Riad Hmam Sofa

Twenty steps off Derb Haddada, inside Taroudant's ochre ramparts, Riad Hmam Sofa keeps a restored courtyard house with tadelakt walls and a rooftop terrace facing the Anti-Atlas foothills. Rooms open onto the central patio rather than a corridor, keeping traffic noise from the souks outside.

Breakfast is served on the roof by request, weather permitting, with mint tea poured tableside. The riad suits travellers touring Taroudant's tanneries and silverwork souks on foot before continuing toward Agadir or the Tizi n'Test pass.

The medina's Arab Souk sits a five-minute walk away, past the eastern ramparts gate.