Ines Palace

“Calme confortable”

Le Riad qui donne une très grande impression avec une immense salle restaurant pour dîner (que nous n'avons pas eu le temps de l'essayer) mais les chambres individuelles sont confortables et bien décorées. Nous avons fait halte ici après un 3 jours de randonnée dans montagne donc on avait le lit bi… Plus

Le Riad qui donne une très grande impression avec une immense salle restaurant pour dîner (que nous n'avons pas eu le temps de l'essayer) mais les chambres individuelles sont confortables et bien décorées. Nous avons fait halte ici après un 3 jours de randonnée dans montagne donc on avait le lit bienvenue avec un personnel efficace et agréable douche chaude ! C'était très calme - peut-être pas l'endroit idéal pour faire la fête mais c'était la paix et la tranquillité nous cherchions. très bien situé pour les taxis (grand taxis et les principales médina et il est aussi très bien placé pour se rendre facilement à la gare pour Fès etc. Le seul problème c'est l'absence d'une porte à la salle de bains qui ont rendu les choses un peu familières !

Moins

“Good, mid-range Riad”

The Riad is right in the medina, so it's very hard to find. Fortunately, the locals are friendly and helpful although in Meknes not a lot of English is spoken. We stayed 4 nights to give us a chance to explore Meknes - not many tourists visit as Fes is only an hour or so away. It was great to … Plus

The Riad is right in the medina, so it's very hard to find. Fortunately, the locals are friendly and helpful although in Meknes not a lot of English is spoken. We stayed 4 nights to give us a chance to explore Meknes - not many tourists visit as Fes is only an hour or so away. It was great to have a hassle-free time compared with Marrakech and to a lesser extent, Fes. The Riad is quite nice - big internal courtyard with fountain and beautifully hand crafted tiled floors and walls. Food is traditional and excellent, so take an evening meal or lunch there. Breakfasts are big but mainly piles of different sorts of bread and jam - thats' Morocco! Now to the quirky stuff. The owner is a highly excitable (to say the least) mature-aged French woman who speaks no English whatsoever, and our French is very basic high school stuff. But she has a heart of gold. When we arrived, completely exhausted, hungry and drenched in perspiration from the heat she raced around like a whirling dervish and within minutes had produced ice-cold water and whipped up several plates of different traditional fresh Moroccan salads - delicious. There are perhaps 4 or 5 rooms in the riad for guests plus two on the roof. We were ensconced in a roof room. These are definitely bizarre. They are like two small brick sheds, each consisting of a bedroom and a small bathroom with terracota internal walls. It was like showering in an earthern-ware flower pot! However, the bed was comfy, the room decorated in Moroccan style, the air con worked, water was hot, and satellite TV with a couple of English channels helped keep up with world news. We had our laundry washed and ironed (a luxury for us) in-house at a modest price. In fact, the owner set up the ironing board and ironed our clothes in the dining room whilst trying to converse with us in French at full-speed as we were having lunch one day! Actually, it was a good experience and being in the medina it's easy to walk to the main square, souks, museums and historic sites. Beware of the medina, it's not that large but we were constantly lost and walked for miles. No worries, you just head for the edge and get a taxi back.

Moins