robertino

Planning a trip to Morocco in March / April. I know that many people visit Meknes as a day trip from Fez, but I am wondering whether it might be better to base in Meknes and visit Fez as a day trip or maybe two day trips. Fez obviously has much more to offer but Meknes seems less intense and therefore perhaps a more relaxing place to base for a few days.

If it makes a difference, I will be starting in Marrakesh and coming to Fez / Meknes from Merzouga. I will have a car but will probably use the train or bus to travel back and forth between Meknes and Fez.

Thank you in advance for your input!

qwovadis

The Old medina of Meknes historic beautiful.
www.riaddor.com my fav always try to spend
a few days there. seat.61.com/morocco cheap
xport for me Happy Planning!

dutyfree

We did a two week self drive trip two weeks ago and did a few days in Fez and then backtracked a stayed a night/day in Meknes.The IBIS hotel in Meknes is fabulous-not like an Ibis in France or the UK. It was a 5 minute walk to the old town area and the hotel itself was beautiful,easy to find,had a super breakfast and had adult beverages at night!!!!
Be sure and go out to Voulikis(sp?) the Roman ruins outside of Meknes-breathtaking area and very interesting.
Our favorite family city was Essaouria down on the sea-simply a jewel of a city and well worth several days.

robertino

Thank you for your advice. I am leaning even more toward Meknes now.

I have already looked at Riad d'Or. Looks good. But the Ibis may be better for parking. If you stay inside the medina, where do you park a car?

Essaouira was on the short list but did not make it into the final plan, unfortunately. The geographic outlier.

Will definitely see Volubilis.