But also the medina’s position in the timeline of Morocco’s culture. Not just the amount of time you have been wandering through the enormous labyrinth – and it’s certainly easy to lose track of that. But when you’re inside them – in the crooked alleyways with just glimpses of sunlight, smoke billowing up from stoves, the glow of lamps reaching out from stalls – you lose perspective of time. Outside the earthen walls of this old part of town, things are a bit more relatable. It feels rough and raw – but I guess that’s because I’m comparing the Fez medina to the Western cities where I grew up. I peek through a wooden door that I’m passing and see workers with large looms creating future wares.įollow the right little alleyways and you’ll come across the infamous tanneries where the animal skins are treated in the open air and plain view. In one small square, men sit on stools outside banging copper into place as they make pots in front of the crowds rushing past. All of them have on display the same brutal reality of life – the only shop with sugarcoating is selling local candies. By the end of the day, I’ve found half a dozen more. Well, I say ‘main street’ but just five minutes later I find another ‘main street’. Quite an introduction! The Medina of Fez, Morocco It’s one of the first things I see as I walk down the main street of the old medina here in the Moroccan city of Fez. There’s no fuss from them even though their lives can surely be counted only in minutes. The other birds in the shop seem not to have noticed the death of their friend, or perhaps they just don’t understand. Then there’s just silence as red seeps into the white feathers on its neck. The squawk of the chicken and the frantic flap of its wings in the seconds before it has its throat cut is unsettling, to say the least. **Jump to map of the best things to do in Fez Medina** These are my tips on what to do in the Medina of Fez. The incredible city of Fez, Morocco, has so much to do and the best are in the historic centre.
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