Fes is a beautiful city surrounded by the Mid Atlas Mountains. I've never seen such an industrial city so well protected with forts outlining the city every couple miles or so. It really gives you a historical vibe and makes you ponder how it was decades ago.

How do you get here?  There are direct flights to Fes and all sorts of transportation available to this industrial city. We took the sleeper train from Marrakech, which took about 8 hours to reach Fes and stayed for two days and three nights, which was enough to conquer this small close-knit city. You can purchase train tickets and have them delivered online to you here. 

Restaurant Bouyad is a local restaurant really close to our riad Palai Amani. This friendly cozy spot serves the best tender lamb tangine you'll ever find.

• When: lunch or dinner

• Cost: about 80-100 dirhams so $8-$10 for the both of us

• Who: very personable staff - his mom actually does all the cooking and all the children and sibling serve the food

• Duration: food takes about 10-15 minutes to serve

• Tips: order lamb tangine, the chicken b'stilla and some mint tea!

• My personal experience: We fell in love with lamb tangine so we came back the next day for dinner and the host was so excited to see us again. I noticed this across Morocco, but whenever we did like something and came back it would always put the biggest smile on their faces :) and yes because it was just that damn good.

Souks in Fes, oh boy. Fes has the second largest city of Souks (the first one is in Casa Blanca). If you're looking to buy authentic hand-made quality this is the city to buy it in. Things will be a lot more expensive because it is very detailed with hand work and on top of that Fes is an industrial city that serves tourism.

• Tips: You can either book a guide or go through it yourself, but warning since we did it ourselves we got terribly lost (so get a map and use as many things as you can to help you). Also note that if you do agree to a guide they'll take you to the stores that they get commission out of your purchases. So you can help out the locals if you'd like, but beware that some of them take you to the most expensive souks and try to bargain with you. Hence, feel free to venture past that and deeper into the souks for a decent price.

• My personal experience: We ended up getting help from a young boy and gave him a little tip in exchange. In the Medina you can easily end up in the poor residential area to the busiest part of the souk, there's so many turns and alleys it's hard to keep up so fair warning!