Guidebook for Fes

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Guidebook for Fes

Food Scene

Where to eat and drink in Fez
Great for a drink in the Travelers Lounge or the rooftop bar. Also, excellent market-inspired cooking.
Karawan Riad
Great for a drink in the Travelers Lounge or the rooftop bar. Also, excellent market-inspired cooking.
Excellent produce market for fresh fruit and vegetables, less than 5 minutes from the house
Place R’cif
Excellent produce market for fresh fruit and vegetables, less than 5 minutes from the house
Fabulous Franco-Moroccan fusion in an elegant courtyard dining room. Come for pre-dinner drinks on the rooftop. Great wine list.
10 locals recommend
Dar Roumana
10 locals recommend
Fabulous Franco-Moroccan fusion in an elegant courtyard dining room. Come for pre-dinner drinks on the rooftop. Great wine list.
Come for a hearty breakfast / brunch of Berber eggs and some of the best coffee in town. Or, their legendary camel burger. Check the website for lots of different cultural offerings. Oh, and it so happened I wrote their cookbook: Clock Book - Recipes from a Modern Moroccan Kitchen.
47 locals recommend
Café Clock
252 Rue Talaa Kebira
47 locals recommend
Come for a hearty breakfast / brunch of Berber eggs and some of the best coffee in town. Or, their legendary camel burger. Check the website for lots of different cultural offerings. Oh, and it so happened I wrote their cookbook: Clock Book - Recipes from a Modern Moroccan Kitchen.
Vibrant food with good veggie offerings and an excellent steak, in a gloriously green and leafy garden.
8 locals recommend
Fez Cafe
17 Akbat Sbaa
8 locals recommend
Vibrant food with good veggie offerings and an excellent steak, in a gloriously green and leafy garden.
Spanking fresh hand-pressed sushi, feather light tempura, homemade tofu and ramen bowls. No alcohol.
Sushi IKI Fes
Spanking fresh hand-pressed sushi, feather light tempura, homemade tofu and ramen bowls. No alcohol.

Sightseeing

Great beaten metal lanterns and rustic copper cooking pots
Rue seffarine
Rue seffarine
Great beaten metal lanterns and rustic copper cooking pots
Stunning example of Koranic school architecture for which the city is famous
20 locals recommend
Al-Attarine Madrasa
Rue Talaa Kebira
20 locals recommend
Stunning example of Koranic school architecture for which the city is famous

Shopping

Tailor-made leather jackets, bags and belts
38 locals recommend
Chouara Tannery
38 locals recommend
Tailor-made leather jackets, bags and belts
The city's only concept store. One-off gifts and fashion all made in Morocco.
Medin Art
Rue Talaa Sghira
The city's only concept store. One-off gifts and fashion all made in Morocco.

Parks & Nature

Jump in a taxi at r'cif to whizz round here for a dose of green and beautiful Islamic gardens.
35 locals recommend
Jnan sbil
35 locals recommend
Jump in a taxi at r'cif to whizz round here for a dose of green and beautiful Islamic gardens.

Essentials

About 5 minutes away in a taxi. All the usual supermarket goodies
CarreFour Market
22 Rte Imouzzer
About 5 minutes away in a taxi. All the usual supermarket goodies

Drinks & Nightlife

Stunning views from the rooftop Golden Bar, and an excellent fine dining restaurant for authentic Fassi palace cooking
9 locals recommend
Palais Faraj
Arsat El Hammoumi
9 locals recommend
Stunning views from the rooftop Golden Bar, and an excellent fine dining restaurant for authentic Fassi palace cooking

Spa & Hammam

Jaw dropping riad complete with orange tree courtyard, lawn flanked pool & rooftop views
10 locals recommend
Riad Laaroussa
10 locals recommend
Jaw dropping riad complete with orange tree courtyard, lawn flanked pool & rooftop views