Dar Houda

Excellent accueil, très attentifs à ce que tout se passe bien. Emplacement qui permet de circuler aisément dans la médina et d'en sortir. Vue sur les remparts etc... Hiram est un organisateur de confiance pour tout prolongement du séjour.

Il faut sortir pour prendre le petit déjeuner. On pourrait se le préparer dans la cuisine mais il faudrait accéder aux magasins.

Nous avons séjourné à Dar Houda pendant 2 nuits. Tout d’abord, nous avons énormément apprécié l’accueil très chaleureux de Hicham ainsi que de son épouse. À notre arrivée, nous avons eu droit à un verre de thé traditionnel. S’en sont suivies des conversations autour de la ville de Fès. Hicham nous a d’ailleurs fourni une liste d’endroits à visiter, classés selon leur proximité. Nous avons trouvé ce geste très sympathique. Dar Houda est situé dans l’ancienne médina de Fès, ce qui nous a permis de vivre une immersion particulière dans ses fameuses ruelles labyrinthiques. Notre chambre était parfaitement climatisée et disposait d’une très bonne connexion Wi-Fi. Nous avons particulièrement apprécié la décoration, ainsi que la propreté et le parfum agréable des lieux. Tout au long du séjour, Hicham et sa femme se sont montrés très serviables, à l’écoute et joignables lorsque nous en avions besoin. Je recommande 😊

TOUT ÉTAIT TRÈS BIEN 😊

We booked the entire Riad - fortunately it is close the the edge of the medina and therefore easy to get to compared to the deeper parts of the medina - it's a nice, largely residential area - so very safe, even late at night. The location is really great - 3 minute walk to Talaa as-saghira and bab bagloud - where you can find food and markets. The Riad has everything we needed as a family 3 bathrooms, plenty of beds, AC, a kitchen with cutlery, microwave, stove, coffee machine, oven. The host Hicham and Houda were excellent - I was texting Hicham throughout my stay for tips, guidance, even video calls when you get lost in the madina (it will happen!). Overall I was very pleased with the Riad and it made our 9 days in Fes wonderful.

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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.