Riad Fès

Medina


Blending ancient and modern with impressive panache, this Relais & Chateaux property with 15 rooms has every comfort. The newer quarters wouldn’t look out of place in a Parisian boutique hotel yet remain unmistakably Moroccan. Its location is also good: not too far from taxi drop-offs in Place Batha, but also close to Talaa Seghira action. It has a beautiful hammam.

If you can't afford to stay here, it's still worth coming for a drink.


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1. Fez Medina

0.16 MILES

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2. Medersa Bou Inania

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3. Musée du Batha

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Awaiting official opening after a heavy renovation, this 19th-century summer palace has been a museum since 1915. The collection focuses on traditional…

4. Water Clock

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The only traces of this ingenious medieval device, installed in 1357, are 13 wooden beams jutting from the wall above street level. Each held a brass bowl…

5. Palais Glaoui

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6. Bab Bou Jeloud

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7. Musée Belghazi

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