Fes

We began our stay in Fes, by the four of us getting completely lost in the Medina (market). We were careful to note our exit and entrance, which didn’t help us all that much. We exited the Medina, and then returned to the entrance where we originally came in to our Riad. It didn’t help. We had Google maps and Gaia. They got us close, but not to our Riad. Finally, we happened to see the young man who delivered all of our bags by cart to our Riad. He helped us. We were so close. This is a photo of the carts that are used to deliver anything inside the Medina, including luggage.

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Below is a photo of our Riad. It’s amazing. From the outside, the doors look mostly the same. You have no idea what amazing things are inside the door.

A few Medina photos:

One interesting thing we did this morning was to go to the old Jewish quarter. The main street was built by Spanish Jews after the Inquisition. It’s clearly in the Spanish style with balconies, as opposed to the Muslim style of inner courtyards.

Afterwards, we went to a 17th century synagogue, Aben Danam. It is no longer in use, but there are synagogues and churches in use in the newer part of the city. You will see that it is packed with Israeli tourists. Most of our flight to Morocco from Casablanca was filled with Israeli tourists, and a large percentage of tour groups are Israeli, which surprised me.

Nice tile work in the synagogue.

Later on today we visited mosaic, carpet, and weaving factories. As well as a tannery. I wanted a lot of things, but bought nothing.

I coveted a mosaic table like this.

Vats of die at the tannery. They had beautiful leather jackets, purses, belts, and ottomans for sale.

I did learn how to weave a carpet today. But again, I can’t upload the video. But anyway, you probably should buy from a more experienced weaver.