Fez Medina Cultural Walking Tour | Fez Medina Half-Day Guided Tour | Fez Tours
Overview
Fez el-Bali and the Fez Medina offer a glimpse into Medieval Times, providing a cultural experience that will leave a lasting impression. Sign up for this Cultural Walking Tour to navigate the UNESCO World Heritage Site's intricate alleyways.
- 🐴 The Medina is the largest urban car-free district in the world, with transportation limited to donkeys and mules.
- 📅 Encounter bustling cafes, children playing in the streets, and women carrying bread to communal ovens for baking.
- 🔔 Experience the calls to prayer as you wander through the historic alleyways filled with cultural richness.
- 👕 Expect to see men dressed in traditional Jellabas, adding to the vibrant atmosphere of the Medina.
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Medina of FezYou'll spend your half-day cultural guided walking tour of the Fez el-Bali (Oldest Fez) with a local professional tour guide who knows the Fez Medina like the back of their hands. Meander around the intricate alleyways of the Medina, learn about the history and appreciate the deep-rooted heritage that has been preserved since the foundation of the city. You'll be taken back to medieval times and you'll see why it's the largest carfree districts in the world and why it's a UNESCO World Site Heritage. To sum it up all, this is going to be a lifetime experience!
- Pass by the oldest formal university in the Islamic World, built by Fatima Al-Fihri in 859 offering Islamic Education. Even Though non-Muslims are not allowed to get inside the building but just learning about the university is enlightening. (pass by)
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Fontaine NejjarineStop by the elegant Nejjarine Fountain, which is beautifully decorated in Zellij-tilework. The fountain was used for ablutions, where visitors performed the ritual purification known as wudu--the washing of hands, feet, mouth, face, nose, head, and ears with intention. It's built outside the Nejjarine Museum of Wooden Arts and Crafts...
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Museo NejjarineThe Nejjarine Museum of Wooden Arts & Crafts goes back to 1711 being in the first place, a Fondouk, which is a lodging house for travelers with a designated courtyard where merchants used to store and sell their wares. Its actual name was Its name was Fondak En Nejjarin or Caravanserai of the Guild of Carpenters...
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Chouara TanneryThe tanneries go back to the 11th century and still operating in the same fashion as it did in the early centuries. They have become one of the main attractions in Fez producing an excellent quality of leather using traditional dyes ingredients like cow urine, pigeon feces, salt, water, hides of cow, goat, sheep and camel...
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