Hotel Volubilis Fes

... Mon, 28 Sept: Train to Rabat Train to Meknes Hotel: ? Tues, 29 Sept: Minibus from Meknes to Volubilis Minibus from Volubilis to Fes Hotel: (2 nights) ? Thurs, 1 Oct: Minibus from Fes to Midelt Hotel: ? Fri, 2 Oct: Minibus from Midelt ...

... a wonder that it has not disintegrated! - Cool flowers on the paths including the one that is native here - Volubilis flower We got back to the hotel with enough time to grab our stuff & board another private minibus to Fes. It was pleasant ...

Fes photos here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=173903&id=613699523&l=5b92047fff Volubilis photos here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=173780&id=613699523&l=fc91719104 Wednesday morning caught a train from Casablanca to Fes. ...

... Meknes, we drove through both rolling hills and valleys as well as dry mountainous areas to get to the Roman ruins of Volubilis – this was once a large settlement and although it was razed to the ground in an earthquake in 1755, some ...

... for his 12,000 horses (closed for restoration). After a walk through the Medina, we have a fantastic lunch and continue to Volubilis, the former Roman capitol of Northwestern Africa, and the best Roman site in Morocco. We reach Fez at about 6pm, quickly ...

... job (this mosaic was in the House of Venus).   Up around this area we had excellent views of most of the Volubilis ruins and the surrounding fields - all different colours and sizes.    We walked a little down Decumanus Maximus - ...

... and made sure I was ok. We had a lunch of camel burgers which was interesting. Then we headed back to the hotel, and set off for Volubilis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volubilis in our mini van. Volubilis was a Roman city, and the ruins are somewhat ...

... from Fes (a former capital under the reign of Emperor Moulay Idris in the late 1600s), then go on to the Roman ruins at Volubilis, which was an important Roman town situated near the westernmost border of the Roman Empire. There is lots to see there but ...

... for the second part of our day. We had arranged to meet a local guide and dirver to take us to the ancient city of Volubilis, which was first built by the Romans in the third century BC.  This place was amazing -  full of ancient ruins, stones, ...

After Volubilis we drive for about 1.5hrs more to arrive at Hotel Olympic for our 2 night stay in Fes. We clean up and go to dinner at a family home/restaurant in the Medina. The hosts were really friendly and the food was great.We were split into to ...

... can never go back to Tropicana. We had a long day visiting the holy pilgrimmage site of Meknes and the Roman ruins of Volubilis - the Roman empires furthest flung settlement. The heat was oppressive and unbearable at times, and I collapsed in the shade ...

21st - Had our first bush camp of the trip just a few km from the Volubilis Roman Ruins.  Spent the morning being shown around by a guide, the ruins cover a large area and seem to be in good condition considering the age of them and since this is the ...

... just staring at us. Women are not really welcome at such places in this part of the country. We drove on to Volubilis, an ancient Roman capital, featuring the best preserved ruins in this part of North Africa. The Romans evacuated most of Morocco at ...

... , enough time to go to the toilet, grab our luggage, and get on board before we headed off for our hours’ drive to Volubilis, an old Roman town, now in ruins of course.  Walked around there with a guide for 1 & ½ hours, very ...

... -bus with the help of the ever smiling Sayeed, our driver for the next 10 days. Away we went, Fes bound. But en route we had a special stop. Volubilis We drove deeper into the nearby mountains, the beginnings of the Middle Atlas. Lots of fertile valleys, ...

... group. We will also see the royal palace and other things I didn’t see today. I’m glad I got extra time in Fes, instead of going to Volubilis instead. Its really beautiful and out of this world. I’m excited for tomorrow’s ...

... of the medina. Fes originally started out in AD 789, when the Moroccan Moulay Idriss I realised that the Roman city of Volubilis (Oualili – more later) wasn’t large enough.  As his father died,  Idriss II had the new capital built ...

... so we made a very sharp exit. Leaving Casablanca, we stayed in a small remote village called Romani on the way to Volubilis. The local policemen were welcoming and when we asked where we could stay, they told us to park outside the police station for ...

... he has managed to pick up our bags already and they are en route hooray!! we visited the roman ruins of volubilis yesterday before catching the bus to fes for our big night out... new year was fab although was hell deciding what to wear, in the end ...

... luggage in, then drove about an hour (as we were leaving Meknes, we drove through a patch of hail), to the Roman ruins at Volubilis, where we had a local guide take us for a tour for over an hour. The scenery here was just beautiful, rolling hills with ...