Riad Fes Bab Rcif Suite &Spa

Forty steps from Bab Rcif gate, this riad hides behind a plain Rcif-quarter facade before opening onto a tiled courtyard with a small plunge pool and carved cedar balconies rising three floors around it. The medina's tannery quarter lies just north, reachable on foot in under ten minutes.

Rooms keep hand-cut zellige and tadelakt walls; the spa runs a traditional hammam and argan-oil massage room off the courtyard. A rooftop terrace faces the Atlas foothills at sunset.

Suited to travellers wanting a quiet base inside the walls rather than a hotel on the modern city's outskirts.