Meknes is the underdog!! such a beautiful city that represent Morocco at its best , its the border between Amazigh and Arabs tribes its the door to the Atlas Mountains.
I'm from Meknès, the forgotten city 😢 it's ready sad that everything has become randown! We used to get tens of thousands of tourists but now not much! I hope the government gives Meknès more attention!
تاريخيا، مدينتي مكناس وسجلماسة من أعرق وأعظم المدن المغربية القديمة والتي لم تعطى لها الأهمية الأزمة من طرف الدولة العلوية ،مكناس كانت عاصمة لأقوى الامبراطوريات المغربية
I visited Meknes 2 weeks ago for a game of golf in the Royal Gardens (9 holes). Can it be compared to Fez? I don't think so. I have now been to Morocco 3 times in the last 2 years and Fes is currently my favorite city Both cities have their charm. However, when Meknes is finished I think I will like to come here again. There were fewer tourists here during my visit.
Definitely a place to come back to when the work has finished. Aside from the sights I love that (for now at least) you can walk around Meknes without hastle like Fes
You are welcome to Meknes, the most beautiful city in morocco. And thank you for the vlog and for your obectivity, yes you are right Meknes is much superior and beautiful than fes or other cities
بديل القشطة في الموالح القشطة هي من منتجات الألبان حيت تصل نسبة الدهون فيها إلى ما يقرب من 40 في المائة، ممّا يجعل استخدامها غير متاح للكثير من الأشخاص بسبب النظام الغذائي أو مرضى القلب والأمراض المزمنة، لذلك سنعرض عليكم أبرز بدائلها في تحضير الموالح، إضافة إلى بديل القشطة في الحلا بطرق مختلفة ومكونات بسيطة.
merci bcp pour cette promenade virtuelle exceptionnelle et bienvenue dans lacité impériale du grand Sultan My.Ismail (1672-1727) , la plus grande cité forteresse du monde islamique avec ses murailles qui s'élèvent à 18 mètres et s'étendent sur 43 km , et ses forts et portes monumentales qui dépassent les 20 mètres par endroit. Elle est surnommée le Versailles du Maroc et constitue un véritable carrefour de civilisations depuis la présence Romaine et l'avènement de la 1ere dynastie des idrissides au Maroc depuis le 8ème siècle de notre ère . la cité impériale du grand Sultan My.Ismail est inscrite par l'Unesco en tant que patrimoine mondial de l'humanité. bienvenue dans la cité Ismailienne.
Ah that’s what it means, I didn’t know. The thing that surprised me about Meknes is that even with so much restoration work going on, it was still amazing to visit!
@@ChrisKermis it was a royal city, a capital of Morocco prior to Rabat and Fez. Unfortunately it lost its splendor in the last decade. As you noticed, the refurbishment project's deadline is out but the work is far from being concluded. Amateur's work. They are not serious at all. I hope one day we'll be back and find that some of the old splendor is restored.
Is this renovation a several year project? I will be living in Meknes for a study abroad this fall. WOuld be a shame if I couldn't see these beautiful historic sites :(
@@ChrisKermis👍 inchallah. Welcome back. I wish for you and me a Long live may be in the next reign of the prince. This city is very huge even the oil sultana of Oman can't handle it the restoration (money)
The city of Meknes is the charming Versailles of Morocco 😊. Her powerful Sultan Moulay Ismail had 800 sons and daughters. officially registered in the Guinness Book of World Records. He had demands the daughter,s hand of the legendary King of France, Louis 14. He also expelled Queen Victoria from the city of Tangier. All of Europe was frankly afraid of him. Interessant isn't ? Lool 😊
@@ChrisKermis haha clever 👍 yeah i know 🙂But don't worry as that much. Morocco was the first country who recognize usa in the world in 1777 so... But when you know that Morocco alone endured the war with 20 European countries and eight Crusades with the blessing of the Pope of the Vatican, and remained steadfast for 1400 years and delayed the colonization of Africa for 500 years. You will undoubtedly become more cruel than him in order to protect your crown and your freedom
Yep it's the largest underground prison on earth no one has been able to determine its area yet. It's called Die 9ar The person who enters it is lost and the one who exists it is born
Well .Meknes is my town where i born . Meknes used to be good city but before 6 or 7 years the Politicians people put it in Supplement to the city fes . then fes took all the good projects from meknes to fes !! now meknes is one of the poor city in morocco 😪
Because fez is the first second biggest city in morocco and tangier rabat casa and also marrakesh and agadir take all good projects from fez .... fez economically it's was the first before french occupation and the second after casa after independence now is 5th meknes is 6th ...
If Meknes had better leaders and a mayor that doesn't accept bribery, we would be the best city but we are just so overlooked, they give Fes more attention because its more known, the mayor is so greedy and chases money a lot that just the restoration of literally one door and the walls around it (Bab Al' Qazdir) took 4 years. I hope we get better leaders that actually give attention to this city
You ought to inform yourself a bit when greeting a culture as colorful and profound as Morocco's-I.e., Bab Lakhmiss, which means Thursday, or (The Thursday Gate )and so on, Khamsa also means five and so on. I live in the west but I'm a native of Meknes the land of poets and troubadours and great architecture and on and on..I cannot imagine at all to find --save in the rarest exceptional circumstance- someone from Manhattan come up to me and speak my tongue. But English... which I mastered alone over the years, cannot be ignored if one wants to survive! You see what I mean? in other words, It makes it easier to be aware of some basic communication and linguistic skills to truly understand a culture! For instance you refer to "The Living Theater" taking place in public places as "non-sense", wrong there my friend! it's an age-old tradition not to be dismissed or underestimated, for it surpasses even Shakespeare himself in what we call playwriting, because of direct and spontaneously improvised living THEATER and on and on...Not to mention the glorious Moorish culture that brought enlightenment and scientific discovery to the rest of the world, notably the west as we know it. Exercise caution and respect and learn some Darija, the magnificent and witty Moroccan colloquial language with a combination of eight languages in it alone! Good fortune to you!
No, no nooo ! ki Fès ki Meknès 😊, it rhymes in the prononciation and in all things 😂 This is the common formula among the citizens of Meknès and Fès. Morocco is great and very old nation ❤🇲🇦
Unfortunately the music you used mate , has nothing to do with Morocco. It's more like the music of the middle east than Morocco (a Berber county not an Arabic) ❤❤
Yeah I know, it’s a near impossible task finding the right music for any place without a high budget for licensing so that I don’t get hit with copyright infringements. Hope you enjoyed the video otherwise 🙏🏽
16:20, No respect for the culture? Do you always eat with your left hand in Arab countries? Don't worry, the Moroccans are nice people, they won't hang you straight away because of it.😉
There are left handed people and there are right handed people in the world. Eating with a particular hand is not a strict rule. Eating with one had or the other is more important. However, it depends on where you are eating, and in places you may see people eating with both.
@@ChrisKermis I didn't know you were a lefty, that was the first video I saw of you. I'm sorry! However, even a left-handed Muslim eats with his right. This is generally practiced in Muslim countries. Just give it a try, it will significantly increase your acceptance in a Muslim invironment. By the way, your vids are great!
@orto-ig9io Thank you, I appreciate it. I’ve travelled a lot in Islamic countries and have honestly seen both. My normal way is to eat with my right, but then use both hands if I see others do so. I was recently in Bangladesh for Eid and frequently saw both hands used. It’s a minefield!
@@ChrisKermis Yes, it is a minefield. As Westerners who grew up liberally, we see things in a more relaxed way than many Muslim brothers and sisters. You could write a lot more about this, but that would go too far here. I appreciate your excellent job. Thanks again!
Meknes is the underdog!! such a beautiful city that represent Morocco at its best , its the border between Amazigh and Arabs tribes its the door to the Atlas Mountains.
It certainly deserves more visitors!
Moroccans are Amazigh there are no arabs
@@Mauri7782 from meknes east is amazight ( hajeb= azrou -ifran ) and from meknes going west its arab ( sidi kacem - sidi yahya )
@@92kartelzbak
Do you mean arabised?
@@92kartelzbak I repeat again Moroccans are Amazigh not arabs
I'm from Meknès, the forgotten city 😢 it's ready sad that everything has become randown! We used to get tens of thousands of tourists but now not much! I hope the government gives Meknès more attention!
As I say in my video, I see so much in the future of Meknes, it’s amazing now and will be incredible in the future!
Don't be sad Mecnaci, it began to change .. 😊
Hamdolah kayin tagwir
dima CODM
My city is away better than Fes weather wise, people, high altitude of 500 meter above sea level, better air ..Meknes is the 🏙️ ❤
الاخ انا من اكادير و تانفكر ننتاقل شي نصائح لخوك؟؟؟
علاش تاتقارن فاس مع مكناس مكناس قارنها مع لي قدها 😅😅😅
Nice service Chris, thank you very much, lots of information, I will be in Meknès in 2 months
Hope you enjoy your trip there!
Bab Mansour is the most famous and beautiful door in Africa. A copy of it stood tall in the center of Paris for an entire year.
تاريخيا، مدينتي مكناس وسجلماسة من أعرق وأعظم المدن المغربية القديمة والتي لم تعطى لها الأهمية الأزمة من طرف الدولة العلوية ،مكناس كانت عاصمة لأقوى الامبراطوريات المغربية
لولا المولى اسماعيل لما سمع بمكناس فكيف تقولين ان العلويين السبب عجيب
عندها الحق مولى اسماعيل علوي مافخباركش سمح لينا 🤭🤭🤭🤭
سجلماسة مهد الدوله العلويه و مكناس حاضنتها
@@hamyaniotmane4411 قليل من المغاربة من يعرفون هذه المعلومة وقليل منهم من يعرف أن مدينة اغمات أقدم من مدينة مراكش كذلك
I visited Meknes 2 weeks ago for a game of golf in the Royal Gardens (9 holes). Can it be compared to Fez? I don't think so. I have now been to Morocco 3 times in the last 2 years and Fes is currently my favorite city Both cities have their charm. However, when Meknes is finished I think I will like to come here again. There were fewer tourists here during my visit.
Definitely a place to come back to when the work has finished. Aside from the sights I love that (for now at least) you can walk around Meknes without hastle like Fes
Damn shame on you 😅 you are now banned from coming to Meknes .
Hi Chris, Thanks for your all the Morocco Videos, we did our first trip to Morocco thanks to your videos.
Good to hear, hope you had a great time!
زرت تونس أكتر من أربع مرات, حاليا نخطط نمشي للجزائر إن شاء الله وبعدها بنسافر للمغرب, تحياتي من ليبيا ❤
Thank u for the video . welcome to morocco !!!
Thank you!
You are welcome to Meknes, the most beautiful city in morocco. And thank you for the vlog and for your obectivity, yes you are right Meknes is much superior and beautiful than fes or other cities
Hi Chris. Nice Video. Thanks. We will visit Meknes in April. How much did u pay for the carriage ride and the meals in the restaurant?
Thank you 🙏🏽 I don’t remember exactly but think I paid about 8euro for the ride and around 10 for the food
بديل القشطة في الموالح
القشطة هي من منتجات الألبان حيت تصل نسبة الدهون فيها إلى ما يقرب من 40 في المائة، ممّا يجعل استخدامها غير متاح للكثير من الأشخاص بسبب النظام الغذائي أو مرضى القلب والأمراض المزمنة، لذلك سنعرض عليكم أبرز بدائلها في تحضير الموالح، إضافة إلى بديل القشطة في الحلا بطرق مختلفة ومكونات بسيطة.
An excellent documentary maker,this channel deserves more subscribers.
Thank you 🙏🏽 Appreciate the kind words
merci bcp pour cette promenade virtuelle exceptionnelle et bienvenue dans lacité impériale du grand Sultan My.Ismail (1672-1727) , la plus grande cité forteresse du monde islamique avec ses murailles qui s'élèvent à 18 mètres et s'étendent sur 43 km , et ses forts et portes monumentales qui dépassent les 20 mètres par endroit.
Elle est surnommée le Versailles du Maroc et constitue un véritable carrefour de civilisations depuis la présence Romaine et l'avènement de la 1ere dynastie des idrissides au Maroc depuis le 8ème siècle de notre ère .
la cité impériale du grand Sultan My.Ismail est inscrite par l'Unesco en tant que patrimoine mondial de l'humanité.
bienvenue dans la cité Ismailienne.
Thank you for watching! It was an amazing city to visit, even with the work still going on
@@ChrisKermis thank you and you are welcome
@@ChrisKermis thank you and you are welcome
The gate's name is Bab el Khemis (Thursday's gate) or Bab el rih ( the wind's gate.) It seems like the worst time to visit Meknes.
Ah that’s what it means, I didn’t know. The thing that surprised me about Meknes is that even with so much restoration work going on, it was still amazing to visit!
Meknes 3 cities in one city
@@ChrisKermis it was a royal city, a capital of Morocco prior to Rabat and Fez. Unfortunately it lost its splendor in the last decade. As you noticed, the refurbishment project's deadline is out but the work is far from being concluded. Amateur's work. They are not serious at all. I hope one day we'll be back and find that some of the old splendor is restored.
Is this renovation a several year project? I will be living in Meknes for a study abroad this fall. WOuld be a shame if I couldn't see these beautiful historic sites :(
Meknès ❤❤❤❤❤
🇲🇦❤🇲🇦❤🇲🇦❤🇲🇦❤🇲🇦❤🇲🇦❤My City in Morocco,schöne Grüße aus Wiesbaden Deutschland
I am planning to go to Fez and Sahara desert, can I book the desert tour at the hotel ?
You should be able to, depends on the hotel of course. That’s how I booked mine in Marrakech
Thanks for you this my city meknes
Thank you for watching!
Hi, will it be known when the work is finished?
How can we know? All we can do is check online and see what people say unless we have a local contact.
By the way, Saht al lhdim's contruction finished. It's super good to see!
real congrats !
My beloved city , chill but very very neglected , i wonder why?...
مكناس ❤❤❤❤
You deserve this tagine after that interesting informative tour
You are welcome in Meknès 🤝🙂
Thank you 🙏🏽
I'am agrée with 👍 you don't even know what a bright future awaits this city. I'think it will be the next tourism giant in 2040-2060 the come back
I'd certainly love to return when all the work is finished!
@@ChrisKermis👍 inchallah. Welcome back. I wish for you and me a Long live may be in the next reign of the prince. This city is very huge even the oil sultana of Oman can't handle it the restoration (money)
ooof are you trying to respark the spat from 300 years ago ?
The city of Meknes is the charming Versailles of Morocco 😊. Her powerful Sultan Moulay Ismail had 800 sons and daughters. officially registered in the Guinness Book of World Records. He had demands the daughter,s hand of the legendary King of France, Louis 14. He also expelled Queen Victoria from the city of Tangier. All of Europe was frankly afraid of him. Interessant isn't ? Lool 😊
It's some interesting history for sure. As I said in the video, I'm glad I didn't meet him in person though!
@@ChrisKermis haha clever 👍 yeah i know 🙂But don't worry as that much. Morocco was the first country who recognize usa in the world in 1777 so... But when you know that Morocco alone endured the war with 20 European countries and eight Crusades with the blessing of the Pope of the Vatican, and remained steadfast for 1400 years and delayed the colonization of Africa for 500 years. You will undoubtedly become more cruel than him in order to protect your crown and your freedom
I wonder if anybody got the Bab el-Kermis joke!
😂
Meknes is The only city in Morocco with the highest percentage of historical monuments
You must visit larache also
I almost did, just didn’t have enough time in the end
MEKNES has more than 25% of historical monuments in all of morocco 🇲🇦
Excellent as always
Thank you! 🙏🏽
vive meknes vive le maroc 🌴🤲🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹👏
أين المجلس البلدي لمدينة مكناس العتيدة....!!!؟؟؟؟
❤❤❤meknes
Nice
La puertaaaa!! La puertaaaa!!! 🤣🤣🤣
😂
Welcommmme broo
Thank you!
Yep it's the largest underground prison on earth no one has been able to determine its area yet. It's called Die 9ar The person who enters it is lost and the one who exists it is born
👍 the best video about Meknès city so far
Thank you!
🇲🇦🇵🇹✨️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Well .Meknes is my town where i born . Meknes used to be good city but before 6 or 7 years the Politicians people put it in Supplement to the city fes . then fes took all the good projects from meknes to fes !! now meknes is one of the poor city in morocco 😪
I can really see a bright future for Meknes once the work on it’s amazing sights is finished
Because fez is the first second biggest city in morocco and tangier rabat casa and also marrakesh and agadir take all good projects from fez .... fez economically it's was the first before french occupation and the second after casa after independence now is 5th meknes is 6th ...
Meknes is a good city but fez it was the first important city in morocco the old medina is the first in morocco the largest one
مكة وناس لزارها يبرى من الوسواس وتحي لولاد عمي فاس 😂
❤️🇲🇦❤️🇲🇦❤️🇲🇦❤️
Come to Meknes, "It looks like a popular place for at least wild dogs" You've sold me on it, where do I book a flight? Funny video, enjoyed it.
Haha thanks!
after watching 6 videos from your channel felt bad not to subscribe
Then welcome, I’m glad you like the content!
👍👍👍
If Meknes had better leaders and a mayor that doesn't accept bribery, we would be the best city but we are just so overlooked, they give Fes more attention because its more known, the mayor is so greedy and chases money a lot that just the restoration of literally one door and the walls around it (Bab Al' Qazdir) took 4 years. I hope we get better leaders that actually give attention to this city
That’s sad to hear, there’s so much that Meknes could offer. Hopefully my video goes just a little tiny way to showing that
You ought to inform yourself a bit when greeting a culture as colorful and profound as Morocco's-I.e., Bab Lakhmiss, which means Thursday, or (The Thursday Gate )and so on, Khamsa also means five and so on. I live in the west but I'm a native of Meknes the land of poets and troubadours and great architecture and on and on..I cannot imagine at all to find --save in the rarest exceptional circumstance- someone from Manhattan come up to me and speak my tongue. But English... which I mastered alone over the years, cannot be ignored if one wants to survive! You see what I mean? in other words, It makes it easier to be aware of some basic communication and linguistic skills to truly understand a culture! For instance you refer to "The Living Theater" taking place in public places as "non-sense", wrong there my friend! it's an age-old tradition not to be dismissed or underestimated, for it surpasses even Shakespeare himself in what we call playwriting, because of direct and spontaneously improvised living THEATER and on and on...Not to mention the glorious Moorish culture that brought enlightenment and scientific discovery to the rest of the world, notably the west as we know it. Exercise caution and respect and learn some Darija, the magnificent and witty Moroccan colloquial language with a combination of eight languages in it alone! Good fortune to you!
dik lhadra 3awdiha lmok tawahd maswlk wla hachahalik
What year and month is this?
I think he said september 2023
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Better than what ? what did he say ?
Yes it's better than any Moroccan imperial citys at the mean time it has been totaly ignored by the moroccan gouvernement.
😅😅😅 fez raha hya lwla w hya kbira ..
No, no nooo ! ki Fès ki Meknès 😊, it rhymes in the prononciation and in all things 😂
This is the common formula among the citizens of Meknès and Fès.
Morocco is great and very old nation ❤🇲🇦
Good
Unfortunately the music you used mate , has nothing to do with Morocco. It's more like the music of the middle east than Morocco (a Berber county not an Arabic) ❤❤
Yeah I know, it’s a near impossible task finding the right music for any place without a high budget for licensing so that I don’t get hit with copyright infringements. Hope you enjoyed the video otherwise 🙏🏽
Morocco is an Arabic country don't say nonsense
Thanks👍
It suuuucks
Why?
16:20, No respect for the culture? Do you always eat with your left hand in Arab countries? Don't worry, the Moroccans are nice people, they won't hang you straight away because of it.😉
There are left handed people and there are right handed people in the world. Eating with a particular hand is not a strict rule. Eating with one had or the other is more important. However, it depends on where you are eating, and in places you may see people eating with both.
@@ChrisKermis I didn't know you were a lefty, that was the first video I saw of you. I'm sorry! However, even a left-handed Muslim eats with his right. This is generally practiced in Muslim countries. Just give it a try, it will significantly increase your acceptance in a Muslim invironment. By the way, your vids are great!
@orto-ig9io Thank you, I appreciate it. I’ve travelled a lot in Islamic countries and have honestly seen both. My normal way is to eat with my right, but then use both hands if I see others do so. I was recently in Bangladesh for Eid and frequently saw both hands used. It’s a minefield!
@@ChrisKermis Yes, it is a minefield. As Westerners who grew up liberally, we see things in a more relaxed way than many Muslim brothers and sisters. You could write a lot more about this, but that would go too far here. I appreciate your excellent job. Thanks again!