fes guided city tour walls & medina 1/2 day
fes guided city tour walls & medina 1/2 day
fes guided city tour walls & medina 1/2 day
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you will start exploring one of the most historical cities in the world, Fez.
1-Firstly, you will visit Bab Boujloud, the main entrance into the medina, and one of the city’s most emblematic spots. Admire its ornament mosaic tiles before we continue along Fez’s winding cobblestone alleys
2- After that, we visit the Madrasa Bou Inania, one of the most stunning examples of Merenid architecture. In addition, is the only Madrasa in Morocco that has a pulpit and a minaret! Its architectural complexity is due to the fact that it functioned simultaneously as a mosque, a cathedral, a student residence, and a school .
3- Then, we continue deeper into the medina, passing by Talaa Sghira Street to the impressive Nejjarine Fondouk, a museum dedicated to the arts and crafts of wood.
4- Next, we continue to the Al-Attarine Madrasa, and an equally important monument, the Al-Karaouine, the oldest operating university in the world since 859 .
5-Finish your tour by passing by the Talaa Kebira,
Itinerary
Fes
you will start the day’s visit with your guide. The first station is going to be the Royal Palace. Besides, some nearby worth-visiting quarters among which Moulay Abedallah Quarter , the Mellah (Jewish Quarter). onward you will go to see Fez el –jadid, a monumental Kasabah which was considered as a governmental centre until 1912. moving in the direction of the southern Tower to have a look at including The “Museum of Weapons”, a fortress that is used to shelter Fez city. From Fez el-Jadid to Fez el-Bali, marked as a sequenced blocks of rooftops with minarets and domes. Cars can not go through its streets because of their narrowness. The reason why merchants and porters use donkeys and mules. Upon along with your guide, you will enter Rue Talaa Kebira, the main street leading to the old legendary medina. Reaching the old medina, you will see the Karaouiyne mosque. The oldish university in the world from where the greatest scholars of the kingdom had been graduated Dar el-Magana is another site deserving a stop by. It is a fourteenth century water clock.
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MarrakechAttraction.com
USD 120.92
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