Fez

Despite modern means of communication, the millennial city of Fez as much as Marrakech are so confused and so linked to the name of Morocco that nowadays, in some countries like Turkey, Morocco is known as Fez or Fas. This is to say the importance of this city, endowed with several prestigious titles: first capital of the country, imperial city, cultural and spiritual capital.

Fez is complete immersion in Moroccan culture. It can pride itself on being an inestimable treasure of Morocco which covers history, culture, spirituality, music, art, crafts, gastronomy, refinement, and all the unique Fassi know-how. Immerse yourself in the maze of its medina, inhale the smells spread in the alleys of the bottomless labyrinth of the medina, visit its monuments, the prestigious mosques of the Andalusians or of qarawiyin, the oldest university in the world still in activity, taste the notes of its Andalusian music which will take you back to the glorious Muslim eras, savor its culinary art with its rich recipe combining all the Berber, Jewish, Andalusian, and Afriqiya ingredients, and admire its Arab, Berber, Andalusian, Moorish architectural treasures, its sculptures , its zelliges, its abundant artisanal production…

As much as Fes was at several times an important commercial trading post linking the East to the West, the South to the North, it was and to this day, a crossroads of social sciences, theology, etc... where great scholars such as Ibn Khaldoun and Ibn Sina (Avicennes) gathered and others from all over the world who had come to soak up its influence, especially at the University of El Qarawiyin.

Finally, Fes has shown the world the way of tolerance, coexistence and meetings on the humanitarian chapter, because since its foundation, Berbers, Arabs, Jews, Andalusians, Karawiyin, have settled there and cohabited peacefully. Moreover, it is organized annually the festival of Fes of sacred music of the world.

To remember: Fes, a name whose etymology remains uncertain: we propose different metatheses of Sef in Fes, of Asif in Berber and even of picket (Fez in Arabic)