"Volubuis, Roman Ghost Town in Morocco" Top 5 Page for this destination Volubilis by JamalMorelli

Volubilis Travel Guide: 49 reviews and 209 photos

Rome's Maghreb

Horny to shoot in a moroccan ghost town, I left the thriving city of Fes to the completely abandoned Volubulis, a grand Roman settlement dating to the 3rd century BC. (see http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid_31&id_site=836 for the archeaological evaluation of Volubulis)
Looking at the mosaics, the gardens, the columns, the wide palatial rooms - people fell in love here and their children danced here. Worshipped gods here. Made animals kill people for show here. LIVED HERE. Something in my nature is always drawn to vestiges, as if I have the power to trace an escape route from my logical mind by approaching an solar origin of any kind.
I picture the brotherhoods of Morocco here - playing songs to the spirits of the sea, and those Saturnian spirits, for women who are the daughters of Dionysian trance. Following the pagan blood sports long dried, I find the pictorial game of a Roman Islam will echo behaviors impossible to resist orbiting while equally impossible to continue in practice. OUR SITUATION...

Volubuis, Roman Ghost Town in Morocco - Volubilis

Last visit to Volubilis: Aug 2005
Intro Updated Oct 29, 2006
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Reviews (9)

Talk to Guide in the Cafe Things to Do (1)

Buy him a Coke and a sandwich. Ask all of your burning questions about the Roman occupation of Morocco. Ask why he... more travel advice

Shady, pleasant, buy a book and chill - Volubilis

No choice cafe Restaurants (1)

There is nothing to recommend this place short of the fact you have no choice but to eat here. Eat big in Meknes - have... more travel advice

There are no hotels in Volubilis... - Volubilis

There are no hotels in Volubilis... Hotels (1)

Moulay Idriss (the neighboring city) has started letting people rent out their houses for tourists. It's a charming city... more travel advice

Try sleeping out Nightlife (1)

Ask if you can camp there... you may find the guardian likes you and lets you do it for a little baraka... more travel advice

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angiebabe Dec 29, 2007 at 9:17 AM

Hi to you in fascinating Volibulis.
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globetrott Nov 25, 2006 at 12:15 AM

a nice page bringing back great memories !