Sights & Attractions in Fez and the Middle Atlas

Top Attractions

Name	Category	Location

Andalusian Mosque This mosque was built in AD 859 by Mariam, sister of Fatima al-Fihri...	Religious Sites	Fez el-Bali

Attarine Medersa The Attarine Medersa (Koranic school of the Spice Sellers) was...	Educational Institutions	Fez el-Bali

Aux Merveilles du Tapis Proprietor Hamid Hakim, brother of a university lecturer in 16th-century...	Architectural Sites	Fez el-Bali

Bab Boujeloud Built in 1913 by General Hubert Lyautey, Moroccan commander under...	Architectural Sites	Fez el-Bali

Bab Mansour Widely considered North Africa's most beautiful gate, this huge...	Architectural Sites	Meknès


Bou Inania Medersa From outside Bab Boujeloud you will see this medersa's green-tile...	Educational Institutions	Fez el-Bali

Bou Inania Medersa Begun by the Merenid sultan Abou el-Hassan and finished by his...	Educational Institutions	Meknès

Dar el-Makhzen Fez's Royal Palace and gardens are strictly closed to the public...	Castles / Palaces	Fez el-Djedid

Dar Jamai This 19th-century palace just inside the medina was built by...	Museums / Galleries	Meknès

Fontaine Nejjarine This ceramic-tile, cedar-ceiling public fountain is one of the...	Fountains	Fez el-Bali

Food souk On the southern side of the medina square are the food souks...	Markets / Bazaars	Meknès

Heri el Souani Also known as Dar el-Ma (Water Palace) for the Agdal Basin reservoir...	Architectural Sites	Meknès

Kairaouine Mosque This is considered one of the most important mosques in the Western...	Religious Sites	Fez el-Bali

Mellah With its characteristically ornate balconies and forged-iron...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Fez el-Djedid

Moulay Ismail Mausoleum One of four sacred sites in Morocco open to non-Muslims (the...	Religious Sites	Meknès

Musée Nejjarine des Arts et Métiers du Bois This 14th-century fondouk, or Inn of the Carpenters, is without...	Museums / Galleries	Fez el-Bali

Museum of Moroccan Arts Housed in Dar Batha, a late-19th-century Andalusian palace built...	Museums / Galleries	Fez el-Djedid

Palais des Idrissides Much more than a carpet emporium, this magnificent 14th-century...	Architectural Sites	Meknès

Place Seffarine This wide, triangular souk of the dinandiers, or coppersmiths...	Markets / Bazaars, Squares	Fez el-Bali

Souk el-Henna This little henna market is one of the medina's most picturesque...	Markets / Bazaars	Fez el-Bali

Terrasse des Tanneurs The medieval tanneries are at once beautiful, for their ancient...	Industrial Sites	Fez el-Bali

Zaouia of Moulay Idriss II Originally built by the Idriss dynasty in the 9th century in...	Religious Sites	Fez el-Bali
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