På gång i Fes (Fez), Morocco under året

Mycket folk — Mid-year holiday i Morocco, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Ramadan

  19 feb – 19 marStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Ramadan, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Ramadan (19 feb – 19 mar)

Mest folk — Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr

• Helg

  Eid al-Fitr

  20–21 marRamadan & eidStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Ramadan (19 feb – 19 mar)

Mycket folk — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Eid al-Fitr (20–21 mar)

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

• Helg

  Eid al-Adha

  27–29 majRamadan & eidStängningarBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Fes Festival of World Sacred Music

  15 maj – 20 jun · vanligtvisMusikfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

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

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Eid al-Adha (27–29 maj), Fes Festival of World Sacred Music (15 maj – 20 jun (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Morocco, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  The inland summer

  1 jul – 31 aug · vanligtvisExtrem värme

  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.

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Morocco, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: The inland summer (1 jul – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Morocco, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Mycket folk — First interim break (October) i Morocco, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Festival of Sufi Culture

  17–24 oktMusikfestival

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Natur

  Olive harvest and new oil

  1 nov – 31 dec · vanligtvis

  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.

Mycket folk — Second interim break (December) i Morocco, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Olive harvest and new oil (1 nov – 31 dec (vanligtvis))