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The Mosques and Zaouias of Meknes

The Mosques and Zaouias of Meknes

Meknes · Morocco

8 stops
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Quizzes
  • Offline

Explore the spiritual heart of the city through its grand prayer halls and sacred shrines. You will see the intricate architecture of historic mosques and the serene courtyards of religious complexes. This walk reveals how faith and architecture have shaped the urban landscape of Meknes.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 8. The rest are in the app.

  1. Great Mosque of Meknes

    Great Mosque of Meknes

    The spiritual anchor of the medina, where Almoravid foundations meet Alawi grandeur.

  2. مسجد لالة عودة

    مسجد لالة عودة

    Lalla Ouda Mosque in Meknes, Morocco

  3. Dar Jamai Museum

    Dar Jamai Museum

    A 19th-century palace of fallen viziers turned into the National Museum of Music.

  4. 2 more stops on this walk, in the app

  5. Mausoleum of al-Hadi ben Issa

    The Mausoleum of al-Hadi ben Issa is a mosque in Meknes, Morocco.

  6. Moulay Meliana Mosque

    Moulay Meliana Mosque

  7. Kasba Mosque.

    Kasba Mosque in Meknes, Morocco

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. 2 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

2 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 8 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

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  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Something to answer

    A few questions as you leave a stop, written from the story you just heard.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.