Palace riad · Batha
Palais Faraj
A restored 19th-century palace with views across Fès el-Bali.
Imperial soul
Fès
The city, in a breath
The oldest medieval city in the world, lived in.
Fès el-Bali is the world's largest car-free urban zone — nine thousand alleys, no cars, no scooters. A medina lived in for twelve centuries, not preserved as a museum.
We work with three palace riads inside the medina, each with its own private hammam and a maalem on call.
Where to sleep
Three palaces, one medina.
Riad · Medina
Riad Fès
A Relais & Châteaux riad, courtyards and zellige, classic Fassi luxury.
Private · By invitation
Dar Roumana
An off-list family riad, full buyout, Maison-trained kitchen.
01 · The Medina
Nine thousand alleys.
A walk with a maalem who has guided the Maison for twelve years. Tanneries, dyers, brass-smiths, opened by introduction.
- Tanneries
- Karaouine
- Bou Inania
02 · Cuisine
Fassi cooking, taught.
A morning in a private kitchen with a senior Fassi cook. Pastilla, mrouzia, the ceremonial tea ritual.
- Cooking class
- Pastilla
- Tea ritual
03 · The walls
Fès from above.
The Borj Sud and Borj Nord at sunset — the medina ochre against the Middle Atlas.
- Borj Sud
- Sunset
04 · Volubilis
An hour out, antiquity.
Roman Volubilis and the imperial city of Meknès — a half-day with a classical historian.
- Volubilis
- Meknès
- Moulay Idriss
Maison advice
Fès rewards focus.
Less is more. Three days well-composed beat seven rushed.
Sep — Apr
The right months
Mild, often crisp. Summer is hot in the medina.
Stay
Three nights
Three nights, exclusively inside the medina — a riad, never the new town.
Combine with
Volubilis & Meknès
Easily added as one day, with chauffeur.
Compose your stay in Fès.
Three palace riads on private hold. Two days to first answer.