I really did love the brief time we spent there although it was a bit of a shock to our systems when we first arrived. I would definitely return.

Fes is a city still very untouched by tourism making it a great albeit very different experience to Marrakech. I can only imagine Marrakech being like Fes ten years ago before cheap flights came into play. The accommodation in Fes is far cheaper than in Marrakech as well, we found that we could easily live on 55 euros a day for all our food and accommodation (ensuite double in a Riad) for the two of us whereas in Marrakech that was slightly more pricy. As for hitch-hiking, whilst we didn’t experience it for ourselves this is the natural way for people to move around Morocco so it is not uncommon to see people standing at the roadside waiting for a car to drive by with enough space in, or even a lorry with room in the back. It seems that anyone with space will stop – it is almost the unspoken rule! The people are amazingly friendly and cannot do enough to help you enjoy your time in their country – We would highly recommend a trip there to anyone.

It would be a shame if they do as the local food is fantastic. Luckily we only drove past Mcdonalds on our way to the Old Medina from the Airport and we didn’t spend any time in the new part of Fes but it was definitely a shock to see it there alongside Pizza Hut!

That’s a shame as it was a great city to visit, especially to be able to then contrast it with Marrakech and think about how that was before tourism hit a few years ago. I can imagine it would have been very similar. Maybe other flight operators go from Venice that would work out relatively cheap.