Fes Medina Guided Tour: Multilingual Guides for an Immersive Moroccan Experience
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Fes

we keep clients and tourist’s company with a close eye on them. The “Morocco Trip Desert” provides special experiences on time with multilingual guides, being good at different languages and cognizant of the would-be context.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Medina of Fez - Your experienced, knowledgeable, (English;french;spanich)-speaking guide from Fes Desert Trips will pick you up from your hotel or riad at 10 am to explore Fes Medina and its souks. You will get to see the world famous tanneries, the oldest university in the world and stunning coranic school, and get a tour of the city walls and the lovely gates that lead in and out of the medina and breathtaking panoramic view of the old city then visit the ceramic factory, the royal palace as well as the Mellah (Jewish quarter).

You will begin the visit with the guided walking tour of the medina itself, a UNESCO world heritage site, which is a labyrinth of 9,600 twisting, turning alleyways and the largest urbanized pedestrian area in the world. Here we will first visit Seffarine Square where you can see (and hear!) the metalworkers playing there trade in the traditional manner using copper, brass and pewter. On you go through the snaking passageways to visit the famous tanneries then the Al-Quarawiyyine University, the oldest university in the world and very important to Islam and gloriously decorated and recently restored to its ancient glory, and then the exotic aromatic spices and fresh, piled vegetables in the Attarine souk to the exquisitely decorated Attarine medersa and then you visit the Nejjarine square and its beautiful mozaic, blue and white public fountain and the Woodwork Museum and caravanserai.
Your journey will continue with a tour around the city ramparts of Fes with air-conditioned car, to see the ancient walls and numerous pretty Babs until you reach the South Tower, a French built fortress built on a hilltop overlooking the medina which provides stunning views of the old city and its surrounds then drive to ceramic factory, where you can see the potters at their trade and using the kilns to make their ceramic wares. Here you will also get a chance to see the traditional Fassi blue and white pottery at bargain prices as well as other designs in a myriad of colours. Then to the mighty Dar El Makhzen which is the Royal Palace of Fes with it’s seven huge bronze entrance doors. Then a short drive to the magnificent Bab Boujloud, the huge main gateway to the medina, patterned on one side in blue tiles, for Fes, and on the other in green, for Islam.

At the end of the day you will be dropped off at your overnight accommodation by your Fes Desert Trips guide.

What's Included
  • Climate-controlled vehicle interiors
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Location
Medina of Fez
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(57 Ratings)
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E6978etginoc
Dec 11, 2023
Very positive experience - We were accompanied by a truly competent Italian speaking guide, who led us to visit the medina of Fes with attention and accuracy. We were very satisfied!
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Widaats
Sep 13, 2023
Fés Medina Cultural Walking Tour - What an incredible experience! We did a guided cultural walking tour of the medina. Our guide Mohammed Yasin was absolutely amazing! Very knowledgeable. He answered all our questions, made sure that we saw everything of importance. The restaurants he recommended were top quality. We cannot thank him enough for going beyond the call of duty to make our stay in Fés an unforgettable experience. Shukran Yasin We will never forget you!
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Joanier678
Aug 3, 2023
Authentic visit to Morocco and its crafts, we loved it. - This visit gave us the impression of really discovering Morocco, its history and crafts, our guide Mohammed was brilliant, very kind, passionate, thanks to him we passed through alleys in which we would never have ventured alone and yet leads to artisans who are delighted to show us their know-how, from carpets to pottery, to herbalists, bronze workers, horn workers and tanners. He even took care of finding us a taxi for our return. Thanks to Mohammed for this authentic visit to Fez.
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Johnpaul_l
Jun 7, 2023
Wonderful Tour in Fez - Great tour overall! I loved getting to see the artisans in addition to all the main sites. Started at the gate and walked throughout the old medina stopping every now and again to look at shops and stands. Got the chance to visit a beautiful old madrassa and observe the lovely exteriors of several ornate mosques. The best part of the trip however was learning about the different artisans and observing them in their craft. The guide took me to various places including carpet makers, ceramic artisans, tanners, carpenters, wood painters, and stone engravers. My tour guide, Najib, was great and super knowledgeable. Overall, I had a great time!
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3chrisp3
May 25, 2023
An excellent day out...History, culture, food, songs and Najib's stories!! - I wouldnt attempt the medina without a guide first up. We had a brilliant time thanks to Sami, organising and driving, and to Najib, educating and entertaining us whilst walking us around the 'good medina'. A few experiences i'll never forget...learning about Berber cultute, tea on the rooftop, great food and seeing the 'old ways' still going strong....tanneries, bakers, wood workers, artists, potters. Expect to spend a little along the way, but at a very (too) fair price, its more than worth it, 100% recommemd.
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Luke_k
Apr 24, 2023
The perfect way to see Fes! - Sami was very kind and accommodated our booking we placed in the morning of the same day. He drove us to a few locations for us to get out for a few minutes and take pictures, then he brought us to another tour guide who walked us through all the winding streets of the Medina expertly. We got to see all the things we were hoping to see, and got chances to buy goods from a few co-ops after getting explanations of their processes and work. The people at the co-ops gave some suggestions of what to buy but did not hassle us at all. Our guide asked if we wanted lunch, and took us to a restaurant and left us to eat and rest for an hour before seeing a few more sites and then bringing us back to Sami who dropped us back off. We would take the tour again! So much good information and a wonderful experience!
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Giluliog
Apr 15, 2023
Recommended - We had an amazing time with our guide Abdul, he was so nice to everyone all the time and willing to share all his knowledge. So recommended
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Christina_d
Jun 19, 2023
Ok - This tour was separated into two parts, driving and walking. We liked our driver Sammy who picked us up. He showed showed us a nice hill that we walked around on with a great view. That was nice. We drove by and did a quick stop at the blue gate, but I really wish we could have had more info on it. We were then taken to the ceramic co-op where we met “Chico” Mohamed. It started out good. He walked us through several good places though that we’re very interesting such as the community bakery and the weaving shop and tannery. He took us to all the shops that expect you to buy things in term for a demonstration. He did say that we’re not obligated to buy, but we did feel pressured. I guess there just no way around it. On the other hand, we did see some very interesting things because of the guide, so I don’t regret getting them. However, I’m not sure these two were “official” tour guides. The guides we were able to secure in Marrakech had official licenses and seemed much more professional. The walking guide “Chico” asked us if we liked the tour and when we said yes, he asked “would you like to give me something for it?” Which really put us off. We booked our tours in Marrakech with “Tours With Locals” and were able to read reviews for and select our guide, but they didn’t have Tours with Locals guides in Fes so that’s why we went with Viator. Also, I think the price here was a little high because our Riad showed us a paper that had official city regulated tour prices and they were way cheaper…like $40 per group for a tour. Overall it was ok. We wouldn’t use viator again, but it’s fine for what it was.
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Lucp966
Oct 29, 2023
Disappointment waste of time - I strongly advise you not to take this tour, you will be disappointed. To save money and time prepare your visit yourself, take a tourist map, go to Wikipedia just before, read the information plaques on the buildings during your stroll. You will learn more and surely discover more than with a so-called guide who doesn't show you more than if you were just walking around, taking random streets and just reading the information plaques. For the price, we must add at the end of the pseudo-visit a sum for the (guide) because he is not paid enough according to these statements and it is planned like that. It's true that 40 euros for a group visit is low, I had my doubts now, I understand. But here, it's the opposite, I have the impression of having seen the amount plus the GUIDE bonus, it's worth nothing. In addition, our guide is in a hurry, we don't visit anything if 5 minutes in front of a building without going in and 2 or 3 quick sentences for information, and put on sneakers, because we run behind the guide and don't trust the list of visits, we do not do everything that is said. And our guide really likes his phone ah social networks.
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886gc
May 22, 2023
guide cancelled last minute - guide confirmed, only to cancel 1h30 before the meeting the next morning. We had to find another guide at the last moment.
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