Fes: How to Get There
By Plane
The Fes airport is located 15 km to the south of the city. Fes can be reached with grand taxis, parked just outside the airport. The price of the transit to the city should cost you about 120 Dh (add 50% of the price during night). There is also the bus — line 16, operating from 6am-8pm, driving from the airport to the hotel Ibis Moussafir, near the railway station in Fes Ville Nouvelle.
Here is a list of low-cost airlines that fly to Fes:
- Atlas Blue (from Marseille)
- Jet4you (from Paris)
- Ryanair (from London, Frankfurt, Marseille and Barcelona)
There is also a number of flights from Fes to other destinations inside Morocco: Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir, Tangier and Errachidia.
By Car
Fes can be easily reached by car via the highway that goes from Rabat and passes near Meknes.
Road distance between Fes and other Moroccan cities:
- Agadir: 745 km (463 mi)
- Casablanca: 293 km (182 mi)
- Errachidia: 331 km (206 mi)
- Essaouira: 663 km (412 mi)
- Marrakech: 489 km (304 mi)
- Meknes: 60 km (37 mi)
- Ouarzazate: 637 km (396 mi)
- Rabat: 196 km (122 mi)
- Tangier: 319 km (198 mi)
By Train
The railway station in Fes is situated in Ville Nouvelle. You can take a petit taxi from there to medina. Bus n°19 is driving up to the Rsif square in the medina.
The approximate duration of travel and ticket prices (1st class, one-way) for trains to Marrakech:
- Casablanca: 4.5 hrs, 155 Dh
- Marrakech: 8.0 hrs, 276 Dh
- Meknes: 45 min , 26 Dh
- Rabat: 3.5 hrs, 115 Dh
- Tangier: 5.0 hrs, 145 Dh