Hotel Dar Mounir

Fourteen rooms wrap around a tiled courtyard inside Hotel Dar Mounir, tucked into Hay Souika in Chefchaouen's blue-washed medina, a five-minute walk from Plaza Uta el-Hammam. Narrow stone lanes on Zankat Kadi Alami rule out car access, so bags travel the last stretch by hand cart or on foot.

Rooftop terrace seating looks over the Rif foothills, and several rooms keep original carved-plaster ceilings rare outside the old town's riads. The medina's dye-house quarter and weekly Monday souk sit within a few streets, making this a base suited to travelers on foot rather than those needing vehicle access.