The Repose

Access is very difficult for motorcycles in the medina. High price.

This is the perfect place to start your visit to Morocco. The owners respond to your every need even before you arrive with help with airport transfers and parking suggestions. The hotel is adorable and has a very authentic Moroccan feel. The owners completely renovated the old building but retained the charm of an old riad. Once at the hotel, you are enveloped in genuine Moroccan hospitality especially from the lovely Soukayna. The food is excellent- breakfast is substantial and has a good variety of high quality items. Dinner is a series of vegetarian small plates perfectly prepared and presented. As per Muslim custom, no alcohol is on offer. This hotel is located in the medina and it is very easy to get lost. For this reason, I recommend that you take breakfast and dinner at the hotel. The medina is very traditional and not geared to tourists at all. I recommend plunging in and relying on the GPS on your phone to find your way back to the hotel. Search on the hotel name, not the address. You can also walk (through a bit of a wasteland) to the riverbank where you can hire a boat to take you across to some of the main sites in Rabat. The fare is 5 cents if you share the boat. We felt safe walking everywhere and found people to be very friendly- especially responding to a friendly greeting in French or Arabic. Two or three nights are perfect to get to know Sale and also some of Rabat. You may want to spend a night or two at a hotel in Rabat afterwards for the convenience of being close to sites like Chellah, but you could also just stay at the Repose and have them help you with transportation.

The best riad we have been guests in on our tour of the imperial cities. Reception, cleanliness and great food. We were greeted by Soukayna, kind person, good, caring and ready to meet any request. Very kind also the owner of the structure who at 2 am accompanied us to our meeting point. I highly recommend choosing this property for your stay in Rabat.