Hotel Majestic Meknes

... much more laid back, relaxed, casual.  And the vendors were hassle-free. We stayed at Hotel Majestic in the ville nouvelle.  Majestic had lots of atmosphere but, as Udo noted, ...

... . With no triples on offer, its out of my price range, so I haul ass up the hill and into town with my backpacks. The Hotel Majestic ain't no Meknes Ibis. There is no heating. No TV. No wake up calls. I have a shower in my room, but no toilet, which is ...

... were lucky to make it into town... the gear box would have been smoking!   At the bus stop we caught cabs to the Hotel Majestic and set off again after we had all checked in.   We went to the medina and decided to have a little ...

... things in life and photos of his children. It was so nice to meet someone who genuinely wanted to be helpful. We checked into a hotel in Meknes at around 4pm – an art-deco place that opened up in the 1930s. It’s a little tired but has some ...

... the weather was just as miserable as in Asilah.  I went to the hotel closest to the train station to check it out.  Hotel Majestic was only one block away, and I was quite satisfied with it.  Although a little more expensive than most of my ...

... arrived in Meknes.  Not much to see in the dark, but trundled our bags up the street and round the corner to the Hotel Majestic, old but serviceable.  From there out for dinner, a five minute walk (agony with my foot!) to another hotel where ...

... a walled city, and the new section is laid out like a modern, sprawling town. Most of the medinas are hundreds of years old. Our hotel in Meknes is in the ville nouvelle, or new town, so we caught a taxi to the medina to have a look around. The Marrakech ...

21 Oct Arrived Meknes in the dark. Hotel Majestic didnt quite live up to its name but was adequate and well situated. Tajine dinner nearby; good local wine (Meknes is the premier wine producing region) 22Oct  Fine warm weather ...

... though our French is atrocious and Arabic non-existent.  An old man from the train directed us towards our final destination, Hotel Majestic.  Usually hotels with names like that are a paradox, but in this case, after the roach motel in Fez ...

... , it was back to the hotel for a catnap (we've since discovered that no one quite does the 'panache' quite like Meknes, and have planned a redirection in the trip just to come back for this awesome smoothie!) We spoilt ourselves at a Moroccan version of ...

... and a rain jacket, so I could have been alot worse off.  It was about a 2km walk to the medina from my hotel, down the main road through Meknes.  I wasn't sure where I wanted to go, but I was pretty sure that I did not want to wander around the ...

After arriving in Marrakech we headed straight to the train station; grabbed a quick oj and jumped straight on the train to Meknes.  Timing! Arrived in Meknes without any contact from Dom and Lisa so we sat in the bustling grass square and ...

... of past centuries, exemplified by beautiful, brightly colored stuccowork and carved wood.  It was explained to me that Meknes means "people from Mecca" referring to the Muslims that came to Morocco to convert the Berbers to their religion. ...

Heute stand eine kleine Tour durch Meknes auf dem Rogramm. Kaum in der Medina angekommen, verlor unser kleines Grueppchen ein Mitglied. Zwei Stunden spaeter, am Treffpunkt, stellten wir fest, dass Sari immer noch fehlt. Da war sie schon 30 min ...

... Although it did have a shattered window from protesters throwing stones.  It took 5 hours by bus and 7 hours by train to arrive in Meknes up in the north.  I didn't even know I was going to come here until I was at the train station and decided ...

Currently in Meknes sheltering from the rain. Middle of Ramadan so nothing much is open during the day and only seems to come alive in the final hours before sunset. More later. ...

... the collapse of the minaret back in February 2010. Continuing north, we wandered through the Place Berdaïne and the Bab Berdaïne (a majestic gate built by Moulay Ismaïl in the 17th century). Outside the gate and old city walls, we got some really good ...