Dar Houda

Plenty of space; traditional Moroccan vibe; close to Blue Gate and Bab Ziat at the heart of the Medina; good restaurants nearby; well decorated, seems like it has been recently refurbished. A lot of kitchen equipment and a private roof terrace.

We stayed in the two bed house. Before booking, we asked if it was within the same building as the Riad (Dar Houda) wanting to enjoy breakfast and dinner on the nice terrace that others mentioned in their reviews. We were told it was the same but it actually isn’t. It’s a separate basement house around the corner. We missed being able to have breakfast and dinner in the Riad and the street the house was on was full of noisy kids playing. We weren’t offered the chance of buying dinner at the Riad. We had some problems (washing machine didn’t work, cooker ran out of gas, wifi router missing so we couldn’t get one of the TVs to work) and they weren’t attended to which was disappointing. The house is old and in the medina so expect a slight sewage smell in kitchen/bathroom and in the main bedroom a damp smell. It’s also slightly below street level with little natural light or air. Be aware that being separate from the Riad means you can’t have the breakfast there. Instead the hostess comes with a tray of basic breakfast goods (pancakes, eggs, syrup, biscuits) with a view to cooking for you in the house. This time is fixed at 08.15. We didn’t feel comfortable being cooked for by a stranger and asked for the breakfast to be left for us to cook ourselves but obviously this isn’t ideal, especially when the cooker ran out of gas. There were issues with us asking for a later breakfast time (09.00) and this not being adhered to meaning that at 08.15, we were all woken by the hostess banging on the door and trying to get in with her own key. Not ideal when you’re on holiday. On other days, we asked for 08.15 and the breakfast came later. It was hard to plan. We’re experienced travellers and we have visited many places in Morocco and this was an odd experience. We could have rented a flat if we had wanted to be completely private and cook for ourselves. But we didn’t. We thought we were in the main riad and would have meals there.

La famille était tres gentille et attentionnée. Elle nous est même venue en aide à quelques reprises pour des soucis de transport.

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Nos hôtes sont très sympathiques, ils sont aux petits soins pour nous. Vous pourrez réserver vos activités ou vos transports en leur demandant, Hicham s'occupe de tout ! Le petit déjeuner préparée par sa femme était bon et copieux. Merci pour ce séjour !

los anfitriones lo mejor, nos tuvo que venira a buscar varias veces para ir al Dar porque nos perdiamos y siempre con una sonrisa, nos dejó dejar las maletas el último día, todo facilidades.

sabanas y toallas necesitarían una reforma , pero creo que allí es lo normal

Our hosts were helpful. Hicham contacted me by WhatsApp, which was handy as then our taxi driver could talk to him and find out the nearest location to drop us off at (Bab Ziat). Then Hisham came and met us and walked us to the apartment, as it was inside the Medina. He also arranged a taxi for us to the train station. We had a problem as a single sized sheet being on the double bed, but when we pointed it out to Houda she immediately brought over a double sheet for us. It was handy having a washing machine (although it was rather temperamental), and we were able to dry our washing upstairs on the roof terrace. There was a stove, kettle and microwave.

We stayed in the 2 bedroom apartment at number 8. It felt in need of some renovation and a spring clean. Although it did feel very authentic, and was very reasonably priced. Houda came over each morning and made us breakfast. The roof terrace was a great asset, but it would’ve been so nice if there were comfortable chairs up there. It would have improved our stay if there was better quality bedsheets and bedding.

The house is beautiful, big and very comfortable. Hicham and Houda were very kind and helpful.

Calidad precio muy bien, muy amables y enseguida que tenias cualquier consulta o problema venia enseguida para ayudarte. La cama muy cómoda, teníamos la cocina al lado y podíamos utilizarla con nevera y microondas.