Selected charming and romantic hotels, Fes Riads and luxury hotels
Choose from our selection of romantic hotels and riads in Fes, by clicking on the map at right. This will highlight a selection of hotels catering to a wide variety of tastes and budgets, including romantic Fes hotels, Medina accommodation, city hotels and lodgings, as well as luxury hotels amongst others.
The city was founded at opposite banks of the Fes River by Idris I, in 789. Arab emigration mostly from al-Andalus gave the city a definite Arab character. It was populated by Muslims from elsewhere in North Africa, the Middle East, Moriscos, as well as many Jews, who had their own quarter, or Mellah, in the city. It is believed to have been the largest city in the world from 1170 to 1180. Later, in 1649, it became the center of the Alaouite Dynasty and a major trading post of the Barbary Coast of North Africa. Fes was the capital of Morocco at various times in the past, the last such period ending in 1912 when most of the country came under French control and Rabat was chosen to be the capital of the new colony.
