Experts' Choice Award Bab Boujloud
What the experts agree on
This striking 1913 French-built gate marks the medina's entrance with iconic blue and green tilework. It's the vibrant heart of Fes at dusk, where locals gather, and serves as the perfect launchpad for exploring the ancient medina beyond.
“Bab Boujloud is a monumental gateway that spans one of the medina's busiest thoroughfares and is a good starting point for your explorations inside the medina walls.”
– Frommer's
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"This square on the edge of the medina comes into its own at dusk, when locals emerge to stroll and chat." Full review
Fodor's "Built in 1913 by General Hubert Lyautey, Moroccan commander under the French protectorate, this Moorish-style gate is 1,000 years younger than the rest of the medina." Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"the French punched a hole in the city wall and erected this grand triple-arched gate, decorated with blue tiles on the outer face and green inside." Full review
National Geographic "When someone comes to visit me, the first place I take them to is Fez's impressive medina and the Bab Boujloud, a massive gate built by the French in the early 1900s. The original..."
