Meknes

We like Meknes, it’s a big city around 1.5m inhabitants but it doesn’t feel like it. We park up maybe 2 minutes from the Medina for 40Dh. For that you get a 24hr guardian but no facilities. We actually have a good night’s sleep even though we're so close to the city centre.
The Medina is a very friendly and easy place to wonder around, no hard sell hassle. It’s as if it’s not a tourist location so you're not seen as a walking ATM.
Marie makes a new best friend with a Berber lady who is part of a women's cooperative.  She's lovely, a good sales woman of course. She's also very keen to point out that she’s not Moroccan, but a Berber. The shop is for divorced women and they sell local products. Such as Berber Whiskey, which is a sort of herbal tea which helps you get a good night’s sleep. Perfume which is made into  resin blocks. So we part with some money, but walk away happy. We didn't even haggle much.

We planned on visiting Volubilis on our way into Meknes but the mist and sideways rain put us off! So we head straight there as soon as we wake. Even though we get there for about 8:30 the coach tours are arriving. It’s an impressive site though, well  worth a visit.
After that we're on our way to:
Auberge Kasbah Timnay 
Location: geo:32.751495,-4.9190855
A seriously good campsite.