Fez el Bali :
Festival of the world sacred
music / end May- beginning
June.
Each year, at the end of
spring, Fez becomes a place of
interfaith dialogue through
music, spirituality and
emotion.
 The
Festival extends more and more
its horizons to include all
kinds of public. Paying
performances take place in the
gardens of the Batha Museum
and in Bab Makina palace
courtyard, while free concerts
are staged in Bab Boujloud
square and late at night
with Sufi brotherhood
musicians.
 The
medina of Fez is a UNESCO
world heritage site and the
ancient medina is considered
to be the largest existing
medieval Arab city, its
architecture and ancestral way
of life preserved through the
centuries.
With its heritage of the past
preserved and intact, Fez is a
city which incites
irresistible passions; no one
can remain indifferent in
front of the beauty of its
monuments, mosques and
palaces.
Must see :
Medersa Bouinania, the
Karaouiyine mosque, the
Andalus mosque, Moulay Idriss
mausoleum, the Palais : Mokri,
Glaoui, Ba Mohamed Chergui.
The Nejarine museum, the
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Beyond the historic sites, Fez
is a city that, like Venice is
waiting to be discovered.
There is nothing like diving
into the city and getting lost
in the lanes and alleyways.
Night and day, the visitor
will discover 1001 different
aspects which he will keep
precious in his memory.
Fez is also a vivid
encyclopaedia of the ancestral
trades, the gestures and the
know-how handed down from
 Maalem
(Master) to apprentice, in the
time honoured tradition of the
trade-guild. From the skins
tanners to the wood-carvers,
the whole range of
the trade associations is
represented.
Fez is not a "museum city", it
is a city where true life
gives no notice to the passing
of centuries of time. A
complex city, full of
contrast, Fez does not give up
its secrets easily to passing
visitors. Like all those
splendid residences hidden
behind blind and anonymous
walls, it yields to and
welcomes within those who are
patient and respectful of its
age.
Fez Jdid :
located outside the medina,
next to the Royal Palate, Fez
Jdid is especially known for
its commercial artery
connecting the very beautiful
garden of Jnaan Sbil to the
Mellah.
 Mellah :
Placed under the protection of
the Royal Palace, the Mellah
(named from the Arabic word
for salt, "melh") is the
Jewish quarter which now to a
large degree is abandoned and
taken over by rural Moroccan
immigrants. The area has its
own architecture characterised
by balconies and windows which
are often beautifully adorned.
Make sure to visit the
synagogue, the Jewish
cemetery, the jewellers area
as well as the esplanade and
the carved doors of the Royal
Palace.
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