Meknes, the antique Volubilis

The site of Volubilis counts among the best preserved Moroccan sites and most visited. It summarizes most of Morocco’s history since the Mauritanian era (IIIrd century B.C) Until the Early Middle Ages.


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The first core of the city dates from the IIIrd century B.C After the annexation of the Kingdom of Mauritania to the Roman Empire in 42 B.C following the assassination of King Ptolemy by the emperor Caligula, Volubilis knows a significant urban extension starting from the second half of the Ist century A.C.
Under the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (168-169 A.C) an urban enclosure is constructed which encloses a surface of forty hectares. Under the reign of the Severe dynasty ...

Marrakesh, the Menara

An elegant pavillon with green tiles reflecting in water of an immense basin, with in background, the Atlas Mountains: one of the symbol images of Marrakesh.


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The huge central basin was dug in the XIIth century by the Almohades: it was intended to store rainwater as well as that coming from the close mountains (drained thanks to the system of "khettaras"). Its gardens, an immense olive grove surrounded by a cob wall, extend on a hundred hectares.

The pavillon, of Saadian origin, was built towards 1866 under the reign of the sultan Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah.

PS : Daily visit, very pleasant walk during the sunset time, possible picnic in the shade of splendid olive-trees. Closing at 05:00 pm, the site is reopened at 08:00 pm a Sound & Light spectacle, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening.

Marrakech, the Almoravide Koubba

The Almoravide Koubba is the unique architectural witness of the Almoravide era...

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Located in the heart of the medina of Marrakech next to Ben Youssef mosque, the Koubba was buried until 1948, and it is following archaeological excavations that it was discovered.

The Almoravide Koubba which depended on a close mosque was intended for ablutions. This monument is presented in the form of a sumptuous cupola built at the top of a rectangular basin girdled by the vestiges of small cells which were used as latrines.

The Ouzoud waterfalls

150 km to the North-East of Marrakech, these astonishing water falls of 110 m height are classified among the most beautiful sites of Morocco and constitute one of the most remarkable natural attractions of the Moroccan Atlas.

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The Ouzoud wadi ("ouzoud "meaning 'olive' in Berber language, reference to the olive groves of the area) precipitates to the bottom of a green pit, to join the canyon of the wadi el Abid, 2 km from there. The irrigation allows many cultures, in particular splendid olive groves.

An interesting walk (possible to last from 2 to 4 H) consists in descending the wadi downstream the cascades, by a succession of basins bordered of reeds, where you will be able to surprise martins-fishermen and
small falls of water.

Beyond the waterfalls, a track (21 km) for the Abid wadi, of so deep gorges (from 400 to 600 m). The track goes down in laces until the upstream of the gorges, crosses the wadi and continuous in a basin cultivated, through a landscape of olive groves.