The medina of Fès
Cultural journeys  ·  Eight days  ·  Seven countries

The oldest museum on earth has no walls.

Twelve UNESCO World Heritage sites, four imperial medinas, a Roman city, the world's oldest university and the museums that hold the rest — arranged into eight-day journeys for eight travellers at a time.

12UNESCO World Heritage sites
859the year al-Qarawiyyin was founded
12museums and monuments entered
8travellers maximum, plus 3 escorts
The list, not the brochure

Twelve World Heritage sites, and the year each was inscribed.

  • 1979Memphis and its Necropolis, the Pyramid FieldsEgypt
  • 1979Ancient Thebes with its NecropolisEgypt
  • 1978Island of GoréeSenegal
  • 2000Island of Saint-LouisSenegal
  • 2011Saloum DeltaSenegal
  • 1981Medina of FèsMorocco
  • 1985Medina of MarrakeshMorocco
  • 2001Medina of EssaouiraMorocco
  • 1996Historic City of MeknèsMorocco
  • 1997Archaeological Site of VolubilisMorocco
  • 2012Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic CityMorocco
  • 1999Robben IslandSouth Africa
Our promise

We build weeks around what people made, not around what happens to walk past.

Every itinerary here starts from a monument, a medina or a museum, and works outwards. The route is checked against real opening days, the private visits are booked before you arrive, and nothing important is scheduled on a day the site is closed.

You travel in a group of no more than eight, accompanied by a guide, a driver and a professional photographer. The published price includes international flights, every transfer, seven nights, all entrance fees and permits, and a printed album of your own journey.

The collection

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What you actually walk into

Twelve rooms worth the flight

Medersa Bou Inania
Medersa Bou InaniaFès, Morocco

Zellige, carved cedar and stucco in a 14th-century Merinid college.

Al-Qarawiyyin
Al-QarawiyyinFès, Morocco

Founded in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri, the oldest degree-granting university in the world.

Volubilis
VolubilisNear Meknès, Morocco

The Roman capital of Mauretania Tingitana, with its mosaics still in the open air.

Bab Mansour
Bab MansourMeknès, Morocco

The monumental gate of the imperial city, completed in 1732.

Medersa Ben Youssef
Medersa Ben YoussefMarrakech, Morocco

The largest Koranic school in Morocco, reopened after a four-year restoration.

Bab Oudaia
Bab OudaiaRabat, Morocco

The Almohad gate of the Kasbah of the Udayas, built around 1195.

Chellah
ChellahRabat, Morocco

A Roman city that became a Merinid necropolis, inside its own walls.

Museum of History and Civilisations
Museum of History and CivilisationsRabat, Morocco

Morocco's national archaeological collection, from prehistory to the Merinids.

House of Slaves
House of SlavesGorée, Senegal

The Door of No Return, facing the Atlantic, on an island listed since 1978.

Museum of Black Civilisations
Museum of Black CivilisationsDakar, Senegal

Thirteen thousand square metres opened in 2018, in a rotunda drawn from Casamance houses.

Sultan's Palace
Sultan's PalaceFoumban, Cameroon

The seat of the Bamoun dynasty and its royal museum, in a kingdom founded in the 14th century.

Villa des Arts
Villa des ArtsCasablanca, Morocco

A 1934 Art Deco villa, now one of the country's leading contemporary art spaces.

Included, without asterisks

What every journey covers

Flights and transfersRound-trip international flights and every private transfer, airport to hotel to airport.
Seven nightsSelected hotels, with breakfast and the meals named day by day.
Every entrance feeAll site tickets, museum entries and permits — including the ones people forget to budget for.
Guide, driver, photographerA dedicated team of three, and a printed album of your journey.
Connected from day oneA local SIM card with data and a WhatsApp group with your team.
Ready when you are

Tell us your month. We will build the week.

Departure dates are fixed with you, not imposed — so your journey never lands in Ramadan, in the rains, or on the one day the site you came for is closed.

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