Fez is Morocco’s culinary capital, but its labyrinthine medina, believed to be the world’s largest car-free urban area, can be hard to navigate. Gail Leonard ofFez Food is our guide as we visit the honey souk, try stuffed camel spleen and drop in on a local tea den – but pass on the steamed sheep heads.
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How to do it
- Gail Leonard runsvarious food tours of Fez, including a half-day souk tasting trail, winery tours and Moroccan cooking classes, from about £55pp. Complete Morocco (01225 706665) offers a four-night package including four nights’ B&B in a deluxe suite at Riad Maison Bleue, return Ryanair flights from Stansted to Fez and transfers from £535
- Gail Leonard and Richard Sprenger
- guardian.co.uk,
- Tuesday 10 April 2012
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