Illustrative photo of the region — the property's own gallery is on the booking page.

Architect-restored riad beside the coppersmiths' square — soaring columns, communal dinners, honest prices.

Dar Seffarine sits a few steps from the coppersmiths' square in the deepest part of the Fes medina, and its columned courtyard — restored over years by the architect couple who own it — is more impressive than houses charging three times as much. Rooms are simple, beautiful and honestly priced.

The house is known for its communal dinners, where a table of strangers reliably becomes a table of travel companions. If you want the full old-Fes experience — the sounds of the souk, the sense of centuries — without a palace bill, this is the pick of the medina.

Why we picked it

• Soaring columned courtyard restored by its architect owners
• Communal dinners where guests actually talk to each other
• Steps from Place Seffarine and the Kairaouine — at guesthouse prices