Fes Palace and Tile Co-op

Fes is located in the northeastern part of Morocco and is often referred to as the country’s cultural capital. It has a walled Medina with Edie Al Marinid architecture, vibrant souks and old-world atmosphere. We started the morning by driving to a lookout to see the city. We stopped at a Tile co-op where we watched talented artisans make beautiful pottery like tajins, bowls and cups. We also saw learned about the many phases of creating mosaic tiles. We watched them cutting the tile and then laying the ornate tile pieces into the beautiful patterns. These were very skilled artists. You could buy the goods there and they would pack them and ship them to your home. I wanted to buy several things, but there are many advantages to traveling with carryon baggage only and one of them is you can’t buy much.Read more