Fez and Meknes Places

Places to Explore

  • Fez

    Fez is a living work of art and the perfect medieval labyrinth—mysterious, bewildering, mesmerizing. Passing through one of the babs (gates) into Fez el-Bali is like entering a time warp, and the... (more)

  • Meknès

    It's easy to understand why Meknès is considered the Versailles of Morocco. Meknès's three sets of imposing walls, architectural Royal Granaries, symmetrical Bab Mansour, and spectacular... (more)

  • Moulay Idriss

    Moulay Idriss is Morocco's most sacred town, the final resting place of the nation's religious and secular founder, Moulay Idriss I. It is said that five pilgrimages to Moulay Idriss are the spiritual... (more)

  • Volubilis

    Volubilis was the capital of the Roman province of Mauritania (Land of the Moors), Rome's southwesternmost incursion into North Africa. Favored by the confluence of the Rivers Khoumane and Fertasse and... (more)