Morocco Accommodation
Morocco Accommodation: Morocco offers the travelers an extremely
range of accommodation options to suit every budget and traveling style, including luxury hotels, Riads, beach resorts, Youth hostels and more….
Morocco Hotels:
Hotels in Morocco are cheap and good value, they are distinguished between those that are classified, which are given star by Moroccan Tourist Board and unclassified Hotels.
The unclassified hotels are cheap and with few facilities. For any level of comfort you will want classified hotels.
The following is brief description of what each star represents:
1 Star: Basic Double Room with sink
2 & 3 Stars: A double with shower and lavatory. This category of Hotels is comfortable and good value for your money.
4 Stars: Are the same as the European Standards and are used by the most of the travel tours. They offer excellent comfort and high standard of service.
5 Stars: Luxurious Hotels. They offer exceptional quality and highest standards of service.
Morocco 4 and 5 Stars hotels can be compared with best of the world.
Many of the leading world hotel chains like the Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt have hotels in Morocco.
It is an important matter when planning your visit to the country, advance reservation is recommended during the holiday season from July to September as well Christmas and New Year period.
Riads:
The imperial cities have been the focus of the tourism in the recent two decades especially in the term of Morocco accommodation.
Inside the walled cities there are two sort of residence called Riads and Dars.
In general Riads and Dars are similar in certain description, they have no exterior windows and both have courtyard in the middle of the house with a fountain and plants.
The word Riad in Arabic means garden, which all the Riads have garden and some citrus trees.
The Dar is literary smaller than Riad and has fewer plants.
At the beginning of the 20th century the French protectorate built new cities outside the walled cities and called them “Ville Nouvelle” and encourages the Medina residence to move and live in the apartments and villas in the new city.
In the 1990’s it was an urge from some French and Moroccan entrepreneurs to restore riads and make them fit to accommodate the needs of tourists and called them either Riad or “Maison D’hote”“guest House”.
Riads are eighteen and nineteen century homes and can only be accessed by foot which will give the traveler the chance to see the majority of sights and attraction by walking distance.
Riads are in expensive and very expensive price range offering services similar to 4 and 5 stars hotels. Advance reservation is required especially in the cities of Marrakech, Essaouira and Fez.
Morocco Hostels :
Hostels in Morocco offer comfortable and affordable accommodation with price range from 30Dh to 60Dh ($4.00 to $8.00) a night.
Reservation is required during the months of January, March, April, July, August and December.
Membership card and photo ID are required at Check In.
Morocco Accommodation offer plenty of options with 13 youth hostels in this fascinating country.
You could find them in the following cities: Asni, Azrou, Casablanca, Chefchaouen, Fez, Goulmima, Laayoune, Marrakech, Meknes, Ouarzazate, Rabat, Rissani and Tenghir.
