Weekend Trip: Meknes, Volubilis & Fez

Last weekend, we went on a 1.5 day weekend trip with our program. All 40 of us took a charter bus out to Meknes, the second capital of Morocco. We visited some sights there-- one of the most beautiful doors/gates in the world, Moulay Ismail's mausoleum-- before being whisked off to Volubilis, a small city with Roman ruins. We stayed in Fez for the evening and toured the city the next day before returning to Rabat before dinner.


Meknes:


One of the seven most beautiful doors/gates in the world








Outside of Moulay Ismail's mausoleum (the founder of Morocco)


Volubilis:


Endless miles of greenery near Volubilis


Ancient Roman ruins of Volubilis


What's left of a former cathedral






Roman mosaics


Fez:


The first capital of Morocco


Koranic School


gnawas-- street musicians


The tanneries of Fez, where leather hides are dyed all sorts of colors.


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At the scarf "factory"