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The spa villages of
Moulay Yacoub
and
Sidi Harazem
, respectively 20km northwest and 15km southeast of Fes, are largely medicinal centres, offering - as for many centuries past - cures for the afflicted. They are local rather than tourist attractions, but Moulay Yacoub, in particular, makes a pleasant day-trip for a swim and hot bath. Either site can be reached by grand taxi from the
gare routière
to Moulay Yacoub (7dh) and from Bab Ftouh to Sidi Harazem (5dh). Bus #28 runs from Place de la Résistance (aka La Fiat) to Sidi Harazem.
Moulay Yacoub
The trip to
MOULAY YACOUB
takes you across pleasant, rolling countryside, with wonderful views south across the plain of Saïss, with the Middle Atlas beyond. The village itself tumbles down a steep hillside, with baths, a swimming pool and...
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Sidi Harazem
The eucalyptus-covered shrine of
SIDI HARAZEM
was established by Sultan Moulay Er-Rachid in the seventeenth century, though the centre owes its current fame to its best-selling mineral water. The oasis is today heavily orientated towards its...
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