Motorbikes - a pest in the Medina.

There are few places in the world that can compare with the amazing old Medina of Fez. It has a magic all of its own - and part of that magic is the fact that the lanes and alleyways have changed little over the centuries. Traffic is restricted to pedestrians, donkeys and mules.

Yet over the last few years a pest has arrived: motorbikes in the Medina. Although the law forbids them, there is little done to stop this nuisance and almost every day motorbikes can be found riding past the police on the Medina gates.

We prefer the donkeys!

The View from Fez suggests that next time you come across a noisy, polluting, motorbike navigating its way through the Medina - you give the rider an earful of your displeasure! Motorbikes and the Medina do not mix!

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