The Fez City Guides answer the questions every first-timer has: where to eat a proper Fassi lunch without a tout steering you there, which madrasas earn their ticket, where to find a drink or a hammam in a city that sleeps early, and how to reach Volubilis or the cedar forest without a tour bus. Each guide is a short, opinionated list with the reason to go, what to order or look for and one practical tip per place, and it opens in your browser as soon as you pay.
About the Fez City Guides
- 144 places
- 6 guides
- 13 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The six Fez guides
Food guide
24 places
Grill counters for a quick lunch, set menus in old riads and palaces, a walled garden and a courtyard table, plus markets, pastries and mint tea.
Things to do guide
24 places
Madrasas and museums worth paying for, the coppersmiths and tanneries on foot, the forts on the hills, the quiet side of Fes el-Jdid and the usual scams named.
Family guide
24 places
Gardens and viewpoints, workshops where kids watch pots and tiles being made, cooking classes for wet days, food children will eat and trips out of town.
Nightlife guide
26 places
Rooftops over the lit-up medina, the licensed hotel and riad bars, evening hammams, live music in the Ville Nouvelle and somewhere to eat late.
Day trips guide
22 places
Meknes and the Roman ruins of Volubilis, alpine Ifrane and the cedar forest near Azrou, hot springs and Sefrou close by, and Chefchaouen as a long day.
Budget guide
24 places
Free gates, gardens and viewpoints, madrasas with small tickets, grilled sandwiches and set lunches for very little, and how to get round the medina without overpaying.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Dar Hatim
Fandak Lihoudi, Fes el-Bali
Karima cooks in her own family home and brings out salads, slow-cooked lamb tagine or chicken pastilla, then her own desserts, all shared at the table. It costs more than an ordinary medina meal, and many guests say it was the best of their whole trip. From the food guide.
Place Seffarine
Next to the Qarawiyyin, medina
The coppersmiths’ square, where hammers ring on brass and copper all day and trays, pots and lamps take shape in front of you. Nothing here is staged. If a tea tray tempts you, bargain calmly. From the things to do guide.
Cèdre Gouraud Forest
Near Azrou, 20 minutes south of Ifrane
A stand of Atlas cedars, some more than eight centuries old, and the likeliest place to meet wild Barbary macaques. An hour covers the loop and the oldest tree, so it slots neatly into a day in Ifrane and Azrou. Keep snacks out of sight. From the day trips guide.
Plan your days in Fez
Day one: walk in through Bab Boujloud, see a madrasa and Place Seffarine from the things to do guide, take a long medina lunch from the food guide and head to a hotel rooftop at dusk with the nightlife guide. Day two: the Mellah and the royal palace doors in Fes el-Jdid, a rest in Jnan Sbil from the budget guide and the Marinid Tombs for sunset. For a rainy or slow day, pair Dar Batha with a cooking class from the family guide and an evening hammam, or take the train to Meknes with the day trips guide.
Questions about the Fez guides
What do the Fez City Guides include?
Six guides covering food, things to do, family, nightlife, day trips and budget, with 144 places altogether. Each place has the area, why it is worth your time, opening notes and a practical tip.
How do I receive the guides?
As soon as payment goes through, the links show up on your order page and in your confirmation email. They open in any browser on a phone, tablet or laptop, with no app and no account.
Can I use the guides offline in the Fez medina?
Yes. Load each guide once while connected and it keeps working without signal, ticks and notes included. Only the map links need data.
Which languages can I read the guides in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Greek, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
How much do the Fez guides cost?
One guide is €4.99, two are €8.99, four are €15.99 and the full set of six is €19.99.
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