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Mellah of Fez
The historic Jewish quarter of Fez, with balconied houses, synagogues and a whitewashed cemetery.
- Editor's score
- 4.2
- Visit
- 1 h
- Price
- Free
About
Created in the fifteenth century beside the royal palace in Fes Jdid, the Mellah was home to one of North Africa's great Jewish communities. Its outward-facing wooden balconies set it apart from the inward-looking medina houses. The seventeenth-century Ibn Danan Synagogue has been restored, and the cemetery's rows of white tombs slope down towards the walls.
Best time to go: Walk it after the Royal Palace, and visit the restored Ibn Danan Synagogue and the old cemetery.
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