This Riad is absolutely lovely and the service is great. If you require anything: a guide, a car, dinner, tea, etc. The owner or the staff will help you find what you need. The breakfast is simple, fresh and there is something new each morning. Do be nice to the lady who will make your bed as she is also your cook! I will go back if in Fes or to the sister Riad Jardin Chrifa.

The place is clean with big rooms, hot water and water pressure excellent. They have a good in house hammam. The owner greeted us and speaks good English. She in fact asked us if we wanted a tour guide to go through the Medina. We took him and the best thing was that when we were with him nobody botherede us (Shop owners, restaurants, children). It is a bit far away and you might feel a bit uncomfortable walking back in the dark but an option would be to take a taxi as besides taxis being very cheap it is 1 min away from Bab Ziat. The only problem is that we booked and paid Hotels.com but on check out we were asked to pay an extra 276 DH for 3 nights for 4 persons, which was not mentioned anywhere. It is not much but is is not expected.

We spend 7 days at R D Chrifa and due to the vulcano ashcloud from Iceland we even spend one day extra (for a cheaper fare).

Although this place officially is no riad, it sure enough deserves to be called so. Authentic, cosy, clean and the staff's tremendously friendly and helpful.

We had great fun and nice conversations with waiter/host Mohamed, who loves to be called Mohamed Couscous, allthough it's not his real name. He's a real funny guy with a great smile that you can't escape from. Also Meryem, his collegue during the day, is very friendly. The owner of this riad proved to be a warm and helpful person as well, especially when we had to return to the riad after our flight back home got cancelled. All in all a great "Shoekran" to the whole staff!

The room we stayed in was called Volubilis. Due to a very sore back of my wife we were very glad we took this room at the ground floor and we had no stairs to climb. Nevertheless we suggest possible guests on the verge of booking a room to take a room on the 1st or 2nd floor, because of the noise of other guests having breakfast at the patio in the morning.

The location of this riad is maybe not the most ideal, but after having seen locations of other riads at the heart of the real medina, we think Riad Dar Chrifa is located quite well.
It's pretty easy to take a petit taxi from Bab al Ziat (The gate of Ziat), which is a 1 minute walk, and for about 10 dirhams (0,90 Euro) they take you anywhere in the old and the new town. The grand taxi you can order via the staff of the riad is a good suggestion in case you wanna make a longer trip. The price of a grand taxi is not really negociable, but it's fair enough if you considder the taxidriver will be at your service a whole part of the day.

We stayed in Riad Dar Chrifa, 7 days, and it was an tremendous experience. From the first moment on we got in very nice conversations with Mohammed and Myriam. They gave us a very warm welcome. We could ask anything to them, from routes, to packs of cigarettes to train trips.. you name it, They were there for you all the time! Excellent staff! Also the owner is a very friendly and warm man, who gave us a very good and nice feeling. The breakfast is nice. We haven't tasted diner but that must be good as well. The rooms are very clean, although very dark as you don't have a window to the outside. The doors and windows coming out of the inner place, like a Riad does. We missed that. But that's the only critical thing we can say about it. If you visit Fez, Riad Dar Chrifa is highly recommended! Especially if it;s your first trip to Morocco, their help and service makes that you will feel at home in Fez within a day! Enjoy!
Big kiss to Mohammed, Myriam and the owner whos name I always forget....
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