Hôtel Koutoubia

Eight-room riad-style guesthouse on Avenue Ibn Askar Sebbanine, Hôtel Koutoubia sits a five-minute walk below Chefchaouen's blue-washed medina, near the Ras El Maa spring where locals still wash wool by hand. Rooms circle a tiled courtyard shaded by a single orange tree, each with hand-painted cedar doors salvaged from older kasbahs in the region.

A rooftop terrace overlooks the Rif foothills and doubles as breakfast space, weather permitting. The Kasbah museum and Plaza Uta el-Hammam are both under ten minutes on foot, making this a practical base for travellers exploring on foot rather than by car.