Fes is a 13th-century Moroccan city regarded as the nation's cultural capital. Its medina is an ancient walled, car-free urban area built for walking and occasional donkey traffic, home to over 156,000 residents. Guinness recognizes the medina as the largest car-free urban area by population. Squares and alleys resound with world music in early May during the Festival of World Sacred Music, which occurs alongside Jazz in Riads. The medina is UNESCO World Heritage–listed and features artisan souks offering goods from tanners to weavers, dinandiers, and potters. Restaurants and rooftop cafés showcase renowned local gastronomy, including Mom's Touch, Ruined Garden, and Restaurant Bab Sahra Fes.
Tucked away in Morocco, travelers can explore Fes on foot, a 13th-century city regarded as the nation's cultural capital. The medina of Fes, an ancient walled space, is built for walking, and perhaps the occasional donkey or two passing through. And, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, it's the largest car-free urban area by population on Earth. Over 156,000 people live in the medina, but no cars are allowed.
The space is so special that it even made its way to the UNESCO World Heritage list. Inside the walls, Visit Morocco explained, travelers can look forward to perusing (and purchasing) a bounty of souvenirs "from tanners to weavers, dinandiers [copperware], and potters." It added, "Its streets are decorated with architectural masterpieces, and its squares are meeting places where an ancestral art of living is expressed through confident yet delicate gestures."
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