What's the best time to visit?

Late afternoon — when the heat drops and locals come out to walk. The Fes Festival of World Sacred Music holds afternoon concerts here in early summer.

How does the garden connect Fes el-Bali and Fes el-Jdid?

It sits inside the corridor of walls Sultan Hassan I built to link the two medinas — making it the most pleasant walking route between Bab Bou Jeloud and the Mellah.

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Jnan Sbil Gardens

7.5-hectare royal garden between the two medinas

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Jnan Sbil Gardens — Fez

7.5-hectare royal garden between the two medinas

The Jnan Sbil (also Bou Jeloud) gardens are Fez's largest historic green space — 7.5 hectares of palms, jacarandas, bamboo and citrus trees opened to the public in 1917 and fully restored 2006–2010 under the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection.