Morocco Fez Tours

fã¨s is the fourth largest city in morocco and also known as one of the ancient imperial cities). it is separated into three parts, fã¨s el bali (the old, walled city), fã¨s -jdid (new fes, home of the mellah), and the ville nouvelle (the french-created, newest section of fes. the medina of fã¨s el bali is believed to be the largest contiguous car-free urban area in the world. to enter the medina, you will pass through the bab boujeloud gate, with its decoration of blue and green faiences. you will explore the medina's narrow streets lined with local shops and stalls of fresh fruit, mounds of spices, intricately woven berber carpets and many other moroccan handicrafts and home goods. fã¨s has two main streets, ?rue talaa kebira ? and the ?rue talaa seghira ? which are utilized as the main throughways when exploring the medina- and the mysterious maze-like streets in between. the fã¨s medina is a labyrinth of sloping, winding alleyways are crammed full of stalls and workshops. this area is known as the famed kissaria -the commercial center. a multitude of locally produced goods are on sale including cotton fabric, silk, brocade work, slippers, and many more. each district in the fã¨s medina produces its own specialty goods: cobalt blue enameled pottery, carpets, wrought iron ... one looks on as the dyer stirs his yarns, steeped in their multitude of colors, as the tanner tramples his skins under an open sky -skins that the leather-worker will eventually adorn with fine gilt for book-binding.