Fes el-Jdid & Mellah

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What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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Where it sits

The circle is Fes el-Jdid & Mellah and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• Bab Boujloud (the Blue Gate)17 min walk1.4 km
• Bou Inania Madrasa18 min walk1.5 km
• Fez street food21 min walk1.8 km
• Getting lost in Fes el-Bali23 min walk1.9 km
• The souks & craft trades24 min walk2.0 km
• Al-Attarine Madrasa27 min walk2.2 km
• Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque & University27 min walk2.3 km
• The Chouara Tanneries7 min taxi2.4 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 13.Dar el-Makhzen (Royal Palace gates) — You can't go inside the working royal palace, but its façade on the wide square of Fes el-Jdid is a sight in itself — seven monumental brass doors gleaming against carved cedar and blue-and-green zellij, among the finest craftsmanship in Morocco. A dazzling, and much-photographed, five minutes on the edge of the Mellah.
• 14.The Mellah (Jewish quarter) — The old Jewish quarter of Fes el-Jdid, with its distinctive wooden-balconied houses (a contrast to the blank walls of the Muslim medina), a restored synagogue and the poignant, white-tombed Jewish cemetery. A quieter, layered corner that tells another chapter of the city's long, cosmopolitan history.
• 15.Pottery & zellij workshops — Fez is the home of Morocco's famous blue-and-white pottery and its intricate zellij mosaic tilework. At a workshop on the city's edge you can watch potters throw and paint by hand, and craftsmen chip and lay the tiny tiles into geometric patterns — a fascinating look at the skills behind everything you've admired all day, with a shop at the end.