Riad Nafora

Twelve-room Riad Nafora occupies a restored courtyard house on Derb Sidi Bou Amar, deep in the Medina's northern quarter where cars can't reach and a porter meets guests at the nearest passable lane. A plunge pool and citrus trees anchor the central courtyard beneath three floors of carved cedar balconies.

Rooms keep tadelakt plaster walls and hand-loomed textiles; the rooftop terrace catches Koutoubia minaret views over the tanners' rooftops. Jemaa el-Fnaa lies a twelve-minute walk south, close enough for evening food-stall visits, far enough that the square's noise doesn't carry back.