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A Walking Tour of Fes

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April 2nd 2012
Our journey from Chefchaouen to Fes was much more comfortable and far less interesting than our first Moroccan bus journey! It took about 5 hours including a halfway break at a service area which included a 25 hour mosque and sheep carcasses. (The cooking skewers smelled delicious.) Arriving in Fes we negotiated our way into a petit red taxi to bring us to Funky Fes hostel in the Medina, on the of ... read more

Africa » Morocco » Fès-Boulemane » Fes

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In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more