Fez

Fez was our last stop on our Moroccan tour before Charlie and I had to hightail it back to Marrakesh to catch our plane. We did not have enough time to do the city justice.

We read somewhere that Fez has the largest pedestrian-only area in the world. Fez's medina certainly was more labyrinthine, with narrower and darker passageways, than any other medina we visited. And those small spaces were packed with people. I don't think that Charlie and I saw nearly half of the Fez medina, mostly because we focused on shopping for all the items we had seen and wanted along the way of our trip, but did not buy earlier because we did not want to add to the weight of our backpacks any sooner than necessary.

We did notice that Fez was more touristy than any other place we had been. Perhaps this is true because it is so far North, and Europeans can cross over from Spain in addition to flying in. Or, perhaps it was because it was the week before Easter and, for some reason that was never explained to us, Moroccan schools are on break and so Muslim families often take the week off for vacation, too.

And so Fez effectively marks the end of our Moroccan trip. We ended up visiting 7 out of the 8 UNESCO World Heritage sites in the country. There was one more along the Northern, Mediterranean coast that will have to wait until our next trip to Morocco. By that time, I am sure UNESCO will have added new sites to the list. Morocco was so enjoyable - a perfect place for a quick weekend trip from London, or for a fuller, two-week holiday - that I have no doubt we will be back.