Hotel de paris

The three-star address on Rue Cherif Ameziane has anchored Casablanca's downtown grid since the French protectorate era, placing guests a short walk from the art deco boulevards of the city centre and the Mohammed V Square.

Rooms come with balconies and city views, private bathrooms, flat-screen TVs with satellite channels, and individual air conditioning — practical rather than polished, which suits the business and transit crowd that accounts for most of its 4,100 reviews. Room service and food delivery to rooms remove the need to head out for every meal. Airport shuttle runs both directions.

Check-out cuts off at 12:30, tighter than most, so late risers should request an extension at the 24-hour desk on arrival. Parking on-site eases one of central Casablanca's reliable friction points.