Showing posts with label Fes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fes. Show all posts

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Fes, Morocco

Fes is the fourth largest city in Morocco. It's famous for it's 'medina' and is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
An annoying problem with guides in Morocco is the commission they make if you buy something from a store they brought you to. It's a huge commission -20%. You can imagine that all guides try to take advantage of this. As a result, we got to stop in a carpet store, ceramic store, leather store, and more. Some people enjoy shopping. We don't.

Fes is the center of Moroccan leather. We visited a tannery. Not that I want a leather jacket anyway, but I was certainly not going to by one from there after seeing how badly both animals and people were treated.