Art historians, architects, engineers and master artisans spent six years restoring a 14th-century royal palace and turning it into the coddling nine-room Riad Fes Maya at the medina’s edge.

From the lively Marrakech medina to the medieval mosques of Fes and the Atlantic breeze-swept ... a four-hour flight from the UK. Read more on Morocco travel: Marrakech is a vision of dusky ...

A 10-minute taxi ride will take guests to Fez train station or 15 minutes to old Fez medina, but otherwise, there is not much of interest in the area.

That being said, this 10-day Morocco itinerary allows you to visit in Marrakech, Fes, Chefchaouen and journey through desert.

Riad Fes is located deep in the heart of old Fez medina, down a series of winding narrow alleyways that would be difficult to locate for most new arrivals. Luckily, this superb hotel sends staff ...

In Morocco, donkeys serve, and they are cared for, but they are not pets. One afternoon, I was talking to a man with a donkey in the medina and asked him why he didn't give his donkey a name.