Local buses, which tend to be crowded but run regularly, connect the Ville Nouvelle with various parts of the old city. Route numbers are marked on the side of the buses. Some useful ones include bus 9 (place Atlas in Ville nouvelle to near the Dar Batha Museum); bus 12 (BabBoujeloud to Bab Ftouh, the Medina's southeast gate, Fes el-Bali); bus 19 (railway station to Place er-Rsif, central Fes el-Bali).

The only practical way of getting around the medina is on foot. (You can get taxis from all the gates of the Medina.)

There are two types of taxis: the small, red petits taxis operate within the city limits, tend to be metered and are inexpensive, only carrying three passengers.

Grands taxis are bigger and travel fixed routes from Fes to outlying areas mostly from the main bus station (gare routière). Both types of taxis are often shared and drivers may wait until the taxi is full before departing. You can ask to have a petit taxi to yourself.

Fes has many car rental companies, including Avis (tel: 055 626 969; website: www.avis.ma), Budget (tel: 055 940 092; website: www.budget.com), Europcar (tel: 055 626 545; website: www.europcar.ma) and Hertz (tel: 055 622 812; website: www.hertz.com).

Bicycle hire is not available in Fes. Fes el-Bali is a pedestrian and donkey/mule only zone, and therefore unsuitable for cycles.