Moulay Idriss Travel Blogs

This town is named after the prominent Moroccan saint, Moulay Idriss. He was a descendant of Muhammad, of the fourth generation, and died by murder hand in 792. He had then spent five years in Morocco, in which time he had established a new dynasty, that survived his death. Moreover, he had fou…

Moulay Idriss is built on two very steep hills, in a small valley surrounded by more steep hills--from a distance it looks like a gleaming white dome--I could swear Minas Turith in "The Lord of the Rings" was modeled after Moulay Idriss!  After Volubilis, Moulay Idriss is VERY Moroccan in it…