Chefchaouen sits at roughly 600 metres in the Rif Mountains, which means its climate behaves differently from the rest of northern Morocco. Tangier can be humid and windy while Chefchaouen stays dry and sunny just two hours south. Finding the best time to visit Chefchaouen comes down to balancing three things: comfortable temperatures for walking…
Fes el-Bali is often described as the most disorienting urban environment most travelers will ever navigate over 9,000 alleys, many nearly identical, winding through a medieval medina with no logical grid. That navigational difficulty is at the heart of nearly every safety concern in Fes: not violent crime, which remains rare, but a well-developed ecosystem…
Fes is widely considered the birthplace of Morocco’s most refined culinary tradition, shaped over centuries by the city’s wealthy merchant families and their household kitchens. That heritage is still very much alive today, spread across restored riads, rooftop terraces, and unmarked family kitchens throughout the medina. This guide covers 15 of the best restaurants in…
Fes offers a genuinely different accommodation experience depending on which part of the city you choose, in a way that few other Moroccan destinations do quite so distinctly. A night in a restored riad deep inside Fes el-Bali feels almost nothing like a night in a modern hotel in Ville Nouvelle, even though both are…
Fes is the kind of city that rewards walking, but it does not always make walking easy. Inside Fes el-Bali, the old medina, streets narrow into passages, passages turn into covered souks, and a route that looked obvious on your phone five minutes ago can suddenly disappear behind a doorway or bend. That is part…
Fes rewards patience more than any other Moroccan city. Its medina, Fes el-Bali, is one of the largest car-free urban areas in the world, a genuine living museum where donkeys still haul goods through alleys built centuries before cars existed. This guide covers the best things to do in Fes, from world-famous monuments to the…
Fes sits inland, ringed by hills, which gives it a more dramatic swing between seasons than coastal Essaouira or even Marrakech genuinely hot, dry summers and cool, occasionally damp winters. Timing a visit well makes a real difference here, since the medina’s narrow, shaded alleys are far more enjoyable to explore at 22°C than at…
Marrakech has quietly become one of the world’s great luxury hotel cities, home to properties that regularly top global “best hotel” rankings alongside Paris, Tokyo, and the Maldives. What sets the city apart is range: within a short drive you can choose between a private riad within the King’s own walled medina, a minimalist Aman…
Marrakech is one of the more flexible destinations you’ll find the same city that offers a 30 MAD tagine from a street stall also has suites running well into five figures at La Mamounia or the Royal Mansour. How much Marrakech costs really comes down to which version of the city you’re aiming for. This…
Marrakech welcomes millions of visitors a year, and the overwhelming majority leave with nothing worse to report than a hard bargaining session in the souks. But “is Marrakech safe” isn’t really a yes-or-no question it depends on which risk you mean. Violent crime against tourists is genuinely rare. Petty theft and scams are common enough…