Luxury Hotels In Fez

Let The Medina Shape The Hotel Choice

A stay within the medina extends the sense of place into the quieter parts of the day. Riad Fès illustrates that relationship, with its location in the historic city rather than a generic position on a regional map. Choose a heritage setting because you want to enjoy it between visits, not only because it provides an attractive backdrop for photographs.

Riad Fès is in the Zerbtana area, while Palais Faraj is at Bab Ziat in the Ziat quarter. These are two particular addresses around the historic city, not a choice between a medina hotel and a beach resort. Keep the quarter in mind when comparing where the day begins.

Metalwork And The Blue Of Fez

Seffarine Square gives a craft-focused outing a specific material: the coppersmiths' finely worked trays and teapots, alongside other iron, copper and silver objects. It is a useful choice if metalwork and household design interest you. A pottery visit has a different subject, with the blue ceramics associated with Fez bringing color and painted surfaces into the day.

Fes Jdid And The Mellah

The Royal Palace gates face the Alaouites esplanade near the Mellah. Their seven bays, zellige, carved plaster and green-tiled frieze make this a study of a monumental facade. The exterior composition is the subject here, rather than an assumed visit through the palace rooms.

The nearby Mellah offers another architectural interest. Its houses have outward-facing windows and wooden or wrought-iron balconies, giving the streets a different relationship with domestic life from the enclosed courtyard residence. Pair the palace facade with these street-facing houses for a visit focused on Fes Jdid, beyond the older medina.

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