Day 6 Casablanca-Rabat-Fez

We left the hotel after breakfast and started the drive. We drove along the coast for about 2.5 hours until we got to Rabat. We were amazed at the number of new developments being built along the coast – one after another – blocks of flats and single family homes. In between you can still see some shabby favelas that were probably terminated to make room for these new places. After a quick stop for lunch in Rabat, we stopped at the royal mausoleum and Kasbah Chellah – a necropolis built on the site of 2nd century B.C. Roman ruins. From there we drove about 3.5 more hours to Fez. The country side is very barren as all the crops have been harvested and there is nothing green. When we got to FEZ, we checked into our riyad (hotel) inside the medina. It is amazing --- a traditional old Moroccan house with a beautiful courtyard and rooms all around it. Our room is actually a suite with a long, tiled hall, a sitting room, two bedrooms and a big bathroom with a jaccuzzi tub (did not work). We left our stuff and walked in the maze-like medina for about an hour before dinner, which was served in the courtyard. We had our second tagine + a delicious soup, lots of little salads, fruits and of course traditional mint tea.