Azrou to Fez Medina

Where I’m going to stop for a couple of days.

The trip was under ideal conditions. Mostly downhill and with the wind behind my back. 56 miles took 4 hours or so.

You don’t get any better.

Trip statistics

• Distance: 91km
• 18.25kph Ave speed
• Max temp 29°
• -720.85m Elevation gained
• 2,317 calories burned
• Time 4h 59m

In and around Fez Medina and Souk

For the last 24 hours or so, I’ve been here, in the old town of Fez.

It’s not really like anywhere where I’ve been before. There are no vehicles allowed in the Medina. Just people, hand-carts and the odd donkey.

It’s just a crazy place. Like a maze of alleyways. When you get into the souk, the alleyways are lined with shopfronts. So many colours, different items, some for tourists, a lot for Moroccan punters. They sell all the things you can imagine.

The food is pretty amazing.

It’s like internet shopping on wine, before the internet was invented.

Crazy.

If you lived here for a week, you’d need to buy your own mule to take all your stuff home for you!

Also, the good think here is – the images speak for themselves. I’ve made up a couple of timelapse videos to give you an impression of what it’s like walking around.

Maranid Tombs

The only other place I went of note, was this location called the Maranid Tombs. It’s basically an excavation on the side of the hill overlooking the old town of Fez.

The views from there were pretty spectacular. The best in the whole of Fez.

Cheating is

On the cards. I’ve had a look at the route ahead. The accommodation is intermittent, but the hills are not.

Following my previous experience at the Auberge Khenifra, I’m not prepared to make my trip uncomfortable by staying at nasty hotels and exhausting myself in the process.

My bike and I will be travelling the next 320km in the luxury of an air conditioned bus. I might have to put the bike outside actually.

Till next time.