5-Day Morocco Food and Culture Tour from Fez
Fez → Meknes → Fez
Fez is Morocco's culinary and craft capital as much as its cultural one: this trip goes deep on both, with hands-on time in kitchens and artisan workshops rather than a checklist of monuments.
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Highlights
- A hands-on cooking class in a Fez riad kitchen
- A guided walk through the tanneries and metalwork souks
- A visit to a working zellige (mosaic tile) workshop
- A day trip to Meknes for its own food markets
- Meals built around what's actually in season
Day by day
A working draft: the order and pace are ours to adjust once we know what matters most to you.
Fez
Arrival and a welcome dinner at a family-run restaurant tucked into the medina, away from the main tourist lanes.
No driving today
Riad, Fez
Fez
A guided walk through the Chouara tanneries' 11th-century dye pits and the metalwork souks, then a hands-on cooking class in a riad kitchen: you'll eat what you make for lunch.
No driving today
Riad, Fez
Fez
A visit to a working zellige tile workshop, watching artisans chip individual pieces by hand, and a ceramics studio nearby.
No driving today
Riad, Fez
Fez to Meknes
A day trip to Meknes, capital of Sultan Moulay Ismail's 17th-century empire, with time in its own food markets near the Bab Mansour gate and a casual lunch.
About 1 hour on the road, roughly 60 km
Riad, Fez
Fez
A relaxed final morning before your flight.
No driving today
Included
- ✓Private car and driver
- ✓4 nights' accommodation, breakfast included
- ✓One cooking class and two guided craft workshop visits
Not included
- —International flights
- —Most dinners (lunches included as part of activities)
- —Alcoholic drinks
- —Tips for driver and guides
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Tour at a glance
- Duration
- 5 days · 4 nights
- Transport
- Private car/4x4
- Languages
- English, French
- Availability
- Year-round
From the blog
A first-timer's guide to the Fez medina
The oldest, most intact medina in Morocco, and the easiest one to get lost in on purpose.
By Omar Hafidi
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Tipping in Morocco: a practical guide
Expected in more places than you'd think, but rarely a fixed percentage.
By Omar Hafidi
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Moroccan ceramics and zellige tiles: a short history
Two different crafts get lumped together as "Moroccan tile," and the more striking one is entirely hand-cut.
By Issam
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