pension Tijani 2éme cat Fax : 05 35 65 48 92 de Meknès Fès 8, Bab Oued Zhoune [email protected] Tél.: 05 35 70 09 05 Fès Médina www.splendid.ma Fax : 05 35 70 09 07 Tél.: 05 35 63 79 85 86

Aïn Chkef Moulay Yacoub Sidi Harazem

Hotels 2* Hotels 4* Hotels 3* Reda Moulay Yacoub Sidi Harazem km 7, Route Aïn Chkef Centre Autonome de Centre de Sidi Harazem Tél. : 05 35 64 09 78 Moulay Yacoub Tél. : 05 35 69 01 35 Fax : 05 35 60 10 78 Tél.: 05 35 69 40 35 Fax : 05 35 69 01 36 [email protected] Tél.:05 35 69 40 70/71 [email protected] www.hotel-reda.ma Fax : 05 35 69 40 12 www.sogatour.ma

Imouzzer Du [email protected] www.sogatour.ma Taza Kandar Hotels 2* Hotels 2* Hotels 3* Porte Atlas Aleonard La Tour Eiffel Av. Med V Imouzer Moulay Yacoub Route de Fès Kandar Tél. : 05 35 69 40 20 Tél. : 05 35 67 15 62 Tél.: 05 35 66 49 27 Fax : 05 35 67 15 63 Fax : 05 35 66 49 26 Fadoua Moulay Yacoub Hotels 2* Hotels 1* Tél. : 05 35 69 40 50 Dauphine Place de l’Indépendance Royale Imouzzer Tél. : 05 35 69 40 57 Tél. : 05 35 67 35 67 Bd Mohammed V, Fax : 05 35 69 40 98 Immouzer du Kandar Tél. : 05 35 66 30 80 Friouato Fax : 05 35 66 31 86 Hotels 1* Bb Bouidir B.P 187 Hanae Tél. : 05 35 67 25 93 Le Chalet du Lac Centre de Moulay Tél. : 05 35 67 25 98 B.P 10 – Imouzzer du Yacoub Fax : 05 35 67 22 44 Kandar Tél.: 05 35 69 41 91 Tél. : 05 35 66 31 97 Shehrazad Grand Hotel 2, Place du marché, Centre de Moulay Hotels 3* Immouzer Yacoub El Baroudi Tél. : 05 35 66 30 12 Tél.: 05 35 69 41 60 Bd El Bassatine, Missour Fax : 05 35 66 34 45 Tél. : 05 35 58 56 51 [email protected] Résidence Hôtelière Fax : 05 35 58 52 53 diamant vert Hotels 2* La Belle Vue 2éme cat Immouzer Kandar Afric Hebergement Km5 Route Ain Chkef Tél.: 056 63 72 27 26 Bd Hassan II - Missour My Yacoub Tél. : 05 35 58 50 11 Tél.:05 35 60 83 67/69 Hotels 1* Fax : 05 35 58 56 52 Fax : 05 35 60 83 68 Les Truites éme Immouzer - Kandar Pension 2 cat Sefrou Tél. : 05 35 66 30 02 Pension Titanic Hotels 2* Fax : 05 35 66 30 02 Av. Hassan II [email protected] Missour Tél.: 06 61 26 33 94 www.lestruites.com Ami Driss Sefrou Ifrane Tél.: 06 61 28 96 42

Hotels 5* Hotels 1* Michlifen Ifrane Sidi Lahcen Suites & Spa Lyoussi Avenue Hassan II-BP Rte de Sidi Ali n°18 Ville d’Ifrnae Bousserghine Tél. : 05 35 86 40 43 Tél. : 05 35 68 34 28 Fax : 05 35 86 40 41 Fax : 05 35 66 04 97 86 87

Lodging

HOSTELS Takchmirte aghbal Douar Ait Ali commune Douar Aït Ihya. rurale de Ben Smim Province de Sefrou BP 31153100 AZROU Tél. : 05 35 51 44 19 Tél. : 05 35 56 49 05 [email protected] [email protected]

Ain Bechar Tamazight Douar Chiker Ain Bechar Aït Atmane Ifkeren Bab Boudir TAZA 33000 Boulemane Tél. : 05 35 27 11 81 Tél. : 05 35 59 03 03 [email protected] [email protected]

AIN SAHLA tazitount Fez occupies a BP 59 Oued Mlil KM 25 de Fès strategic position Douar Sahla Commune Douar Aït Jaber Beni Bouchfâa cercle oued Sadden Route de Oujda because it is Aukil. Province de de Sefrou located at the Tél. : 06 70 19 60 94 Tél. : 06 61 95 27 20 crossroads of [email protected] [email protected] several destinations Auberge Du Dernier Tazouta of the four corners Lion De L’atlas Douar Aït Haddou ou of the country, Villa N°16 Atlas Moussa 31004 Tazouta Route de Meknès. Azrou in the heart of Tél. : 06 72 34 61 14 Tél. : 05 35 56 18 68 [email protected] an area with an [email protected] immense natural Specialized Agencies Dayet Aoua patrimonial BP 1638 Atlas, Fès Mroc In Lodgings richness. Tél. : 05 35 60 48 80 www.gite-dayetaoua.com CTI voyages [email protected] 14 rue Abdelkrim Benjelloun 30000 Fès Jnan N’zaha Tél. : 05 35 94 21 18 KM 17, route de Sefrou [email protected] Tél. : 06 61 25 12 12 Tél. : 06 61 25 12 10 King’s holidays jamal_jnane@ yahoo.fr Rue Ahmed Chbihi www.jnane-nzaha.com Imm 3 Appt 4, avenue des Far VN, Fès Lanoussar Tél. : 05 35 93 04 99 Km25, Afrougar, Lanoussar [email protected] Tél. : 06 15 27 34 69 [email protected] Objectif Maroc 9, rue de libye, Fès Le Ksar de Fès, Tél. : 05 35 65 28 16 Ferme d’hôtes Tél. : 05 35 65 28 17 Aïn Chgag, wilaya de Fès Tél. : 05 35 65 28 18 Tél. : 05 35 66 50 18 [email protected] [email protected] www.riad-leksardefes.com CAMPING SITES Auberge Nizar Route d’Ajaabou Camping 53050 Aïn Leuh Tél. : 05 35 56 93 86 International [email protected] Rte de Sefrou Tél. : 05 35 61 80 61 Fax : 05 35 73 15 54 Ras El Ma Ouames sidi Rached Pisciculture Ras El Ma BP 953000 Ifrane Tél. : 05 35 56 00 08 [email protected] 88

Lodging

HOST HOUSES

Charming houses riad dar al andalous palais faraj 14 Drb Bennani Douh Derb Bensouda Bab Ziat Batha Fès 30100 FES 30 100 FEs Tél.: 05 35 74 10 81 Tél.: 05 35 63 53 56 [email protected] [email protected] www.dar-alandalous.com palaisfaraj-fes.com riad dar el ghalia palais ommeyad 15, Ross Rhi Rcif 48 Zenjfour, Bab Guissa 30 100 FES In Fez, the 30 100 FEs Tél.: 0535 63 41 67 host houses Tél.: 05 35 63 87 20 [email protected] are classified [email protected] www.riadelghalia.com according to www.palaisommeyad.com the country Riad dar el yakout riad fes standards. 9, derb El Gabbas Douh 5, Derb Ben Slimane Moreover, some 30 100 FES Zerbtana - 30100 FES traditional Tél.: 05 35 74 00 20 Tél.: 05 35 74 10 12 [email protected] houses have been [email protected] www.riadyacout.com revamped in www.riadfes.com compliance with riad el kadi the city specific riad reda 33 Derb El Miter Aïn identity. 197 Av la grande avenue Fes-Jdid - 30 100 FEs Azliten 30100 FES Tél.: 05 35 94 08 43 Tél.: 0535 74 18 73 [email protected] [email protected] www.palaisommeyad.com www.maisonbleue.com

1st category riad karawan 21 derb Ourba riad al amine Makhfia 30100 FES 94 Bouajaara, Bab Jdid - Tél.: 05 35 63 78 78 30 100 FEs [email protected] 05 35 74 07 49 www.karawanriad.com [email protected] www.riadelaminefes.com riad la maison bleue riad braya Place de l’Indépendace 7, derb el hamia Douh - Batha 30100 FES 30 100 FEs Tél.: 0535 74 18 43 05 35 63 87 25 [email protected] [email protected] www.maisonbleue.com www.riadbraya.com riad le calife riad damia fes 19 bis, Der el ouarbiya 10 rue Sornas Ziat El Makhfia - 30100 Ziat 30100 FES FES Tél.: 05 35 63 32 68 Tél.: 05 35 63 88 31 [email protected] [email protected] www.riaddamiafes.com 88 89

www.riadlecalife.com www.riad-anata.com www.darelbalifes.com riad myra au vingt jasmin dar guennoun 13, Salaj Batha 11, derb Zerbtana 70, Derb jdoud 30100 FES Batha 30 100 FES Laklakiyenne Tél.: 05 35 74 00 00 Tél.: 05 35 74 11 89 30 100 FES [email protected] [email protected] Tél.: 05 35 74 10 33 www.riadmyra.com www.au20jasmins.com [email protected] www.riaddarguennoun.com riad palais amani dar al madina al 11, derb Zebtaana kadima dar pierre Batha 30 100 FES 8, Salaj Batha 3, rue Aqba Zerka Tél.: 05 35 63 32 09 30 100 FES Rahbat Zbib 30 100 [email protected] Tél.: 05 35 63 41 41 www.palaisamani.com FES daralmadinaalkadima@ Tél.: 05 35 63 30 79 gmail.com riad salam fes [email protected] www.darfesmedinakadima. 18, Derb Bennis www.riaddarpierrefes.fr com Douh 30100 FES Tél.: 05 35 63 89 88 dar tafilalet [email protected] dar al safadi 17, Derb Miter Derb Labdanjala Ziat www.riadsalamfes.com Zenjfor 30 100 FES 30 100 FES Tél.: 05 35 63 54 62 Tél.: 05 35 63 78 03 2nd category [email protected] chantal.safadi@ www.riadtafilalet.com adarissa wanadoo.fr Derb Sidi Yalaa Talaa www.dar-alsafadi-fes.com fes baraka Kbira 30 100 FES 16, Derb Bennani Tél.: 06 62 62 58 68 dar attajalli Batha 30100 FES [email protected] 4, Cheq Bdenjala Ziat Tél.: 05 35 74 05 84 www.riadadarissafes.com 30100 FES [email protected] Tél.: 05 35 63 77 28 www.fes-baraka-riad.com al bartal [email protected] 21, rue Sornas Q. Ziat www.darattajalli.com 30 100 FES fes palacete 2 Chek Bdenjala Tél.: 05 35 63 70 53 dar cordoba [email protected] 15, Derb El Gabbas Hamia Ziat 30 100 www.riadalbartal.com Douh 30 100 FES FES Tél.: 05 35 63 83 40 Tél.: 05 35 63 47 32 algila darcordoba@ [email protected] 17, Akbt Sbâa Batha darcordoba.com www.riadfespalacete.com 30 100 FES www.darcordoba.com Tél.: 05 35 63 80 28 ghita palace [email protected] dar dmana 48, Bouajjara Bab Jdid www.algilafes.com Serb Salaj 30 100 FES Batha 30 100 FES Tél.: 05 35 63 57 72 alya Tél.: 05 35 74 09 17 benkhaledmohamed@ 8 Derb El Guebbas riaddardmana@ yahoo.com Batha 30 100 FES menara.ma www.riadghita.com Tél.: 05 35 63 30 44 www.riaddardmana.com [email protected] ardin des biehen www.fes-ryadalya.com j dar el bali 13, Akbat Sbâa Dou 46, Derb Ahl Tadla anata 30 100 FES 16, Derb El Hamia Talâ Sghira 30 100 Tél.: 06 52 75 71 12 Ziat 30 100 FES FES contact@ Tél.: 05 35 74 15 37 Tél.: 05 35 63 56 43 jardindesbiehn.com [email protected] [email protected] www.jardindesbiehn.com 90

kettani lune et soleil salama 3, Derb Jamae Derb 3, derb Skallia 4, Derb Ahl Tadla Touil Blida 30 100 FES Douh 30 100 FES Talaâ Sghira 30 100 Tél.: 05 35 74 11 06 Tél.: 05 35 63 45 23 FES [email protected] [email protected] Tél.: 05 35 63 57 30 www.riadfeskettani.com www.luneetsoleil.com [email protected] www.ryadsalama.com/ la clef de fes mabrouka FR/index.html 21,Derb El Gabbas 25 Derb Miter Talla Douh 30 100 FES Kbira 30 100 FES souafine Tél.: 05 35 63 74 99 Tél.: 035 63 63 45/42 2, Oued Souafine, reservation@ [email protected] Médina Souafine www.ryadmabrouka.com riadlacledefes.com 30 100 FES www.riadlaclefdefes Tél.: 05 35 63 86 86 norma 30100 FES rue Sornas Q. Ziat le sucrier de fes [email protected] 30 100 FES 6, Derb Idrissi Skalia / www.riadsouafine.com Tél.: 0535 63 47 81 Douh 30 100 FES [email protected] Tél.: 05 35 74 14 21 www.riadnorma.com zamane [email protected] 12 Drb Skalli Douh www.riadlesucrierdefes.com raouia Batha 30 100 FES 6 Rue Anaba Bd Ibn El Tél.: 05 35 74 04 40 les remparts contact@riadzamane- 7, Derb El Miter Talaa Khatib Rte Ain Chkef fes.com Kbira 30 100 FES 30 100 FES www.riadzamane.com Tél.: 05 65 63 88 55 Tél.: 05 35 60 62 93 Riad-remparts1@ [email protected] hotmail.fr www.riadraouiafez.com www.armhfes.org Rcif letchina 1, derb Takhrbicht 10, Akbt Ifrane Talâ Rcham Lâayoune Sghira 30 100 FES 30100 FES Tél.: 05 35 74 10 29 Tél.: 05 35 74 00 37 [email protected] [email protected] www.riad-letchina.com www.riadrcif.com 91

Fez by night

where you can have a drink bars & lounge lounge zen garden Andalouss 26, Av.Omar Ibn Khattab 34 Route Imouzer Tél. : 05 35 93 29 29 Fès, Maroc 30000 [email protected] Tél. : 05 35 60 31 62 Fax : 05 35 60 05 48 mezzanine [email protected] Lounge Bar Terrasse, Bab www.andalousfez.com Boujloud En face de Jnan Sbil Tél. : 05 35 63 86 68 bar le hawai 28, Av. des FAR palais jamaï (bar) Tél. : 05 35 65 26 77 Bab Guissa, Fès Médina To have a drink, Tél. : 05 35 63 43 31 birdy bar Fax : 05 35 63 50 96 to dance, sing… Jnan Palace, Avenue A. [email protected] In short, all the Chaouki, ville nouvelle ingredients are Tél. : 05 35 65 22 30 ô club Km 2,5 Route d’Imouzzer joined together to dar elbodegon Tél. : 06 6156 29 78 spend an excellent Royal Mirage Hôtel Av. discotheques evening. You will des FAR, Fès, VN find them in the Tél. : 05 35 93 09 09 felix trendy places, Fax: 05 35 62 04 86 Hôtel Tghat. 28/29 restaurants, avenue des FAR, Fès la paix (bar) Tél. : 05 35 65 26 77 bars, discotheques Hôtel de la Paix. 44, of the city. Av. Hassan II, V.N le palace club Tél. : 05 35 62 50 72 Hôtel Jnan Palace Av.Chaouki, ville nouvelle le churchill Tél. : 05 35 65 22 30 Riad Fès. Dar El Batha, Place de l’Indépendance disco hôtel Derb Ben Slimane, volubilis fram Zerbtana, Fès Médina Avenue Allal Benabdellah Tél. : 05 35 94 76 10 Tél. : 05 35 62 11 25/26 disco wassim le majestic (bar, Hôtel Wassim. Av. Hassan II lounge) Tél. : 05 35 94 80 00 Royal Tennis Club de Fès Route de Zouagha, VN vip club Tél. : 05 35 72 99 99 Hôtel Ramada 85, avenue [email protected] des FAR 30000 Fès Tél. : 05 35 94 80 00 le poncho www.ramadafes.com Zalagh Parc Palace. Lotissement Oued Fès Route restaurants de Meknès 30000 Fès spectacle [email protected] Tél. : 05 35 93 29 29 le palais médina Fax : 05 35 93 18 75 8 derb chami, Bourejjoue Rcif - Fès Médina les mérinides (bar) Tél. : 05 35 71 14 37 Borj Nord, Fès Tél. : 05 35 64 52 26 neq [email protected] Lot n°16, lotissement Neqqaz Route d’Immouzzer lounge maison blanche Gsm : 06 61 13 48 03 12, Rue Ahmed Chaouki Ville Nouvelle restaurant al fassia Tél. : 05 35 62 27 27 21, Rue Salaj, Place Batha www.maison-blanche.ma Tél. : 05 35 63 73 14 92

Restaurants

Fez Palais la Medina 8, Derb Chami, R’cif FEZ Tél. : 05 35 71 14 37 TRADITIONAL Fax : 05 35 62 92 59 COOKING

Dar Saada Palais de Fès 21,rue Attarine 15, Rue Mokhfia, R’cif Fès Médina- B.P 722 Tél. : 05 35 76 15 90 Tél. : 05 35 63 73 70 Fax : 05 35 63 74 71 [email protected] [email protected] As all the great Tariana 25, Tariana, destinations, 5, Place Batha Fez abounds Tél. : 05 35 63 38 00 Talaâ Kebira in traditional Tél. : 05 35 63 66 04 restaurants El Fassia Fax : 05 35 63 30 12 and with 21, Rue Salaj, Batha Tél. : 05 35 63 73 31 international Fax : 05 35 63 85 31 Taslit gastronomy. 27, Av. Moulay Kamel, You can enjoy El Firdaouss champ de course Asian, Moroccan, 10, Rue Zenjfour, Tél. : 05 35 65 20 07 Italian or French Bab Guissa Tél. : 05 35 63 43 43 Tél. : 06 01 14 71 93 cooking in Fez. Fax : 05 35 63 43 43 Fax : 05 35 65 32 32 One can also enjoy traditional Les Remparts FRENCH dishes in some 2, Arset Jlar, Bab Guissa RESTAURANTS riads (see list Tél. : 05 35 63 74 15 Tél. : 05 35 63 60 11 of the riads), Fax : 05 35 63 60 11 Le Majestic or hotels (see list Henri Leconte Academy of the hotels). édina M Route de Zouagha, 13, Rue El Hammam, Guerniz Ville Nouvelle Tél. : 05 35 63 34 08 Tél. : 05 35 72 99 99 Fax : 05 35 63 61 66

es rois ources Nejjarine L T S Derb Dermami Nejjarine Km 4, Rte d’Imouzzer Tél. : 05 35 63 53 89 Tél. : 05 35 60 65 32 Tél. : 05 35 60 65 31 Neq Lot n°16, lotissement Fax : 05 35 60 65 31 Neqqaz [email protected] Route d’immouzzer Gsm : 06 61 13 48 03 ITALIAN RESTAURANTS Palais Mnebhi 15, Souikt BenSafi, Talaâ Sghira Vittorio Tél. : 05 35 63 38 93 21 Rue Brahim Roudani Tél. : 05 35 63 44 05 Fax : 05 35 63 44 05 Ville Nouvelle [email protected] Tél. : 05 35 62 47 30 92 93

ASIAN Mezzanine Kasbah RESTAURANTS 17, Rue Kasbat 18, Bab Boujloud Tél. : 05 35 63 86 68 Tél. : 05 35 74 15 33 Kai Tai Rue Ahmed Chaouki Restauram La Crêpe Ville Nouvelle 27, Rue Emirates Gourmande Tél. : 05 35 65 17 00 Arabes Unis Quartier La Gare V.N Avenue des FAR, Espace Saiss Le Petit Viet Tél. : 05 35 93 13 42 8, Avenue Oubaida Ibn Fax : 05 35 93 06 78 Tél. : 06 74 58 18 42 Jarrah Tél. : 05 35 62 49 49 Scoozi La Mamia Residence Tarik Rue 53, Place Florence, Du Train N° 13 Rte Wong Ville Nouvelle Immouzer Résidence Kenza, Jnane Tél. : 05 35 64.29.58 Tél. : 05 35 62 31 64 Mly Kamel Champs de courses Vesuvio Le Jardin (Ville Nouvelle) 9, Rue Abi Hayane Tél. : 05 35 65 27 60 40, Av des FAR, hôtel Tawhidi Fax : 05 35 62 30 84 Royal Mirage Tél. : 05 35 93 07 47 Tél. : 05 35 93 09 09 INTERNATIONAL Zagora RESTAURANTS 5, Boulevard Med V Venezia Sandwich VN Imm. Tlemçani, 18, Av Lalla Meriem, Andalouss Tél. : 05 35 94 06 86 Ville Nouvelle 34, Route d’Immouzer Tél. : 05 35 65 04 81 Fès, Maroc 30 000 Zen Garden Tél. : 05 35 60 31 62 26, Avenue Omar Ibn Sefrou Fax : 05 35 60 05 48 Khattab Oumnia [email protected] Tél. : 05 35 93 29 29 www.andalousfez.com N° 2 Rue El Oukhouane Bd Med V -Sefrou Isla Blanca PIZZERIAS & 32, Av. Hassan II V.N FAST FOOD Tél. : 05 55 66 06 79 Tél. : 05 35 93 03 57 Fax : 05 35 94 21 53 Fratello pizzeria Imouzzer du 8, rue Abi Chouaib Kandar Doukali Résidence Maison Blanche Essalame N°1 « Les Truites » 12, Rue Ahmed Derrière l’hôtel Royal Route de Fès Chaouki Ville Nouvelle Mirage Tél. : 05 35 66 30 02 Tél. : 05 35 62 27 27 Tél. : 05 35 62 06 62 [email protected] 94

Travel agencies and Tour operators

Fez

Atlas Voyages Karima Voyages Tél. : 05 35 94 12 12 Tél. : 05 35 94 10 24 Fax : 05 35 94 28 75 Fax : 05 35 93 00 68 Gsm : 06 66 13 53 86 Gsm : 06 61 25 17 36 [email protected] [email protected]

uccursale S Succursale Tèl : 05 38 90 23 20 Tèl : 05 35 65 02 47 Fax : 05 38 90 23 21 Fax : 05 35 93 00 68

Azur Voyages Kings Holidays Here are some Tél. : 05 35 62 51 15 Tél. : 05 35 93 04 99 after addresses Fax : 05 35 65 03 05 Fax : 05 35 94 34 55 Gsm : 06 61 15 87 89 and useful phone Gsm : 06 64 90 47 09 [email protected] numbers of [email protected] travel agencies Capital Tours and tour Tél. : 05 35 62 63 63 Nature Voyages operators. Fax : 05 35 62 63 66 Tél. : 05 35 62 52 51 You can make Gsm : 06 60 57 25 72 Fax : 05 35 94 02 77 [email protected] Gsm : 06 61 98 74 67 ticket bookings, [email protected] organized trips… Cathya Voyages on a simple call. Tél. : 05 35 93 10 24 Njh Travel Fax : 05 35 93 10 23 Tél. : 05 35 62 40 06 Gsm : 06 61 14 67 08 Fax : 05 35 62 40 07 [email protected] Gsm : 06 61 48 02 45 [email protected] [email protected]

CTI Voyages Number One Tél. : 05 35 94 21 18 Tél. : 05 35 62 12 34 Fax : 05 35 94 21 19 Tél. : 05 35 62 12 35 Gsm : 06 61 17 44 04 Fax : 05 35 62 06 22 [email protected] Gsm : 06 61 15 99 59 [email protected] Fès Art & Culture Tél. : 05 35 93 21 19 Objectif Maroc Fax : 05 35 93 21 45 Tél. : 05 35 65 28 16 Gsm : 06 18 78 96 86 Tél. : 05 35 65 28 17 [email protected] Fax : 05 35 62 49 93 Gsm : 06 61 13 56 67 Futur Voyages [email protected] Tél. : 05 35 65 38 00 Fax : 05 35 65 38 13 Oussaden Tours Gsm : 06 66 13 57 53 Tél. : 05 35 93 00 61 [email protected] Fax : 05 35 93 00 61 Gsm : 06 71 93 31 05 Golden Travel [email protected] Tél. : 05 35 93 04 02 Fax : 05 35 93 03 97 Premices Voyages Gsm : 06 67 43 94 05 Tél. : 05 35 94 46 33 [email protected] Fax : 05 35 94 46 33 Succursale Gsm : 06 64 68 56 87 Tèl : 05 35 68 31 68 premicesvoyagesfes@ Fax : 05 35 68 31 64 menara.ma 94 95

Saïss Voyages Wagons Lits Taza Tél. : 05 35 94 04 02 Tél. : 05 35 62 29 58 Fax : 05 35 94 04 10 Fax : 05 35 62 44 36 Bennani Voyages Gsm : 06 61 08 39 49 [email protected] Tél. : 05 35 67 33 07 [email protected] Fax : 05 35 67 07 63 Zalagh Voyages Gsm : 06 61 17 42 23 Sat Voyages Tél. : 05 35 65 20 53 [email protected] Tél. : 05 35 94 15 55 Fax : 05 35 62 44 36 Fax : 05 35 65 22 77 Gsm : 06 61 16 71 10 Taza Voyages Gsm : 06 61 19 27 13 [email protected] Tél. : 05 35 67 20 05 Gsm : 06 61 19 27 14 Fax : 05 35 67 20 05 [email protected] Gsm : 06 71 15 57 65 Tak Voyages [email protected] Tél.: 05 35 65 25 72 Scenic Voyages Tél.: 05 35 65 11 75 Int Fax : 05 35 94 28 96 Taza Tours Tél. : 05 35 94 42 97 Voyages Fax : 05 35 94 28 57 Tel : 05 35 21 15 87 Al Boraq Voyages Gsm : 06 63 65 65 68 Fax : 05 35 52 11 50 Tel : 05 35 94 00 88 [email protected] Fax : 05 35 94 00 99 Continent Supratours Voyawges Solair Travel Tél. : 05 35 65 26 22 Tel : 05 35 67 06 67 Tél :05 35 62 29 26 Fax : 05 35 65 26 22 Fax : 05 35 67 06 67 Tél.: 05 35 62 29 45 Gsm : 06 61 14 10 99 Fax : 05 35 62 29 87 m.benyahya@ AL HOCEIMA supratourstravel.com Adh Voyages Tèl : 05 35 60 04 84 Adnane Voyages Sweet Voyages Tél.: 05 39 98-27-93 Tél. : 05 35 65 38 10 Fax : 05 35 60 27 95 Tél. : 05 35 65 38 11 Ketama Voyages Unlimited Travels Fax : 05 35 65 11 51 Tél.: 05 39 98-51-20 Gsm : 06 61 25 07 68 Tèl : 05 35 61 02 21 [email protected] Fax : 05 35 94 0910 Succursale Tél.: 05 39 80-62-55 Taïba Destination Autre Voyages Tél. : 05 35 65 01 21 Tèl : 05 35 73 47 55 La Mediteranee Fax : 05 35 65 25 76 Fax : 05 35 73 47 58 Tél.: 05 39 98-34-01 Gsm : 06 61 18 61 96 [email protected] Nouvelles Nikor Voyages Destinations Tél.: 05 39 84 00 66 The Travel Travel Service Tèl :05 35 62 14 02 Redouane Voyages Tél. : 05 35 63 76 11 Tèl :05 35 62 14 06 Tél.: 05 39 84 01 74 Fax : 05 35 63 82 30 Fax : 05 35 62 14 02 Tél.: 05 39 84 01 75 Gsm : 06 61 08 04 63 [email protected] Espace Vert Travel Transatour Tèl :05 35 65 18 41 Tél. : 05 35 73 40 47 Fax :05 35 65 18 36 Fax : 05 35 73 49 76 Gsm : 06 79 82 86 61 Global Voyages mohamedboukili@ (Succursale) groupetransatours.com Tél.:05 35 76 51 49 Tél.:05 35 76 51 50 Travelink Tél. : 05 35 63 75 21 Plan It Morocco Fax : 05 35 63 75 21 (en cours) [email protected] Tél : 06 55 32 40 82 96

Transport

AIRPORTS RAILWAY STATION Aéroport International O.N.C.F (Gare de Fès) Fès-Saïs Avenue des Amohades Km 15, Rte d’Imouzzer, Tél. : 08 90 20 30 40 B.P. 11A – 30 000 Tél. : 05 35 62 30 09 Tél. : 05 35 62 48 00 www.oncf.org.ma Tél. : 05 35 65 21 61 Fès est desservie chaque Fax : 05 3565 26 64 jour par plusieurs trains www.onda.org.ma rapides et ordinaires In Fez, you can [email protected] Railway Links make ticket or Air Links package tour Rabat reservations on a Fréquences journalières : 8 Aujourd’hui Fès est dotée simple phone call. Durée du voyage : 3/4H Here are some de plus de 118 rotations useful addresses aériennes par semaine : Casablanca and phone Fréquences journalières: 8 numbers : airport, Royal Air Maroc : Durée du voyage : 4/5H railway and bus • International : Paris Marrakech stations. (Orly Sud), Lyon, Marseille, Fréquences journalières: 5 • National : Casablanca Durée du voyage : 7/8H

aza Ryan Air : T • International Gerone Fréquences journalières 4 (barcelone), Madrid, Durée du voyage : 2H Alicante, , Paris, Marseille, Londres, Oujda Pise, Milan, Bruxelles, Fréquences journalières: 4 Frankfurt, Duseldorf Durée du voyage : 5/6H

Tanger Transavia : Fréquences journalières: 4 • Paris (Orly Sud) Durée du voyage : 5H

Jet 4 You : Bus station • Paris (Orly Sud) Pour le programme private Companies hebdomadaire des vols : (all destinations) www.onda.com Bab Guissa Pour plus d’informations : Tél. : 05 35 63 60 32 www.royalairmaroc.com Ouvert : 24/24 www.ryanair.com www.transavia.com Rabat www.jet4you.com Fréquences journalières: 8 Durée du voyage : 3h 96 97

Casablanca URBAN Ligne N° 13’ Fréquences journalières: BUSES Gare ONCF – Est 8 Durée du voyage : 3 / Ligne N° 1 Ligne N° 14 4h Hay Benzakour–Sidi Bab Jiaf – Hay Marrakech Boujida Zouagha Fréquences journalières: 5 Ligne N° 2 Ligne N° 15 Durée du voyage : 6h Bab Jiaf – Aouinat et Place Jbari – Hay Hajjaj Adarissa Agadir Ligne N° 16 Fréquences journalières: Ligne N° 3 Gare ONCF (train 1 Palace Résistance – Bab station) – Aéroport Durée du voyage : 8h Ftouh

Ligne N° 3’ Ligne N° 17 Taza Gare ONCF (Train Place Florence – Aïn Fréquences journalières: Station – Aïn Noukbi) Chkef 4 Durée du voyage : 2h Ligne N° 4 Ligne N° 18 Bab Jiaf – Q.Industriel Batha – Sidi Boujida Oujda Doukkarat Fréquences journalières: ligne N° 19 3 Ligne N° 5 Gare ONCF (train Durée du voyage : 5/6h Bab Jiaf – Q.Industriel station) – R’cif Doukkarat Tanger Ligne N° 20 Fréquences journalières: Ligne N° 6 Florence – Ben Debbab 4 Place de la Résistance - Durée du voyage : 5h30 Université SMBA Ligne N° 20’ Florence – Ben étouan T Ligne N° 7 Slimane Fréquences journalières: 3 Gare ONCF – Hay Faculté Dhar El Durée du voyage : 5h Agadir mahraz

AL Hoceima Ligne N° 8 Ligne N° 21 Fréquences journalières: 2 Boujloud – Hay Agadir Gare ONCF (train Durée du voyage : 6h station) – Hay Ligne N° 9 Benzakour COACHES Batha – Rte de Sefrou Ligne N° 22 Sté Autoroutière Ligne N° 10 Boujloud – Hay Oued Tél. : 05 35 45 36 00 Gare ONCF – Sidi Fès Boujida CTM Ligne N° 23 Quartier Atlas, Fès Ligne N° 11 Municipalité Saïss – Tél. : 05 35 73 29 84 Boujloud – Municipalité Agdal Tél. : 05 35 73 29 92 Municipalité Saïss Fax : 05 35 64 23 49 ligne N° 23’ [email protected] Ligne N° 12 Montfleuri 1 – Ouvert : 24/24 pour les Boujloud – Bab Municipalité Agdal Voyageurs Ftouh14 Ligne N° 24 Supra Tours Ligne N° 13 Gare ONCF (train Avenue des Almohades Gare ONCF – Fac station) – Aounat Transport Chariaa Saïss Alhajjaj 98

Transport

RENTAL Paris Car Tourvilles CAR Av. des F.A.R, Ang. 13, Rue Mokhtar Soussi Rue Wassel Ibn Ataa Tél. : 05 35 62 66 35 Arena Car Rés. Zakia 4, Av. des F.A.R, Imm. Tél. : 05 35 65 41 17 Moulay Idriss EL Fath 1ét. n° 1 97, Av. des F.A.R Tél. : 06 63 71 88 22 Gold Car Tél. : 05 35 94 04 71 Avi s – S.C.A.L. Rue Abdelkrim El • 50, Bd Chefchaouni Khattabi Zidane Car s.a.r.l Tél. : 05 35 62 69 69 Tél. : 05 35 62 04 95 21, Rue Mohamed • Aéroport, Fès Saiss Elhayani, Appt. 12 Tél. : 05 35 62 69 69 GM de Car Tél. : 05 35 94 33 86 Tél. : 05 35 73 29 07 Borjm an Car [email protected] TOURIST 33, Rue Palestine, Rés. www.gm2car.com TRANSPORT Al Houria Tél. : 05 35 65 34 35 Hertz travel (sarl) •Bd Lalla Meryem, Lot Habib N° 21 Budget Kiss. de la Foire Zouagha Bas Fes 6, Av.Lalla Asmaa Tél. : 05 35 62 28 12 Tél : 06 67 39 35 75 Tél. : 05 35 94 00 92 •Aéroport Fès-Saïss www.astravelclick.com Tél. : 05 35 62 28 12 Center Car ste atlas amazigh 35, Av. Med Slaoui Khalil Tours tour Tél. : 05 35 65 37 70 15, Av. Med El Korri, 47 rue 4 Q 3 al hadika 2 étage appt n° 3 route de meknes Fès. Century Car Tél. : 05 35 94 38 38 Tél.: 06 61 21 65 84 11, Rue Abou Bakr www.atlasamazightour.com Seddik, imm Amrani Malih Car S.A.R.L. Tél. : 05 35 94 04 65 ste al adarissa 49, Av. Mamounia,Rte tours de Sefrou Classicar S.A.R.L. Tél : 05 35 65 34 86 31, Rue Abdelkrim Tél. : 06 71 94 10 86 Tél.: 06 61 20 63 64 Khattabi, Imm. Ben Perfect Car [email protected] Moussa 62, Bd Med V, Rés. Tél. : 05 35 94 05 53 Badr ste aya voyages Tél. : 05 35 65 15 15 Tél : 06 71 71 85 81 Conge Car ste bachir et 41, Av. Hassan II, V.N Sais Car S.A.R.L. freres tours Tél. : 05 35 94 29 90 9, Rue Rassani Kanfani, Douar Old Khlifa Ain Rés. Nabila Chkef Fes Dji oui Car Tél. : 05 35 40 42 73 Tél : 06 61 25 79 00 39, Rue 16 Novembre, www.bachirtours.com Bd Chefchaouni Self Drive Tél. : 05 35 94 00 44 88, Bd Mohammed V ste travel Tél. : 06 61 56 30 91 Tél : 06 75 10 93 50 Europcar (Agence) ste safae al 45, Av. Hassan II Tij ania Car s.a.r.l. borak tour sarl Tél. : 05 35 62 65 45 7, Av. des F.A.R espace N 65 lots Benis Hay 2000 Raha Rte Ain Sman Fès Flying fes car Tél. : 05 35 65 37 37 Tél : 06 55 24 78 60 Tél. : 06 61 39 82 91 Fax : 05 35 62 67 85 Touring Car s.a.r.l ste byquet travel N° ÉCO:0808 30 10 40 36, Bd Mohammed V Tél :06 61 81 44 95 www.flyingfescar.com Tél. : 05 35 94 26 74 Ste Classic Lines 98 99

N° 55, Rue Ibn 15 Rue Hounaine travel sarl Maja, avenue des Al Av. Joulane Lido Fès N 38, derb lmrani, Sid Mouahidine, VN Fès, Maroc. laouwad, Rcif, encienne Tél.: 06 61 25 22 70 Tél/fax : 0535731458 Medina, Fes. Tél.: 05 35 62 61 38 Tél.: 06 61 15 90 45 Tél.: 06 61 20 45 06 www.classiclinesfes.com www.growntours.com www.mustang-travel.com ste cedres et ste namir tours. palmiers 0ste guissi Tél.: 05 35 55 25 50 transport. Tél :0677984556 Tél.: 06 61 49 46 16 Tél : 06 62 03 42 55 ste neq tours ste eko tours ste happines tours Tél : 0661222623. 107 Hay Salam Rte ste omega tour bourkaiz fes. sté jade tour sarl Tél : 06 61 5 629 63 N21 magasin 7 rue 2 derb el ouad zkak www.ekotours.net lakhdar ghilane VN Fes labghal AM fes . Tél.: 06 63 25 07 56 Tél.: 06 60 54 89 71 ste enjoy tours 06 61 29 44 95 06 62 15 88 17 32 RueTantane Av.Wafae www.omegatour.net . Rte de Sefrou. Fes Tél./fax: 0535932038 jadetoursarl@gmail. Tél.: : 0618593001 ste relation tours Tél.: 05 35 61 64 46 com No 68 lot beniss [email protected] Mhamdia Zouagha Ste Janati Tours. Tél.: 0661186245 euro fès tours Tél :06 61 25 53 61 Tél.: 0535964133 Tél : 0661352551 www.relationtours.com Ste Kenza Tours. Ste fes excursion 78 Dalila 2 Zougha ste servi tour 3 ,Rca Qods Route Fès. maroc Immouzer ,Appt 1 Tél : 06 13 54 12 41 Magasin 3 n°10 Rce Imm 3 étage 1 .Fes www.kenzatours.com Hamza A.V My Rachid Tél.: 0676605038 Fès maroc. [email protected] Ste Laoudyi Tél : 0535730898. transport Tél.: 0663077718. ste fès tours . Rue laayoune appt 3 Servitour.maroc@ Mont fleuri 2 Résidence Abdellaoui gmail.com lottissement benis sidi brahim Fès. Tél.: 05 35 62 52 51 Tél : 06 61 66 56 62 ste trans tours Tél.: 0 661 66 01 23 laoudyitransport@gmail. fes sais Fax : 05 35 9 402 77 com Adresse: 32 bis oued email festours@ zhoune fes médina menara.ma Lixsous tours Tel : 0661574585 N 232 bloc A Hay El www.badrane-tours.com ste four season Wifak Zouagha fes tours Tél.: 06 61 60 25 52 ste travel street Rue tanger N 5 Imm [email protected] 70 Ahay Pam Bensouda Ajiad 1er Etag N 3 - Fes Tél.: 06 61 25 21 28 atlas -Fes Ste Medina Tours 06 00 00 24 43 Tél.: 06 61 48 30 62 SARL [email protected] tourisme.4saisons@ Hay Hassani Bloc E 3 gmail.com N 8, Erac Sidi Brahim ste : tribcha tours Fes . Tél : 0661836905. ste fuma tours. Tél.: 06 73 66 20 67 Hay sidi el hadi rue 3 www.medinatours.net ste tritki tours N 13 zougha fes. Tél.: :06 71 60 66 42 Tél.: 06 64 25 74 79 ste mémoire hamid.tritkitours@ [email protected] voyages gmail.com Tél :0661453651. good travels ste warain Travel 44 espace fès rue ste Mernissi 01 rue Ahmed Ben brahim roudani bvd transport. Tayeb Alami Ait Skatto Med V fes Imm F 13 Rce Bahia Fes Tél.: 06 61 62 32 01 Rte Imouzzer Fes. Tél.: 06 61 35 20 59 www.morocco- Tél.: 06 61 25 07 83 Fax: 05 35 60 15 96 goodtravels.com [email protected] www.waraintravel.com ste grown tours sté mustang 100

Culture

MUSEUMS orientalist art foundouk nejjarine : gallery musee du bois 38, rue Abdelaziz Boutaleb Place Nejjarine, Médina à côté de la pharmacie du Tél. : 05 35 74 05 80 Passage, magasin n° 2, Fax : 05 35 63 61 85 Tél. : 05 35 94 45 45 [email protected] musee batha CULTURAL Place de l’Istiqlal, Batha, CENTRES Tél. : 05 35 63 41 16 Horaires : 8h00-12h00 et Centre culturel 14h30-18h00. americain Fermé le mardi 2, rue Ahmed Hiba Fez shelters Tél. : 05 35 62 48 50 several museums musee des armes Fax : 05 35 93 16 08 worth the visit, Borj Nord complexe culturel al as well as cultural Tél. : 05 35 64 52 41 houria centers and art musee riad belghazi Av. Palestine, près de la galleries for art 16, rue Guerniz, derb El mosquée Imam Malik lovers. Ghorba Sidi Moussa Tél. : 05 3594 44 67 Fès, Médina Fax : 05 3594 44 67 Tél. : 05 35 47 11 78 [email protected] [email protected] ART GALLERIES www.fes-culture.ma EXHIBITION dar batha HALLS 15, Sallaj-Fès Médina Complexe culturel Tél. : 05 3563 67 13 Al houria fondation esprit de fes, Av. Palestine, près de association fes saïss la mosquée Imam Malik Sidi El Khayat, Batha, Tél. : 05 35 94 44 67 B.P 629, 30200 Fax : 05 35 94 44 67 Tél. : 05 35 74 05 35 [email protected] Fax : 05 35 63 39 89

Galerie chez mehdi institut français de fès Galerie d’art & culture 33, rue Loukili B.P 2277 1bis, Rue Ahmed Mekouar Tél. : 05 3562 35 40 Batha - Fès Fax : 05 3562 35 40 Tél. : 05 35 63 85 55 www.ambafrance-ma.org/ institut/fes-meknes Galerie mohamed instituto cervantes kacimi de fes 26, Av. Moulay Youssef 5, rue Douiat (Rés. Walili) B.P 2253 Galerie tazi hicham Tél. : 05 3573 20 04 & nabil Fax : 05 3573 20 04 8, Rue Abdelkrim [email protected] Alkhatabi Fès V.N www.fez.cervantes.es Tél. : 06 66 36 40 06 Tél. : 06 68 34 62 68 the arabic language institute in l’etend’art fez (alif) 10, avenue Abou Oubayda 2, rue Ahmed Hiba, Ibnou L’Jarrah P.O. Box 2136 Tél. : 05 35 65 28 88 Tél. : 05 35 62 48 50 [email protected] www.alif-fes.com 100 101 102

Sports and discovery

HUNTING AIR SPORTS

Armurerie Mly Driss Aéro Club 10, Rue Abdelkrim Aéroport International Khattabi, imm. Chaari Fès Saiss Tél. : 05 35 94 23 23 Tél. : 06 61 25 06 26 FITNESS CLUBSS TENNIS

HL fit & Wellness Royal Tennis Club Complexe Sportif «El de Fès Merja» Route de Zouagha (Tennis, piscine, fitness) 30000 Fès Route de Zouagha, VN Tél. : 05 35 72 84 04 Tél. : 05 35 72 99 99 Fez and its area Fax : 05 35 72 84 05 www.hlacademy.net offer a great [email protected] diversity of sport Tennis Club de Fès Av. Mohamed El Kourri Lady Fitness and leisure clubs, Tél. : 05 35 62 42 72 high level Rue Hassan Bnou Tabit Champ de courses Sporting Club Fassi infrastructures Tél. : 05 35 62 18 61 and equipment, 10, Rue Moulay Slimane Tél. : 05 35 64 13 75 ready to satisfy Naussikaa the most Avenue Bahnini, Route POOLS demanding Aïn Smen –Fès Tél. : 05 35 61 00 06/16 visitors. aïn amyer [email protected] Piscine du domaine equestre, www.nausikaa-spa.com km 2,5 route d’Imouzzer Tél. : 05 35 60 51 16 Tae Fine Avenue Mohamed El Fassi Al Adarissa Résidence Al Kods Piscine Couverte, Hay Al Tél. : 05 35 96 29 14 Adarissa Tél. : 05 35 60 02 20 RIDING Aux trois Sources Km3, Route d’Imouzzer Club Equestre Aïn Tél. : 05 35 60 65 31 Amyer Km 2, Route d’Imouzzer Diamant Vert Tél. : 05 35 60 64 21 Aïn Chkef Tél. : 05 35 60 83 69/73 Royal Club equestre Route de Sefrou Avenue Fès country club Alkhair Fès piscine du Royal Tennis Tél. : 05 35 61 84 82 Club de Fès. Route de Zouagha, V.N GOLF Tél. : 05 35 72 99 99 HIKING Royal Golf de Fès Km 17, Route d’Imouzzer Centre de Randonnée Tél. : 05 35 66 52 10/12 Ain Amyer Fax : 05 35 66 52 13 Km 2, Route d’Imouzzer Tél. : 05 35 60 64 21 VOLLEY - BALL Trekking Club Volley - Ball Ecotourisme U.S. FES Sidi Brahim Programme Iberdan Bladi Tél. : 05 35 64 10 86 www.cefir.fr 102 103

Fitness and relaxation

SPA in SPA in New Town (HOTELS AND RIADS)

Hammam du Riad Jacques Dessanges Shéhérazade 22, Av. Ahmed Chaouki 23 Arsat Bennis, Douh, 30000 Fès-MAROC Fès Médina 30000 Tél. : 05 35 62 61 95 Tél. : 05 35 74 16 42 Fax : 05 35 74 16 45 La Scala [email protected] 17, Av. Ouganda, Fès Tél. : 05 35 62 35 69 Hammam et massages du Riad Fès Nausikaa Relais & chateaux Av. Bahnini, route Aîn 5 Derb Ben Slimane Smen -Fès Fez is an ideal Zerbttana Tél. : 05 35 61 00 06/16 place to taste the Tél. : 05 35 74 10 12 [email protected] relieving pleasure of Tél. : 05 35 74 12 06 www.nausikaa-spa.com Fax : 05 35 74 11 43 the spas and [email protected] Spa Jean François hammams… The Lazartique 17, Av. Ouganda Spa Andalou experiment of (En face du consulat de France) du Palais d’hôtes the well-being in 9, Derb Sernas, Ziat Tél. : 05 35 62 35 69 Fez rhymes with Tél. : 05 35 63 73 24/33 Yuba Cyn Spa wonder, www.palais-hotes.com 14 / 16bis, rue Kaab Bnou luxury and Zouhair Résidence les Roses, Spa de la Maison Astoria, Champs de Courses, comfort… Bleue « Le Riad » Tél. : 05 35 94 35 05/06 Fez also has 33, rue Derb El Miter www.yuba-cyn-spa.com thermal spas Tlaâa El Kbira [email protected] Tél. : 05 35 74 18 73 located at Moulay Fax : 05 35 74 06 86 THERMAL Yaacoub, a place www.maisonbleue.com STATIONS recognized for spa de l’hôtel Atlas Les Thermes de the rare quality Fès & Spa Moulay Yacoub of its sulphurous Route de R’cif, en face du 20 km de Fès Mc donalds water and Sidi Les Thermes de Sidi Prochaine ouverture Harazem Harazem. novembre 2010 Consult the 11 km de Fès well-being centers Spa, Hammam et Pour les deux stations : Sauna du Palais directory : Sothermy Jamaï Tél. : 05 35 69 40 64 hammams, spa Bab Guissa, 30000 Fès [email protected] and thermal baths Tél. : 05 3563 43 31 Fax : 05 3563 50 96 SOIL to organise your www.sofitel.com PRODUCTS stay. Spa Riad El Amine Plantes médicinales 94, 96 Bouajarra Bab et aromatiques Jdid. 30000 Fès Institut National des Tél. : 00 212 535 74 07 49 Plantes Médicinales et Fax : 00 212 535 63 79 33 Aromatiques à Taounate Tél. : 05 35 68 94 72 [email protected] Fax : 05 35 68 95 00 www.usmba.ac.ma IFRANE Spa hôtel « Ghassoul Michlifen Ifrane Q.I Sidi Brahim, B.P. 2110 Suites&Spa » Tél. : 05 35 64 16 71 Avenue Hassan II-BP Tél. : 05 35 64 22 52 n°18 - Ville d’Ifrnae Fax : 05 35 64 21 30 Tél. : 05 35 86 40 43 [email protected] Fax : 05 35 86 40 41 www.ghassoul.org 104

Useful information

REGIONAL Urgences DISTRICTS Police Tél. : 19

Delegation Du Pompiers Tél. : 15 Tourisme Fès Place Mohammed V Secours routiers Tél. : 05 35 62 34 60 Tél. : 177 Tél. : 05 35 94 12 70 Fax : 05 35 65 43 70 R enseignements téléphoniques Delegation To fully enjoy your Tél. : 160 stay in Fez, here Des Affaires is some useful Numeros Utiles Culturelles information. Barid Al Maghrib Avenue Moulay Youssef Tél. : 05 37 70 44 44 Tél. : 05 35 94 30 49 Fax : 05 35 94 30 49 Meteo Rabat Tél. : 05 37 75 05 41 Delegation Du Commerce Et De Poste Rapide L’industrie Tél. : 08 80 00 20 00 38 Av. Lalla Hasnae, B.P 53 WILAYA, Tél. : 05 35 62 37 55 AND PREFECTURES Fax : 05 35 62 37 55

WILAYA DE Delegation De LA REGION L’artisanat DE FÈS- Avenue Allal Ben BOULEMANE Abdellah, B.P 31A Tél. : 05 35 62 56 54 Prefecture Fès

Avenue Allal Ben Direction Abdallah Des Douanes Tél. : 05 35 62 26 53 Angle rues Liban et Tél. : 05 35 65 45 39 Soudan Fax : 05 35 62 27 58 Tél. : 05 35 62 21 70 Tél. : 05 35 62 25 64 Prefecture Moulay Yacoub Route de Meknès, Direction Des Eaux Zouagha Moulay Yacoub Et Fôrets Tél. : 05 35 64 51 51 Av. Hassan II, n°1, B.P 8 Fax : 05 35 64 66 64 Tél. : 05 35 62 55 33 Fax : 05 35 62 55 34 104 105

COUNCIL Association CONSULATE REGIONAL Regionale De L’industrie Consulat de France Conseil de la Hôteliere Av. Abou Obeida, V.N Region Fès-Meknès Jnan Palace, Av. Tél. : 05 35 94 94 00 Av. Allal Ben Abdallah Ahmed Chaouki Fax : 05 35 65 35 71 Tél. : 05 35 94 20 87 Tél. : 05 35 65 22 36 Tél. : 05 35 94 40 66 Tél. : 05 35 94 13 97 AIR Fax : 05 35 94 20 85 Association Regionale des Royal Air Maroc Agences de CRAFTS 52, Avenue Hassan II Voyages Tél. : 05 35 62 55 16 Chambre Av.Mohamed Slaoui Tél. : 05 35 62 55 17 D’artisanat Tél. : 06 12 22 53 48 Fax : 05 35 62 04 56/57 R.Ch. Arsalan, www.royalairmaroc.com Q. Ville Nouvelle Association Tél. : 05 35 63 38 62 Regionale des Aeroport Restaurateurs International CRT Palais Mnebhi, Fès–Saïss 15 Souiket Ben Safi, Km 7, Aïn Chkef Conseil Regional Médina Tél. : 05 35 62 48 00 Du Tourisme de Fès Tél. : 05 35 63 38 93 Tél. : 05 35 65 21 61 Av.des Aalouites - Fax : 05 35 65 26 64 Fès 30.000 Association www.onda.org.ma Tél. : 05 35 94 24 92 Regionale des [email protected] Fax : 05 35 65 01 88 Guides [email protected] 89, Av. Allal Ben www.festourism.org Abdallah. Ville Nouvelle PLACES OF www.visitefes.com Tél. : 05 35 94 24 92 WORSHIP POST AND Fax : 05 35 65 01 88 TELECOMMUNI- Mosquees On trouve des lieux de CATION Association Des culte musulman dans Maisons d’hotes tous les quartiers de la Delegation La Maison Bleue, 2 ville Place de Florence Place de l’Istiqlal, Batha Tél. : 05 35 62 23 10 Tél. : 05 35 74 06 86 Eglise Saint François D’assise Poste Principale Association des Av. Mohamed Slaoui Angle Av. Hassan II & Exportateurs Tél. : 05 35 62 23 47 Mohammed V de Produits d’artisanat Synagogue TOURIST Tapis de Fès, 13 bis Talmud Torah ASSOCIATIONS Derb El Hassan 24 rue Zerktouni AGIASEFROU Tél. : 05 35 63 87 35 Siège CRT Fès Synagogue Bet-El Association Boulemane Rue de Beyrouth Régionale des 89, Avenue Allal Guides, Benabellah Délégation du Tourisme Tél. : 06 61 25 12 12 Fès, bd Mohammed V Tél. : 06 50 11 66 62 Tél: 0535 62 49 61 106

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