Det sker i Fes (Fez), Morocco året igennem

Travlt — Mid-year holiday i Morocco, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Ramadan

  19. feb. – 19. mar.Lukninger

  The medina is the best argument for visiting during the fast: shut and silent by day, then completely alive from the sunset cannon until after midnight. Plan food around it. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Ramadan, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Ramadan (19. feb. – 19. mar.)

Tætpakket — Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr

• Helligdag

  Eid al-Fitr

  20.–21. mar.Ramadan & eidLukninger

  Two days when the souks close and the medina belongs to families in new clothes. Tanneries and workshops stop, so the working city that people come to see is not working. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Ramadan (19. feb. – 19. mar.)

Travlt — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Eid al-Fitr (20.–21. mar.)

Tætpakket — Eid al-Adha, Fes Festival of World Sacred Music

• Helligdag

  Eid al-Adha

  27.–29. majRamadan & eidLukningerBook tidligt

  The city stops for two or three days: sheep on every roof terrace beforehand, then shut shops, no taxis and smoke over the medina. Trains and flights need booking a month out. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Fes Festival of World Sacred Music

  15. maj – 20. jun. · normaltMusikfestivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  A week of concerts in the Bab Makina courtyard and the old palaces, usually falling between late May and mid-June. The dates are announced late and the riads sell out once they are. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Fes Festival of World Sacred Music, Summer holidays i Morocco

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

Stadig i gang: Eid al-Adha (27.–29. maj), Fes Festival of World Sacred Music (15. maj – 20. jun. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer holidays i Morocco, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  The inland summer

  1. jul. – 31. aug. · normaltEkstrem varme

  Fes sits in a bowl with no sea breeze, and the medina alleys hold the heat well into the night. Sightseeing works before ten and after six, and not much in between.

Travlt — Summer holidays i Morocco, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: The inland summer (1. jul. – 31. aug. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer holidays i Morocco, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Travlt — First interim break (October) i Morocco, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Festival of Sufi Culture

  17.–24. okt.Musikfestival

  A week of sama sessions, lectures and late concerts in the middle of October, smaller and calmer than the sacred music festival and in far better walking weather. Kilde ↗

Travlt — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Natur

  Olive harvest and new oil

  1. nov. – 31. dec. · normalt

  The presses in the hills around the city run from November, and the first oil of the year turns up in the medina at breakfast. Market stalls fill with cured olives at the same time.

Travlt — Second interim break (December) i Morocco, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Olive harvest and new oil (1. nov. – 31. dec. (normalt))