Riad Fatouma

“Riad fatouma”

It was absolutely amazing. The best customer service I’ve ever had. Rooms are beautiful and the food and drinks are amazing with cheap prices. Mohamed is one of the nicest blokes I’ve ever met and deserves a 5 star rating. Would recommend to everyone

“Great riad”

Just came back from spending few days at the riad and have to say those bad reviews out there are just wrong. Was bit concerned after seeing some with not knowing what I was getting myself into but was definitelly calmed down when we arrived. Mohamed (sorry if I spelled it wrong 🫣) who was our ... more

Just came back from spending few days at the riad and have to say those bad reviews out there are just wrong. Was bit concerned after seeing some with not knowing what I was getting myself into but was definitelly calmed down when we arrived. Mohamed (sorry if I spelled it wrong 🫣) who was our point of contact was great. Offered us tea and biscuits straight at the start as we arrived early and our room was not ready yet. Gave us tips for the city, even drew sketch map and name of the nearest gate which was really helpful. The inside of the riad is beautiful! You can see they try their best to make everyone who stays there happy. To the point where we booked a trip with him that turned out bit less than great. As apology since we booked it through him, he cooked us really tasty dinner on our last night which just made it extra special. The position is really great as well. The whole time we didn't need to use taxi other than to get from airport and back as everything else was very much walking distance. Took us about 15min to Bahia Palace which is beautiful and about 25ish min to the Jama el Fna. Definitelly would recommend the riad to anyone. And the Ourika Valley tour is definitely worth it too 😅 Thanks a lot for looking after us

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“Best couple of nights in Marakech”

We absolutely loved our stay at Riad Fatouma. We had one of the roof top rooms which had a big rooftop balcony out the front. Mohamed could not have been more lovely or helpful during our trip. 2 nights wasn’t long enough for us. The riad is in a really good location and Mohamed made recommendati... more

We absolutely loved our stay at Riad Fatouma. We had one of the roof top rooms which had a big rooftop balcony out the front. Mohamed could not have been more lovely or helpful during our trip. 2 nights wasn’t long enough for us. The riad is in a really good location and Mohamed made recommendations, showed us places to go and made us yummy tea and fruit salads. We will definitely be back and can’t thank our host enough.

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“A wonderful stay, friendly helpful service, and a tagine demonstration too!”

We had a fantastic stay at the Riad Fatouma! Our rooms were on the ground floor, were a good size, and both opened onto the central dining area. The riad is in a great location, within the old medina walls and a 15-minute walk from the central souq and Badi palace. We felt like we were in the hea... more

We had a fantastic stay at the Riad Fatouma! Our rooms were on the ground floor, were a good size, and both opened onto the central dining area. The riad is in a great location, within the old medina walls and a 15-minute walk from the central souq and Badi palace. We felt like we were in the heart of the city and didn’t ever need to get a taxi. It’s also only a 5-minute walk from Cafe Clock where we had an Arabic calligraphy class. Like all places in Marrakesh, you need to pay a city tax when you arrive at the hotel. As two women in our thirties we both felt safe and comfortable both in the riad and walking in the local area. Keep your eyes peeled for mopeds though because they can brush by quite close! The riad has a nice rooftop - a wonderful place to hear the beautiful imams’ calls to prayer. We opted for breakfast and dinner prepared at the riad and we were really glad that we did - each morning we had traditional crepes with honey, butter/cream, jam, and black olives, with fresh orange juice and lovely mint tea or coffee too! These breakfasts were prepared with love by Fatima, who was really friendly and kind - on the days when we needed to leave early for a day trip, she prepared a bag of packed breakfast for us. Dinner each day was usually a gorgeous fresh tagine made by Mohamed, who is a star and speaks English, Arabic and French. We loved his tagine so much that Mohamed offered to show us how to make it, and so we spent a lovely evening with him one day preparing our own tagine pots! Thanks Mohamed! Mohamed also gave us great advice about getting out and about in Marrakesh, including how to haggle and how to avoid being asked to pay for random tours/directions from strangers. He also arranged a hammam experience for us at a local place, which was great because we really wanted this experience but weren’t sure where to go. We are both learning Arabic in the UK and Mohamed was patient and encouraging with our broken Arabic, and even taught us some Moroccan dialect too! Mohamed went out of his way to make our stay brilliant - making us mint tea, chatting with us, providing bottled water, and generally being a friendly, warm and lovely person! :)

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