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You can : Walk Rent a bike go to hamam (public bath)


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when you are in Rissani city there are a lot of things to see and to enjoy your time too and many surprises waiting for you and many questions come to your mind. in Rissani you can see : a lot of ksours for examples Moulay Ali chérif mausoleum: When you go through the big gate ornamented by green ceramics and topped by a dome you will find on your right the big room that shelters the tomb of moulay ali cherif. The first founder of the Alaouite dynasty. This mausoleum was rebuild in 1965 after having been destroyed by a rise in the water level when the ZIZ river was in spate the sacred precinct has a wide yard, a patio and picturesque mosque . Ksar el fida: It s situated at about 4 km on the north east of Rissani its the most important and at same time the most ancient of the alaouite ksars in the Tafilalet however. Its worth mentioning that the genesis of the ksar dates back to the reign of king moulay Ismail to house his son king moulay abdellah, but the ksar was reduced to rubbles and ruined except for the high outside walls and the tours which were built of muddy earth. The ksar was rebuilt under the reign of moulay abd al rahman but this time at about eight hundred metters at south east of the first site. Ever since the ksar had preponderant roles in directing the policy of region and at times its served As residential palace of the Khalifa or Caid of the Tafilalet and this up to 1965. Henceforth the ksar was a Makhzanean domain and is still an architectural patrimony.

Ksar oulad abdelhlim

You can see the souk (market) and its 3 days in the week Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday and in the market can meet different peoples who live rouad Rissani in the mountains -- some Nomad and Berber and Arabic, and you can see what peoples in this area use as medecine and and you can see the sheep market and bird market.


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In Rissani if you don't have your own car it's CTM. The CTM bus leaves the Fez bus station at 9pm. You will get into Rissani around 6AM. From there you will need to take a taxi to Merzouga. From Fes to Rissani it costs 150 dirhams (MAD) and if you need help how to be in Rissani you can contact Driss Karaoui email : dkaraoui@hotmail.com tel: +21266908369


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The Rissani souvenir is a plate made from palm tree paper by some women in old ksour and this work was as support for them buy their own things (such as clothes or gold). You can also find in the market for a cheap price (5 dirhams(MAD) or ~0.5€)

  • You can buy fossils stone i mean ammonite orthoceras and small decoration.

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in rissani city there is restaurant make good food but the best food is Madfouna or Pizza or (in sid bread) its local food and delsieuse and its has unio spices meat eggs ...............


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Better to drink mineral watter Sidi ali or Sid hrazem or Ciel .The Max price of a bottle is 5 or 6 dirhams. A bottle of water (this is not mineral water) Ciel 1 liter costs 5,00 DH. Don't pay more!


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