Riad Majala

C'est un Riad difficile à trouver, il vaut mieux prendre quelqu'un qui, avec son charriot, vous emmènera à votre destination, les rues sont très étroites et souvent ne débouchent sur rien. Un grand merci à M. Abdou pour son sens de l'hospitalité, ses conseils et son thé !

Riad très joli avec Karim et Abdou qui sont adorables. Par contre, la gérante marocaine dont j’ai oublié le nom est inexistante. Elle n’est jamais sur place et lorsque l’on demande à lui parler c’est impossible. Elle vient une demi-heure de temps à autre et crie sur Karim tout le temps donc quand elle est là, impossible de la louper. C’est vraiment dommage car le riad est magnifique mais les patrons devraient régler ce soucis.

Well, a spot to suggest in the Medina, near Jamaa el Fna, even though some miscommunication before arrival may upset you a little bit (it is the only thing to improve). This riad has a wonderful architecture, and it is definitely up to date as refurbishment. We had a suite (Alderamine, we were three) at the first floor, practically the room takes one whole side of the four sides of the building. Plenty of space for dresses and luggage, with state of the art furnishing in the room and bathroom. Breakfast was served at the ground floor, and definitely satisfactory. The riad has a terrace as well with loungers and a small swimming pool (or better to say a water spot where I guess it could be nice to refresh in hot summer days). It takes less than ten minutes walking to reach the hustle and bustle of Jamaa el Fna, streets may be a bit dark in the night, but absolutely safe. As I said, just two things to pay attention to, by the riad’s owner as well. Renting the cart at the Medina entrance of Bab Laksour may be not that nice if you arrive late in the evening, with just one guy still there. Mme Joëlle wrote us that 20 Dirham would have been enough, actually it was impossible to go lower than 100 Dirham, and actually almost fighting with the guy. Second thing is about the Parking Official 24, suggested by Mme Joëlle who was guessing a price of 50 Dirham/day. Actually, again after strong bargaining (I spent a lot of time in Morocco during my life) we finally agreed on 100 Dirham/day, but initially the guy asked me 200. My suggestion to the riad would be to agree on some fix rates for carts and parking, as these two bad details can put at risk a differenly fantastic experience. Special mention to the night porter, he has been actually the only person of the staff we met with at the riad, extremely nice and friendly.