Wooden galleries
Three carved storeys.
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A historic funduq, an inn for merchants and travellers, in the heart of Fes el Bali, built in the early eighteenth century on Nejjarine Square, named after the carpentry trade that has surrounded it for centuries. Merchants lodged here, stored goods in its rooms and stabled their animals on its ground floor. Today it houses the Nejjarine Museum of Wooden Arts and Crafts, showing old carpenters' tools, carved and painted doors and ceilings, chests, musical instruments and everyday objects made of cedar and other woods. The building itself is a gem, with an inner courtyard ringed by three storeys of carved wooden galleries and a stone facade with a decorated portal. In front of it on the square is the famous Nejjarine Fountain, a public fountain clad in colourful zellij under a canopy of carved wood, one of the loveliest in Fes. A rooftop café looks out over the city. Admission is about twenty dirhams according to 2026 guides. Photography may be banned inside the galleries, while the roof, the square and the fountain are open for photos.
Three carved storeys.
Zellij under carved wood.
Views over Fes.
Place Nejjarine, Fes el Bali
Fes el Bali (Old Medina)The oldest part of Fes, founded by the Idrisids as their capital between 789 and3 minutes walk
Al-Attarine MadrasaA small, exquisite madrasa built by the Marinid sultan Abu Said Uthman II betwee3 minutes walk
Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque and UniversityOne of the oldest and most famous mosques of the Islamic world, founded by Fatim3 minutes walk
Chouara TanneryThe largest and one of the oldest of the three tanneries of Fes, on the bank of 5 minutes walk
Marinid TombsThe ruins of monumental tombs on a hill looking down on Fes el Bali from the nor8 minutes walkIt pairs a beautiful historic inn with a collection explaining Moroccan woodcraft, and its roof is one of the best viewpoints over the city.