🇲🇦 Fes Pottery, Morocco: No-Nonsense Travel Guide

Fes’s medina (old town) is the heart of Morocco’s Islamic history—a 1,000-year-old maze of 9,000+ alleys, where culture, religion, and craftsmanship thrive. 📍 Our Experience (With & Without a Guide) We hired a local guide (300 MAD, ~3 hours)—worth it for navigating the labyrinth, though he took us to a few shops (no pressure to buy): Carpet shop 🧶 (Beautiful but $$$—prices started at $1,000+) Leather tannery + store 🐪 (Great quality, but designs felt outdated) Copper workshop 🏺 Argan oil shop 💧 Handwoven textile store 🧵 Verdict? No hard selling—just say "No, thanks" if not interested. Seeing artisans at work was fascinating! ⛔ What You CAN’T Do in Fes Enter mosques 🕌 (Non-Muslims excluded) Skip the tanneries � (A must-see, but brace for the smell!) ✅ What You CAN Do Explore madrasas (Islamic schools, like Bou Inania) Wander & soak in 1,000 years of history Eat like royalty 🍽️ (Our riad chef cooked for us—65 MAD breakfast, 125 MAD dinner! More on this later…) ⚠️ Safety & Scams Pickpockets exist—keep valuables close. Ignore street hustlers (One guy mocked us as "scared like ladies" for refusing his "herbs" 🌿😂) Guides can be helpful—but agree on price upfront. 🌟 Final Thoughts Fes isn’t about ticking off sights—it’s about losing yourself in time. Stay alert, but don’t miss: The tanneries (Best view: Chouara Tannery) Sunset at Marinid Tombs 🌄 A home-cooked Moroccan meal (Riad chefs = next level!) #Morocco #Fes #TravelMorocco #Medina #Tanneries #NoScams #CulturalTravel #MoroccoGuide #Fez #Wanderlust