Morocco trip, Dec 2007 - Volubulis

The ancient Roman city of Volubulis is located near the city of Meknes. It is the site of the most intact Roman ruins in Morocco.

This is one of the biggest Roman ruins that we have been to. It was basically an entire city! The site gives a good sense of how the city actually functioned.

The gateway

The government buildings

The government buildings

Triumphal Arch

Mosaic

More mosaic

We found this in one of the rooms. Apparently if you touch this, it will bring you fertility and babies

We were lucky to find a nice taxi driver on the day we arrived in Meknes. He didn't overcharge us from the station to the hotel, so we asked him to take us to Volubulis the following day.

He didn't speak any English, but we managed with my broken French and our trusty phrase book. After the trip to Volubulis, I asked him to recommend a restaurant for traditional Morocco food. He then offered to drive us to a place that does tajines the traditional way. The place was 20km away and he said it was going to be a free ride. After 40 minutes, we finally arrived. My parents were a bit worried, but in the end, the driver was just an nice, honest guy who is proud of Moroccon traditions.

The tajines were cooked outdoors. Lamb is the local produce, so the choices were lamb and lamb and lamb, cooked in different ways.

It doesn't look that great in this photo, but it was one of the tastiest meal that we had in Morocco. It was so delicious that both of parents actually ate twice as much as what they usually eat!

A photo with the driver. I think we still owe him some photos!