Volubilis Meknes

Saturday morning at 9am, we departed for our second excursion to visit Volubilis which are Roman ruins approximately 20 minutes from Meknes. While on the way, I was amazed at the beautiful scenery; large mountains off in the distance, laborers with their sheep and the interesting breeds of trees.

When we arrived, we met our tour guide and …

Bonjour a tous,

Nous sommes a Meknes, une ville au Nord du Maroc. Nous dormons chez un couple hollandais et marocain et nous avons des discussions super interessantes au sujet du Maroc, de la religion musulmane et de la vie en general. Ils nous font de superbes dejeuners et on prend la collation (the et tres bons gateaux) avec eux et leur …

A not too early start to visit the city of Meknes. We pick up our local guide at the hotel and our first stop,today is a scenic lookout. It's directly below our hotel and looks ljust like the view we had out of our bedroom. Off to see the gates to the city, Tuesday Gate, and yes it it Tuesday today by coincidence. They almost look modern compared …

Having left the capital city behind it was back on the train to my next destination Meknes. The 2 and a half hour ride provided the time needed to catch up on some sleep from a very busy morning - yes it is still Saturday :).

Leaving Meknes behind in the late afternoon we literally squeezed into a taxi and drove for about 30 mins to one …

Saturday we slept in and leisurely packed our things for our train ride to Meknes. After checking out of our room we stopped by a little pastry shop we had eaten at the day before and had some right out of the oven goodies. After that we walked to the train station and caught our train (which was again at a different track than listed on the …

So my journey began. Aboard a Hyundai van, Haj at the wheel, and Gary and I in the back seats, our five day journey through the Moroccan wilderness commenced. With the Sahara desert being our midway point, this day's itinerary was not too ambitious. We would depart Fes and head toward the Rif mountains to the north, make a stop at Volubilis, drive …

We wake early in order to catch a bus out of town. Today we plan to visit the archaeological site of Voubilis near Moulay Idriss, about 24km away. We know that return transport can be tricky later in the day so an early start is essential. We saw the bus come into town yesterday so we know which road we need, we just can't locate a bus stop. We see …

... !!!!! Well, at least they kind of match my Turkish ones !!!!! We took a bus and went to see the old Roman ruins of Volubilis. These were really interesting. As we had seen quite a few ruins over the years, it was refreshing to see these. The mosaics ...

... avons ajouté des photos très culturelles pour ceux qui commencent à médire sur nos occupations de voyageurs. En particulier, Volubilis: c'est fait! (que des cailloux, mais romains!) Demain Rabat et peut être Casa et sa grande mosquée, puis ...

... throng around shoe salesmen and tablecloth salesmen in a frenzy for no reason.  It's much nicer staying out of the way and sipping some coffee. I did take a day trip to see the ruins of Volubilis; which were quite nice. Later, I met up with ...

... ;for half an hour before calling it a night. Want to see if I can organise a taxi tomorrow to Volubilis and Idriss Moulay. The weather has been perfect in Morocco so far and looks like it will stay that way for the immediate future. Apart from some brief ...

only really dropped in here to see volubilis but found a nice friendly city. Ramadan was getting into fullswing so had the amazing experience of walking totally empty streets during the early evening and then walking down the same streets 1-2 hrs later ...

... us to our various hotels. While driving we all agreed to meet the next day in the morning to share the same taxi ride to Volubilis. They were a nice young Belgium couple. After we made it to our hotel (Maroc Hotel) and dropped our stuff, we ventured out ...

J ai fait les alentours de la ville de Meknes. Il y a 2 sites a voir. Volubilis, des ruines romaines tres impressionnantes et Moulay Idriss le fondateur de l'islam au maroc; bien sur ce dernier site est interdit aux non mulsumans comme la loie marocaine ...

... où j'y suis venue, je n'ai eu qu'une envie : repartir au plus vite !  Passant dans le coin pour nous rendre à Volubilis, on nous a hébergé.. Soirée bien arrosée et enfumée qui tourne au sordide aprés que le couple qui nous avait invité nous ...

... Moulay Ismail selected Meknes in 1673 as the site of his capitol because of its defensive geography and its proximity to Volubilis, the westernmost extension of the Roman empire, and the most visible evidence of Morocco’s significant history in the ...

... tell me it was quite good, mind you. In the afternoon, we headed out to visit the Roman ruins of Volubilis, located about 45 minutes outside Meknes. It was an important city in the Roman empire, and has been largely excavated - though not completely. We ...