Meknes and Volubilis

Yesterday when we left Marakech, our plan was to go to Fes for a couple days, and then decide if we wanted to visit the nearby town Meknes, the starting point for visiting Volubilis, a site of Roman ruins. When we were on the train to Fes, we realized we had made a hotel reservation in Meknes, not Fes. Luckily, Meknes is on the way to Fes, so we just got off a few stops early. We saw the ruins this morning and got on an early afternoon train to Fes. The ruins were really cool, especially the mosaic floors which are well preserved because the matirials the tiles are made from are naturally colored so they didn't fade.

Here is a picture of Michele, Ankur, and I in front of one of many of the hamam ruins in Volubilis. A hamam is a Morrocan bath, which is similar to a turkish bath.


This mosaic depicts the 12 tasks of Herculese.