Fes
Fez or Fes is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fez-Meknes administrative region.
Fez or Fes is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fez-Meknes administrative region. It is one of the largest cities in Morocco, with a population of 1.256 million, according to the 2024 census. Located to the northwest of the Atlas Mountains, it is surrounded by hills and the old city is centered around the Fez River flowing from west to east.
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Worth seeing in and around Fes
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of al-Qarawiyyin
The University of al-Qarawiyyin, also written Al-Karaouine or Al Quaraouiyine, is a university located in Fez, Morocco. It was founded as a mosque by Fatima al-Fihri in 857–859 and subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the Islamic Golden Age.
3.6 km · university in Fez, Morocco · Wikipedia - 02Bou Inania Madrasa
The Bou Inania Madrasa or Bu 'Inaniya Madrasa is a madrasa in Fez, Morocco, built in 1350–55 by the Marinid sultan Abu Inan Faris. It is the only madrasa in Morocco which also functioned as a congregational mosque.
2.8 km · cultural heritage site in Fez, Morocco · Wikipedia - 03Fez Stadium
The Fez Sports Complex is a multi-purpose stadium in Fez, Morocco. It is used mostly for football matches and it also has athletics facilities, the stadium holds 45,000 and was built in 2003.
5.5 km · football stadium in Fez, Morocco, inaugurated in 2007 · Wikipedia - 04Al-Attarine Madrasa
The Al-Attarine Madrasa or Medersa al-Attarine is a madrasa in Fez, Morocco, near the Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque. It was built by the Marinid sultan Uthman II Abu Said between 1323 and 1325.
3.7 km · Moroccan cultural heritage site · Wikipedia - 05Bab Bou Jeloud
Bab Bou Jeloud is an ornate city gate in Fes el Bali, the old city of Fez, Morocco. The current gate was built by the French colonial administration in 1913 to serve as the grand entrance to the old city.
2.7 km · Moroccan cultural heritage site · Wikipedia - 06Andalusian Mosque
The Mosque of the Andalusians or Al-Andalusiyyin Mosque, sometimes also called the Andalusian Mosque, is a major historic mosque in Fes el Bali, the old medina quarter of Fez, Morocco. The mosque was founded in 859–860, making it one of the oldest mosques in Morocco.
3.9 km · Mosque in Fez, Morocco · Wikipedia - 07Ibn Danan Synagogue
The Ibn Danan Synagogue is a synagogue located in the Mellah of Fez, Morocco. The first synagogue on the site was built in the 17th century but the building has been destroyed, partially or completely, and restored on several occasions.
1.5 km · Moroccan cultural heritage site · Wikipedia - 08Dar Batha
Dar Batḥa, or Qasr al-Batḥa, is a former royal palace and present-day museum in Fez, Morocco. The palace was commissioned by the Alawi sultan Hassan I in the late 19th century and finished under his successor Abdelaziz.
2.7 km · Moroccan cultural heritage site · Wikipedia - 09Bab Mahrouk
Bab Mahrouk, also spelled Bab Mahruq, is historically the main western city gate of Fes el Bali, the old walled city of Fes, Morocco. The gate dates from 1204 and is located on the northwestern corner of Place Bou Jeloud, near the edge of Kasbah an-Nouar.
2.7 km · Moroccan cultural heritage site · Wikipedia - 10Dar al-Magana
Dar al-Magana is a 14th-century building in Fes, Morocco, built by the Marinid Sultan Abu Inan Faris which houses a weight-powered water clock. It is located opposite the Bou Inania Madrasa on Tala'a Kebira street and was created to serve that madrasa and its mosque, which was also built by Abu Inan around the same time.
2.8 km · building in Morocco · Wikipedia
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Getting to Fes
- Airports
- Fes Saïss (FEZ), 13 km · Rabat-Salé (RBA), 161 km · Sania Ramel (TTU), 175 km
- Stations
- Fes railway station, 500 m · Sefrou Airport, 5.4 km
- Rabat → Fes169 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · MAD80–110
- Tétouan → Fes175 km · quickest by road, 6h 14m · MAD100–135
- Tangier → Fes206 km · quickest by road, 5h 50m · MAD165–220
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No local-transport research exists yet for Fes
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Fes. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBy shared taxi – From the bus stop at the airport this should cost 10–20 dirham (per person) depending on your negotiation skills (as of Apr 2019).
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Next door to Fes
Fes is 53 km from Meknes, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.