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Fes — I Walked Through a Gate and Left the 21st Century Behind
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Fes — I Walked Through a Gate and Left the 21st Century Behind

Aug 12, 2026 29 min read

Travelling to Fes can easily feel like travelling into the past. Pass through one of the monumental gates of its medina and the first question is almost inevitable: are we really still in the twenty-first century?There are sensible ways to visit Fes for the first time, and hiring a local guide is certainly one of them. Fes el-Bali is not the kind o