These gardens just outside the medina were being renovated on the last visit. When finished, they should be a tranquil place to stroll after a busy sightseeing day. The northern section of the gardens is scattered with columns from Volubilis.
Lahboul Gardens
Meknes
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
Volubilis
12.04 MILES
Sitting in the middle of a fertile plain, the ruined Roman city of Volubilis is the best-preserved archaeological site in Morocco. Its most amazing…
Bab El Mansour
0.32 MILES
The focus of Place El Hedim is this huge gate, perhaps the grandest of all imperial Moroccan gateways. The gate is well preserved, if a bit dulled by soot…
Medersa Bou Inania
0.25 MILES
Opposite the Grande Mosquée, this religious school, completed in 1358, is typical of the exquisite Merinid interior design. Although it is not as lavish…
Place El Hedim
0.34 MILES
Cleared by Moulay Ismail so his populace could better admire Bab El Mansour, this square is the social heart of the medina, and it really livens up at…
Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail
0.41 MILES
Closed since 2016 for a massive renovation, the final resting place of the sultan who made Meknes his capital in the 17th century is ordinarily a must-see…
Heri Es Souani
1.1 MILES
Moulay Ismail considered this early-18th-century complex one of his finest architectural projects, and on paper it's a marvel. The massive, thick-walled,…
Nearby Meknes attractions
1. Medersa Bou Inania
0.25 MILES
Opposite the Grande Mosquée, this religious school, completed in 1358, is typical of the exquisite Merinid interior design. Although it is not as lavish…
2. Musée de Meknès
0.26 MILES
Housed in the peeling old tribunal building in the imperial city walls, this small museum is long overdue for a refresh, but while the larger Dar Jamaï…
3. Place Lalla Aouda
0.29 MILES
South of Bab El Mansour lies this public garden and car park that's a popular place with local families in the evening – less raucous than Place El Hedim,…
4. Bab El Mansour
0.32 MILES
The focus of Place El Hedim is this huge gate, perhaps the grandest of all imperial Moroccan gateways. The gate is well preserved, if a bit dulled by soot…
5. Place El Hedim
0.34 MILES
Cleared by Moulay Ismail so his populace could better admire Bab El Mansour, this square is the social heart of the medina, and it really livens up at…
6. Dar Jamaï Museum
0.36 MILES
On the north side of Place El Hedim, this museum was under renovation at last visit, with a possible reopening in 2020. Built in 1882 by the powerful…
7. Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail
0.41 MILES
Closed since 2016 for a massive renovation, the final resting place of the sultan who made Meknes his capital in the 17th century is ordinarily a must-see…
8. Koubbat As Sufara
0.44 MILES
Moulay Ismail's reception hall for foreign ambassadors is a lovely show of zellige (patterned tile) work. It's here that Unesco officially inscribed…