World Heritage Sites in Morocco

Site nameEntered
Medina of Fez1981
Medina of Marrakesh1985
Ksar of Aït-Ben-Haddou1987
Historic City of Meknes1996
Medina of Tetouan (formerly known as Titawin) 1997
Archaeological Site of Volubilis 1997
Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) 2001
Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)2004
Rabat, modern capital and historic city: a shared heritage2012

Tentative list of Morocco
Aire du Dragonnier Ajgal
El Gour
Grotte de Taforalt
Lagune de Khnifiss
Mosquée de Tinmel
Moulay Idriss Zerhoun
Oasis de Figuig
Parc National de Dakhla
Parc naturel de Talassemtane
Taza et la Grande Mosqué
Ville de Lixus

Sites that have been nominated in the past
L'ensemble historique de Rabat
Qasba des Ouda?as
Site de Chellah
Tour Hassan
Ville antique de Sala

Fez, Morocco (January 2010)

From Marrakech I travelled north by train, 7 hours to reach Fez. I found the passing landscape rather unremarkable, the winter time must have turned it quite barren and austere. Also, especially around Fez, there are many poor-looking housing estates and huge areas full of trash. The whole atmosphere of this part of the country felt less open and festive than Marrakech. Besides a different look on Morocco, this detour gave me 3 new WHS (Fez, Meknes, Volubilis) and possibly the best site of them all, the tentative WHS of Moulay Idriss.

. Medina of Fez
. Meknes
. Volubilis


Marrakech, Morocco (December 2009)

Low-cost airlines have put Marrakech within easy reach of European holiday makers. There are direct flights from the UK, France, Holland, even from Norway. This improved accessibility obviously has had its effects on Marrakech.
In late December, I stayed there for three days, visited a number of its historical sights and went on a day trip across the Atlas mountains to the Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou.

. Medina of Marrakesh
. Ksar of Aït-Ben-Haddou