In the summer, Fez can easily become very hot. With a geographical position between the mountains in a place where there is hardly any wind nor rain, temperatures quickly pass 40ºC before noon.
The solution for anyone with some money, but not quite enough to spend their holidays out near the sea or to go abroad, is to pass entire days in swimming pool clubs.
There are several of them around Fez, and these are good places to meet normal Moroccans who often are fluent in more Western languages than French.