{"id":33552,"date":"2025-08-13T14:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discover.ulysse.com\/?p=33552"},"modified":"2025-08-13T08:23:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T07:23:41","slug":"le-versailles-marocain-cache-que-seuls-les-inities-connaissent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ulysse.com\/news\/le-versailles-marocain-cache-que-seuls-les-inities-connaissent","title":{"rendered":"Le Versailles marocain cach\u00e9 que seuls les initi\u00e9s connaissent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sous le soleil g\u00e9n\u00e9reux du<strong> Maroc,<\/strong> la silhouette ocre de <strong>Mekn\u00e8s<\/strong> se dessine comme une promesse de faste et de secrets bien gard\u00e9s. Capitale de la dynastie alaouite au temps du l\u00e9gendaire Moulay Isma\u00efl, la ville d\u00e9ploie ses remparts infinis, ses portes monumentales et ses palais aux accents orientaux, comme un livre d\u2019histoire que l\u2019on feuillette au rythme des pas. Surnomm\u00e9e le<strong> \u201cVersailles marocain\u201d<\/strong> pour ses ambitions d\u00e9mesur\u00e9es et son raffinement architectural, elle garde pourtant une atmosph\u00e8re de ville \u00e0 taille humaine, o\u00f9 les \u00e2nes c\u00f4toient les fiacres, et o\u00f9 les senteurs d\u2019\u00e9pices se m\u00ealent au parfum de la chaux fra\u00eeche. Ici, chaque pierre semble avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 pos\u00e9e pour impressionner\u2026 et \u00e7a marche ! Mais attention, Mekn\u00e8s ne d\u00e9voile jamais tout d\u2019un coup : ses plus beaux secrets se m\u00e9ritent.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Quand les remparts racontent deux si\u00e8cles d\u2019histoire<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Impossible de rester indiff\u00e9rent face aux fortifications interminables qui encerclent la ville. Hauts murs cr\u00e9nel\u00e9s, bastions imposants, portes sculpt\u00e9es\u2026 le spectacle est grandiose. <strong>Bab Mansour,<\/strong> la plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bre, joue la star avec ses mosa\u00efques vert \u00e9meraude et ses inscriptions coraniques cisel\u00e9es comme de la dentelle. \u00c9difi\u00e9e au d\u00e9but du XVIII\u1d49 si\u00e8cle, elle symbolise la puissance de Moulay Isma\u00efl, ce sultan \u00e0 l\u2019app\u00e9tit de b\u00e2tisseur insatiable qui r\u00e9gna plus d\u2019un demi-si\u00e8cle. Derri\u00e8re, c\u2019est un autre monde : celui des palais et \u00e9curies royales capables d\u2019abriter jusqu\u2019\u00e0 12 000 chevaux, celui des greniers aux vo\u00fbtes impressionnantes et des jardins \u00e0 la g\u00e9om\u00e9trie parfaite.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Mekn\u00e8s<\/strong> ne se contente pas d\u2019\u00e9taler son pass\u00e9 : elle le vit encore. Les places bruissent de conversations, la m\u00e9dina pulse au rythme des artisans, et les minarets semblent surveiller la ville comme au temps de leur construction. Se promener ici, c\u2019est traverser deux si\u00e8cles d\u2019histoire en quelques pas, avec ce sentiment \u00e9trange d\u2019\u00eatre \u00e0 la fois spectateur et invit\u00e9 d\u2019honneur.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CZwfHB-twTP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CZwfHB-twTP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par BON PLAN MEKNES (@bonplanmeknes)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><b>L\u2019\u00e2me imp\u00e9riale au d\u00e9tour des ruelles<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dans la m\u00e9dina, les fa\u00e7ades se serrent comme pour prot\u00e9ger les tr\u00e9sors qu\u2019elles renferment. Les ruelles ombrag\u00e9es m\u00e8nent tant\u00f4t \u00e0 une cour parfum\u00e9e de jasmin, tant\u00f4t \u00e0 une m\u00e9dersa aux plafonds peints \u00e0 la main, comme la superbe <strong>Bou Inania<\/strong>. Les couleurs explosent : carreaux de zellige bleu cobalt, stucs ivoire, boiseries cisel\u00e9es avec une patience infinie. Et puis il y a la <strong>place el-Hedim<\/strong>, grande sc\u00e8ne \u00e0 ciel ouvert o\u00f9 se m\u00e9langent charmeurs de serpents, conteurs, vendeurs d\u2019amandes grill\u00e9es et badauds venus humer l\u2019air du soir. L\u2019ambiance est aussi vivante qu\u2019au XVIII\u1d49 si\u00e8cle, quand elle servait de lieu de rassemblement et de spectacle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le co\u00fbt de la vie \u00e0 Mekn\u00e8s est \u00e9tonnamment doux : un repas copieux de tajine ou de couscous dans un restaurant local ne co\u00fbte gu\u00e8re plus que quelques euros, et les riads traditionnels offrent un confort chaleureux pour un budget raisonnable. Ce luxe simple permet de s\u2019offrir sans retenue une immersion totale dans l\u2019\u00e2me imp\u00e9riale.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CStpuRyqTqs\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CStpuRyqTqs\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par BON PLAN MEKNES (@bonplanmeknes)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><b>Escapades royales autour de la ville<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quitter Mekn\u00e8s, c\u2019est prolonger l\u2019histoire. \u00c0 moins d\u2019une demi-heure, les ruines romaines de Volubilis s\u2019\u00e9tendent sur une colline dor\u00e9e, rappelant que cette r\u00e9gion fut d\u00e9j\u00e0 un centre de pouvoir bien avant l\u2019\u00e8re alaouite. Plus loin, Moulay Idriss Zerhoun, village sacr\u00e9 aux maisons blanches, s\u2019accroche \u00e0 la montagne comme un mirage. Les collines alentours, couvertes d\u2019oliviers et de vignes, ajoutent une douceur m\u00e9diterran\u00e9enne au d\u00e9cor. Ces paysages, entre verdure et pierre, compl\u00e8tent le tableau d\u2019une r\u00e9gion o\u00f9 l\u2019h\u00e9ritage imp\u00e9rial se m\u00eale \u00e0 une nature g\u00e9n\u00e9reuse.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CUsrqIHDMW2\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CUsrqIHDMW2\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par BON PLAN MEKNES (@bonplanmeknes)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pour s\u2019y rendre depuis la France, l\u2019option la plus pratique reste le vol vers F\u00e8s ou <a href=\"https:\/\/discover.ulysse.com\/la-premiere-destination-dafrique-face-a-la-tentation-du-tourisme-de-masse\">Casablanca<\/a>, puis un trajet en train de l\u2019ONCF : 1 h depuis <a href=\"https:\/\/discover.ulysse.com\/cette-destination-du-maghreb-entre-art-deco-plages-branchees-et-festivals-sourit-aux-voyageurs-en-quete-dauthenticite\">F\u00e8s,<\/a> 3 h 20 depuis Casablanca, avec des billets abordables et confortables. Ce voyage en train est d\u00e9j\u00e0 une mise en bouche : il traverse des paysages agricoles, des villes charg\u00e9es d\u2019histoire et des horizons ouverts qui annoncent l\u2019entr\u00e9e dans l\u2019univers du \u201cVersailles marocain\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sous le soleil g\u00e9n\u00e9reux du Maroc, la silhouette ocre de Mekn\u00e8s se dessine comme une promesse de faste et de [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"Mekn\u00e8s, un Versailles marocain o\u00f9 chaque rempart murmure la grandeur d\u2019un empire\u2026 et r\u00e9serve encore ses plus beaux secrets.\n","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Versailles"},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-voyage"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulysse.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulysse.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulysse.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulysse.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulysse.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33552"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ulysse.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33565,"href":"https:\/\/ulysse.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33552\/revisions\/33565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulysse.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulysse.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulysse.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulysse.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}