Meknes Medina

... quite interesting. I'm sure you'll hear a few comical remarks in her observations! Today we jumped full-on into Morocco. Walked into the medina (old city) and promptly got lost in the labyrinthine alleys. Found our way out thanks to a few local young ...

... ... I have found this in every Arabic country I've travelled to including Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Malaysia and now Morocco. It makes the travelling experience so special when your smiles are returned, and help is always there if you seek it. I'm ...

... same place for dinner, another pretty early night.... Fes - another easy train ride, beautiful rural setting...train travel in morocco really is very cruisey. - also an imperial city of morocco; probably the biggest in fact. - big of a trek ...

... last. Did bodies mean more to them than the ruins ??? Fez We tried to enjoy Fez. Honest. We tried to walk around the Medina, but fake guides would not leave us alone and when one spat at Lucy, we decided there and then to leave the next day for ...

... where we got our first close look at the lavish zellij, or mosaic tiling, that decorate the traditional Arabic architecture of Morocco. Meknčs was the imperial city of Moulay Ismail, who is widely considered as Morocco's greatest leader. We spent a half ...

... ; A souk is nothing more than an outdoor mall in the old city and it can be tiring window shopping along with all of Morocco.  Crowds throng around shoe salesmen and tablecloth salesmen in a frenzy for no reason.  It's much nicer staying out of ...

... we were most of the time, but pretended we weren't, otherwise we'd end up being led into a carpet shop. We wandered around the Medina, a lot of the souks were closed, but the streets were full of children, mostly boys from the age of 12 months to late ...

... , rabbits and hamsters. Despite the nice ride today, we have decided that there are some countries not meant to be cycled and Morocco is one of them. I'm sure if you can get yourself up into the High Atlas and trek, or, dip in and out of ...

... ). Our hostel was located in the ville nouvelle. After dropping our bags, we decided to walk the 20 minutes to the medina of Meknes. The medinas are very narrow alleyways where its easy to get lost in. Not very long after entering into the medina, we ...

... off at the right stop AND didnt get lost on the way to the hotel! We stayed in the hotel nouveau in the old medina, which wasnt too bad, apart from the woman being either deaf or ignorant and the room being really small. It had fantastic views over ...

... nothing. After getting into a screaming fight with a taxi driver (long story, but we won in the end) we landed in the medina (old town). Hungry and traumatised, we stumbled across a gem of a restaurant, basically a husband and wife team, cooking up a ...

... Fes aujourd"hui, superbe en compagnie de Idriss, guide officiel et sympa. Dejeuner d une tajine d etourneaux. Nous sommes a Meknes, demain a Rabat, ensuite a decider. Voir nos premieres photos. Sante excellente GG JPB et Big Toy. PS on a des problemes ...

... de nos voisins du 59...tres tres sympas, on discute une bonne heure avec eux...On decide d'aller en ville pour visiter la medina, assez charmant sauf aue l'on a pas du trouver les meilleurs endroits....retour au camping en fin d'apres-midi pour se poser ...

... . Having lost the others for the night, I jump in a cab to quickly inspect the old part of town. Meknes is one of Morocco's 3 imperial cities, but the least important. Its Medina is smaller and less extravegant. Night is coming along quickly, as it ...

... nice little 1930's establishment "in constant state of renovation", as the concierge informed us. Headed into the old town medina to check out the souqs that Meknes had to offer - found them to be more geared toward the local folk than tourists, with an ...

... between 11 until about 4pm is usually dedicated to our second and third showers of the day and a mini-escape from Morocco.  We have been returning to our room to hide away from the debilitating heat - mind you, our room doesn't have ...

... to one such local, he showed me his ID that read Bruce Lee. His great grandfather, from China, travelled in Morocco and married a Berber woman. He also showed me photos of his brother and his wife working in outback Australia teaching Aboriginal kids! ...

... a capital under Moulay Ismail, a ruthless king in the late 1600s and early 1700s who regained much territory in northern and coastal Morocco from the Spanish and Portuguese.  I was pleased we stopped in Meknes, so I was able to see and get a feel ...

... thanked our host and made the long walk to check out the granaries - via the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail - one of Morocco's greatest rulers.   A simple but elegant place with beautiful tile work and lovely keyhole styled doors.   It was ...

... guide today, he is a retired tour guide, local form Meknes - and as we started the morning following him around the medina in Meknes, he really managed to bring the place and history alive for us.  As we were wandering through the medina we were ...