Fes Trip Overview
Visit one of the world’s greatest craft centres, FES. In this tour, you will go right inside the artisans workshops and cooperatives. You will watch the craftsmen working, talk to them and learn How It’s Made. Explore the wide range of stunning crafts and arts such leatherwork, brass etching, woodcarving, silk weaving, wood painting, pottery making, colourful embroidery, hand-stitched kaftans, hand-loomed carpets, finely woven cotton and silk scarves. Visit the medieval Chaouwara Tanneries, where leather is treated, dyed and dried in a process that has never changed for hundreds of years. Visit Foundoks where artisans use wool, cotton, and natural silk to craft material for colorful Djellabas, scarves, turbans, and bed covers; the dyers’ street, where artisans dip strands of cactus silk into buckets of natural dyes. visit the coppersmiths of Seffarine Square,where the sound of hammers pummeling away at metal is never-ending.
Your Fes visit with me will be FEScinating.
Additional Info
* Duration: 3 to 4 hours
* Starts: Fes, Morocco
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Fes, Fez-Meknès, Morocco
Visit one of the world’s greatest craft centres, FES. In this tour, you will go right inside the artisans workshops and cooperatives. You will watch the craftsmen working, talk to them and learn How It’s Made. Explore the wide range of stunning crafts and arts such leatherwork, brass etching, woodcarving, silk weaving, wood painting, pottery making, colourful embroidery, hand-stitched kaftans, hand-loomed carpets, finely woven cotton and silk scarves. Visit the medieval Chaouwara Tanneries, where leather is treated, dyed and dried in a process that has never changed for hundreds of years. Visit Foundoks where artisans use wool, cotton, and natural silk to craft material for colorful Djellabas, scarves, turbans, and bed covers; the dyers’ street, where artisans dip strands of cactus silk into buckets of natural dyes. visit the coppersmiths of Seffarine Square,where the sound of hammers pummeling away at metal is never-ending.
Your Fes visit with me will be FEScinating.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Bab Bou Jeloud, Fes Morocco
Learn about its history and importance and take pictures.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Al-Attarine Madrasa, Rue Talaa Kebira, Fes Morocco
Learn about its history and importance and take pictures.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Nejjarine Fondouk, 327F+WJ5, Fes, Morocco
Learn about its history and importance and take pictures.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Zaouia of Moulay Idriss II, Fes 30030 Morocco
Learn about its history and importance and take pictures.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Kairaouine Mosque (Mosque of al-Qarawiyyin), Fes el-Bali Qayruwan quarters, Fes 30030 Morocco
Learn about its history and importance and take pictures.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Chouara Tannery, Hay Lablida Chouara, Fes 30030 Morocco
Learn about its history and importance and take pictures.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Fes, Fes, Fes-Meknes
You will go right inside the artisans workshops and cooperatives. You will watch the craftsmen working, talk to them and learn How It’s Made. Explore the wide range of stunning crafts and arts such leatherwork, brass etching, woodcarving, silk weaving, wood painting, pottery making, colourful embroidery, hand-stitched kaftans, hand-loomed carpets, finely woven cotton and leather scarves.
Duration: 1 hour
