The modern French-built town south-west of the medina — wide boulevards, cafés, chain hotels, banks and ordinary restaurants, a short taxi from the old-city gates. It has no medieval magic, but it's calm, familiar and cheaper, with cars, comfort and space; where to stay if the medina's intensity is too much, or you just want an easy night.
€40–70
typical per night in Morocco
Easy on the wallet
Among the cheapest areas to sleep in Fez.
Where it sits
The circle is Ville Nouvelle and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.
How far is everything?
From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.
- Bab Boujloud (the Blue Gate)11 min taxi3.8 km
- Bou Inania Madrasa12 min taxi4.0 km
- Fez street food13 min taxi4.2 km
- Getting lost in Fes el-Bali13 min taxi4.3 km
- The souks & craft trades13 min taxi4.4 km
- Al-Attarine Madrasa14 min taxi4.6 km
- Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque & University14 min taxi4.6 km
- The Chouara Tanneries14 min taxi4.7 km
On your doorstep
What you’re living next to if you stay here.
- 12.The Merenid Tombs viewpoint — On the hillside above the northern walls stand the ruined Marinid tombs, and from beside them the whole medina lies spread out below you in its bowl — a sea of flat roofs and minarets, magical at sunset as the light turns golden and the muezzins begin. A short taxi up; the best overview of Fez there is.
When are you staying?
Booking.com & Airbnb open searched to Ville Nouvelle; flights via Google Flights.