Today is an early start. We are traveling three hours to two UNESCO sites.

We first visit Meknès, an imperial capital of the 17th century. We visit a mausoleum, walk around and visit a market. We were supposed to visit a museum of music but it is closed the day we are here.

The Mausoleum of Moulay Isma’il is a former kasbah turned into a mausoleum for a former sultan.

We drive forty-five minutes away from Meknes where we visit the Roman city of Volubilis. This impressive city was destroyed by the same major earthquake that destroyed Lisbon in 1755. It is now being excavated and restored. We discover a large ancient city with some impressive mosaics.

We next stop at a Women’s collective that is sponsored by our tour group and they serve us lunch and tea.

A short drive later we are at Fes for the evening. Since we had such a late lunch we decide to skip dinner and have a drink with some others in the tour instead. We have a day of sightseeing in Fes tomorrow.