We spent a week in the Medina in Fes, and basically loved every minute. But we spent just a few hours in the Mellah - and couldn't wait to leave. Why? Because we got hassled repeatedly by young (unfortunately unemployeed) men who apparently make a living by approaching tourists and 'befriending' them. This is clearly an effort to get 'hired'...
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Fez Mellah
Fes, Morocco
Ranked #15 of 27 attractions in Fes
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Type: Historic Sites
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Once you get your eye in it's possible to see how Andalucian building conventions were brought here by Jews fleeing from Spanish persecution after the collapse of Muslim Spain.
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The Mellah is mainly gone, with a few little bits of old architecture here and there, but filled with mainly poor rural immigrants selling old used and poor quality items to each other - if you want to see a real "people's market" this is the place for you. The cemeteries in the Mellah in both Fes and Marrakech are...
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The cemetery is very old and moving, but as Jews (and a Moroccan Jew among us), we were furious to see graves being whitewashed so that inscriptions became unreadable. I suppose this was to "care" for the tombs, but it was the sloppiest way possible to do so. We were outraged when the gatekeeper tried to charge admission, but he...
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We visited the small synagogue and the Jewish cemetery. Both are amazingly well kept and gave a good picture of what Jewish life must have been in Fes.
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