Meknes Medina

We were met by the local guide for a 9am tour of Meknes. We drove to a lookout point over the medina, visited the Jewish cemetery, and the mausoleum of Moulay Ismail, the longest reigning Moroccan sultan (55 years), who allegedly had a harem of over 500 women and fathered more than 800 children, making him one of the most prodigious fathers in recorded history.

We then had a walking tour of the medina, which is undergoing much restoration work.

We drove to Fes in the afternoon, getting lunch locally near our hotel.

For dinner we had a local speciality, Pastilla - it's a Moroccan chicken pie, containing shredded chicken, saffron, egg and onion, with a crunchy topping of fried almonds sweetened with orange flower water, enclosed in a crispy pastry shell and garnished with icing sugar and cinnamon.Read more