"Fes" Mys's photos around Fes, Morocco Saturday, May 14, 2011

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Fes, Morocco by TravelPod blogger Mys titled "Fes". TravelPod is a company of TripAdvisor™. Mys's travel blog entry: "At about 9 o'clock we awake to the brand new and unfortunately the last day here. We do some repacking in order to meet the 15kg baggage limit of Ryanair and the hotel room is empty again. Today we start the morning by exploring the vicinity of Royal Palace on SW of Fes el Bali. The palace itself is closed to public, but has a fabulous main gate near Place des Alaouites. In order to get as far as that, one has to pass a five-gate square of Petit Mechouar and then take some more streets, which are nice to stroll in as well. The first part of the main street there serves as a textile souk, while the latter leading through mellah (jewish quarter) is filled with jewelries. After taking a photo with a policeman, having some relaxing moments in a park and strolling some more off the beaten path streets we head back to follow the marked paths in the medina. Next stop is called Medersa of Bou Inania [10dh, sometimes closed due to prayers]. Although similar to previous ones, it's really worth seeing. This time, the central pool is of circle shape. Unfortunately, student's chambers are off limits for tourists. We still have some 2.5 hours before we have to leave the city, so let's do a free-stroll programme;). One of our random targets is Fondouk Nejjarine, a wood museum [not really worth seeing] with a nice view ...



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