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Riad El Ghalia

13 Ross Rhe Medina De Fes Fes, 30000 Morocco

Fes hotel with 2 restaurants

In historical district
Situated in the city center, this hotel is close to University of Al-Karaouine, Kairaouine Mosque, and Nejjarin Fondouk. Also nearby are Medersa Bou-Inania and Der Batha Museum. Show more
2 restaurants, a bar/lounge
In addition to 2 restaurants, Riad El Ghalia features a steam room. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and an arcade/game room.
Satellite television
Televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature air conditioning, minibars, and bathrobes. Hide

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Standard Twin/Double Room
1 doubleCD player. Television with satellite channels. Wireless Internet access (surcharge). Free local calls. In-room safe. Minibar. Bath amenities include hair dryer and bidet. Bathrobes. Air conditioning.
Junior Suite
1 kingPrivate patio. CD player. Television with satellite channels. Wireless Internet access (surcharge). Free local calls. In-room safe. Minibar. Bath amenities include hair dryer and bidet. Bathrobes. Air conditioning.
Family Suite
3 kingPrivate patio. Fireplace. CD player. Television with satellite channels. Wireless Internet access (surcharge). Free local calls. In-room safe. Minibar. Bath amenities include hair dryer and bidet. Bathrobes. Air conditioning.
Suite Senior - Breakfast Included
2 kingCD player. Television with satellite channels. Wireless Internet access. Free local calls. In-room safe. Minibar. Bath amenities include hair dryer and bidet. Bathrobes. Air conditioning.
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Hotel Policies & Fees

The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.

Know Before You Go
  • No pets, including service animals, are allowed at this property. Construction is underway at a neighboring building and there may be noise disturbance from the construction work.
Policies
  • Check-out time is Noon
  • Check-in time starts at 10 PM
  • Pets not allowed
  • Caters to singles
  • Caters to couples
  • Caters to seniors
  • Caters to families
  • Caters to groups
  • Access accepted
  • Carte Blanche accepted
  • Diners Club accepted
  • Discover accepted
  • Eurocard accepted
  • JCB International accepted
  • MasterCard accepted
  • Visa accepted
Fees
  • The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
    • Airport shuttle fee: EUR 20 (one way)
    • Deposit: EUR 25 per night (for stays between 21 December - 5 January)
    • Rollaway bed fee: EUR 35 per night
    • Crib (infant bed) fee: EUR 20 per night
  • The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
Mandatory Fees and Taxes
  • The following mandatory hotel-imposed fees are charged and collected by the hotel either at check-in or check-out.
    • Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per adult: EUR 75
    • Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per child: EUR 37.50 (from 2 to 12 years old)
    • Christmas Day (25 December) Gala Dinner per adult: EUR 75
    • Christmas Day (25 December) Gala Dinner per child: EUR 37.50 (from 2 to 12 years old)
    • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: EUR 150
    • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per child: EUR 75 (from 2 to 12 years old)
    • New Year's Day (1 January) Gala Dinner per adult: EUR 150
    • New Year's Day (1 January) Gala Dinner per child: EUR 75 (from 2 to 12 years old)
    • Valentine's Day (14 February) Gala Dinner per adult: EUR 55
    • Valentine's Day (14 February) Gala Dinner per child: EUR 30 (from 2 to 12 years old)
    • A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 3.50 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 2 years of age.
    • Airport shuttle transfer per adult: EUR 20 (one way)
  • The above list may not be comprehensive. Mandatory hotel-imposed fees may not include tax and are subject to change.

Accessibility Options

  • Accessible path of travel
  • Accessible bathroom
  • Roll-in shower
  • In-room accessibility

Property Amenities

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Airport transportation (surcharge)
  • Arcade/game room
  • Total number of rooms - 10
  • Number of floors - 2
  • Bar/lounge
  • Barbecue grill(s)
  • Beauty services
  • Coffee in lobby
  • Coffee shop or café
  • Complimentary breakfast
  • Concierge desk
  • Currency exchange
  • Elevator/lift
  • Laundry facilities
  • Library
  • Massage - spa treatment room(s)
  • Medical assistance available
  • Multiple small meeting rooms
  • Parking (surcharge)
  • Patio
  • Restaurant(s) in hotel
  • Room service (limited hours)
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Year Built - 1845
  • Number of restaurants - 2
  • Steam room
  • Umbrella
  • Wireless (high-speed) Internet access - complimentary

Rooms

Riad El Ghalia offers 10 air-conditioned accommodations with CD players and minibars. Televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include bathrobes, bidets, and hair dryers.

Rooms are equipped with wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include safes and phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and windows that open. Extra towels/bedding and wake-up calls can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Room Amenities

  • Wireless Internet access
  • CD player
  • Air conditioning
  • Phone
  • Free local calls
  • Internet access (surcharge)
  • Complimentary bottled water
  • Minibar
  • Wake-up calls
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Extra towels/bedding
  • Bathrobes
  • Hair dryer
  • Bidet
  • Satellite television service
  • Window opens
  • In-room safe
  • Rollaway beds available
  • Cribs (infant beds) available

Dining

Guests are offered a complimentary hot and cold buffet breakfast.

80 - This fine-dining restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and afternoon tea, and has a bar. A children's menu is available. Reservations are required.

Room service during limited hours is available.

Recreation

  • Golf - driving range nearby
  • Swimming nearby
  • Basketball nearby
  • Tennis nearby
  • Aerobics nearby
  • Sports center nearby
  • Yoga classes/instruction nearby
  • Hiking/biking trails nearby
  • Horse riding/rental nearby
  • Hunting nearby
  • Tennis lessons available nearby
  • Table tennis nearby

Verified Reviews: All guest reviews are verified as submitted by our customers and reflect their stay at Riad El Ghalia

4.7
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Hotel service:
4.7
Hotel condition:
4.4
Room cleanliness:
4.5
Room comfort:
4.5
Location:
3.9
Neighbourhood:
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KW C from Hong Kong
5.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted 12 Nov 2011

“The BEST hotel ever!!!!”

Although we had an awful travel experience in Morocco, Riad El Ghalia was definitely the highlight of the trip. Staff (and even the owners) were incredibly nice and considerate which made us feel like home during our 3-night stay in the hotel (we didn't even want to go out of the hotel!!!). Room was clean, comfy and quite (though the surrounding neighbourhood of the hotel was shabby which makes the hotel a secret garden). The view from the rooftop was good as well. The restuarante of the hotel is one of the best in Morocco. Nice food and nice service. If weather permits, we could eat at the rooftop enjoying the magnificant night view. However, breakfast is the same everyday so maybe you would get a little bored of it. Overall, I highly recommended this hotel and this is the best hotel I've ever stayed in my life!!!

Pujanil D from Washington DC
5.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted 27 Apr 2011

“Peace and Serenity in Fes, Morocco”

I have been to Morocco many times over the course of 30 years and this Riad is a haven of beauty and peace in a city bustling with energy. Coming back from a day of exploring alleyways, medersas, and souks in the old medina, you can sit and rest in the indoor garden with its tinkling fountain or enjoy the rooftop view. The staff is dedicated to your every wish, and happy to accommodate your requests. The rooms are all named, each one decorated in a different style, all traditional and refined. The restaurant is among the best in the city. Ladies, you will feel like a princess in this place. Gentlemen, if you wish to spoil your Significant Other, bring her here.

Area recommendations
We liked this area because it was only two minutes from a main street with easy access for petit taxis. It is not in a tourist-packed area, which gives you a better idea of Fassi everyday life. However, you can walk to most everything that people wish to see within 10-15 minutes.
Shafraz N from New Zealand
5.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted 24 Feb 2011

“Highlight of Fes”

We traveled for over 6 weeks in total and I must say, Riad El-Ghalia was the best hotel that we stayed at. The staff were very accommodating to our needs and very friendly. The rooms were spacious and very comfortable. My only regret is not having more time up on the terrace with my book!

Area recommendations
The old city.
A Traveller from New York, NY
5.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted 10 Feb 2010

“A Moroccan Fantasy come true”

This really was a palace, as you discover entering the enormous central courtyard. Arriving at dusk is ideal, as the Moorish lanterns are lit, the fountain is on, and you are served tea in one of the many couches scattered around. Our suite was lovely, with two sitting areas and a gracious iron four-poster bed. The bath was tiny, even claustrophobic - but these are the choices you make staying in an historic property. The staff could not have been better - friendly, helpful, attentive. When their hammam (steam area) wasn't ready, they arranged for a guide to escort us to the local hammam, where he scrubbed and tugged us into bliss. The food was great, and the dining room is beautiful. We ended up eating there both nights of our stay. It is NOT cheap, but a fine dinner with a nice selection of Moroccan wines and attentive service more than compensated for the higher prices. The location is a bit obscure, but an advance phone call took care of that. As our taxi pulled up in the local main street, there was a hotel guide there to take our bags and lead us to the derb (alley) on which the hotel was located. We would stay there again in a heartbeat, and encourage anyone else to stay there, as well. A wonderful treat, and a true highlight of our time in Fez

A Traveller from Washington, DC
5.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted 13 Jan 2010

“Exceptional Riad, would highly recommend”

Fabulous Riad, far exceeded our expectation. One would never imagine that a Riad of that quality was hidden behind the entrance doors in such an old Medina. The service was impecable and the food outstanding. Would definitely stay there again.

Other
An official guide is a must to tour the Medina in Fes--it's extremely large and difficult to navigate. Make your request for a guide at least 24 hours in advance or you might find that no guides are available as we did. The Riad accommodated us by getting a local resident of the Medina they used in the past to be our guide. He was better than nothing, but clearly not as good as an official guide which we had the next day.
A Traveller from Sydney
5.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted 8 Oct 2009

“Wow!”

It was great to arrive at an hotel that actually lived up to (and went beyond) the promotional photos. This place is on a grand scale, as it used to be a palace, but is intimate and friendly at the same time, as there aren't that many rooms. It's a little bit like going back in time as the setting is very French Imperial, with interesting Moroccan and European artifacts at every turn. The rooms were large and the food was great. Overall, fabulous!

Traveller's tip
You definitely need a guide to make the most out of seeing the sites in and around the Medina in Fez. And to avoid getting lost. The hotel orgainsed us an official guide. Also make sure you have a business card from the hotel with the correct address (including district), otherwise a taxi might not be able to find it!
Fabio B from Ciampino, italia
5.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted 3 Nov 2011

“Riad El Ghalia - Fez”

Magnifico sotto ogni punto di vista. Persone estremamente cortesi e alla mano. Siamo stati trattati come dei Principi

Pier Giorgio M. from Bologna, Italia
4.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted 11 Apr 2011

“Riad El Ghalia di Fés - vicino alla Medina, in zona non accessibile con mezzi a motore ma pittoresca”

All'arrivo ci sono state assegnate due camere (1 matrimoniale e 1 doppia) di qualità non eccelsa, ma l'indomani ci hanno trasferito in 2 suite decisamente ampie e ben arredate senza chiedere alcun aumento di prezzo. La cosa è sicuramente da attribuirsi allo scarsità di turismo in Marocco in questo perioro per infondate notizie di pericolo che, al contrario, non interessano minimamente questa nazione. Per tornare all'hotel, è in una posizione pittoresca ma decisamente scomoda per chi ha bagagli da trasportare (anche se la direzione si è fatta carico di prenotarci un mezzo dall'aeroporto e di mandare un paio di facchini alla fermata del taxi) e presenta le piccole pecche comuni a quasi tutte le strutture di questa zona del mondo, pecche legate soprattutto alla manutenzione. Abbastanza cari, anche se di buona qualità, i pasti al ristorante dell'albergo, con servizio a tavola inappuntabile e con dislocazione e apparecchiatura dei tavoli di prim'ordine. Ottima e varia la prima colozione. In conclusione, hotel da consigliare ai prezzi da noi pagati.

Area recommendations
Se ci si riferisce alla visita turistica, tutta la città merita di essere visitata, perché vi sono differenze abissali fra la parte vecchia e quella moderna, da godersi e da approfondire. Inoltre non si ha mai la sensazione di essere in ambiente pericoloso. Caso mai, c'è la scocciatuaa, piuttosto comune in quest'area del mondo, dei mendicanti e di quelli che vogliono per forza farti da guida. Se ci si riferisce alla locazione dell'hotel, ribadisco che la zona moderna è più comoda, ma che quella vecchia è più caratteristica e inoltre ha strutture (per lo meno quella di cui ho usufruito) storicamente interessanti e pin grado di farti sentire nel cuore di una realtà abitativa ormai passata.
When to go
Il periodo migliore è sicuramente la primavera avanzata, perché la città ha bei giardini e la campagna circostante è ubertosa e ben coltivata. Di conseguenza si possono vedere fiori e prodotti della terra in abbondanza.
Getting there
In aereo.
What to pack
Il minimo indispensabile, favorendo l'abbigliamento casual e leggero, scarpe comode per chi ama passeggiare e un capo un po' più pesante per la mattina presto e la sera.
Must see
La visita della medina con le madarse, le moschee, le fabbriche più o meno artigianali di ceramiche, pelli, tessuti, ecc., i venditori con i loro minuscoli negozi, gli antiquari. Molto interessante l'escursione (fattibile in giornata) agli scavi romani di Volubilis e alla città imperiale di Meknes.
Dining
Ottima la cucina, anche se per i miei gusti ho dovuto chiedere un uso meno smodato di spezie. Ho provato anche un ottimo ed elegante ristorante a prezzi decisamente bassi.
A Traveller from paris
4.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted 8 Feb 2011

“Très très beau Rhiad, mais accès difficile & coupe gorge la nuit.”

Hôtel magnifique, restaurant très bon, mais accès à l'intérieur de la médina à revoir, surtout par temps de pluie. Sa situation géographique ne permet pas vraiment de s'aventurer à l'exterieur le soir .

Nicola R from Vicenza, Italy
5.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted 4 Feb 2011

“Riad El Ghalia”

Riad da sogno, molto pulito servizio IMPECCABILE, colazione tipica, ottima ed abbondante... insomma tornerei anche domani.

Area recommendations
Perdersi nella Medina.
When to go
In periodi non troppo caldi (Febbraio Marzo)
Getting there
Taxi
What to pack
Pochissime cose.
Must see
Farsi un Hammam

Riad El Ghalia

13 Ross Rhe Medina De Fes Fes, 30000 Morocco

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Nearby Points of Interest

  • University of Al-Karaouine - 0.2 km / 0.1 mi
  • Kairaouine Mosque - 0.2 km / 0.1 mi
  • Nejjarin Fondouk - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
  • Medersa Bou-Inania - 0.9 km / 0.5 mi
  • Der Batha Museum - 0.9 km / 0.6 mi
  • Tombs of the Merenides - 1 km / 0.6 mi
  • Blue Gate - 1 km / 0.6 mi
  • Borj Nord - 1.2 km / 0.7 mi
  • Parc Jnane Sbile - 1.4 km / 0.9 mi
  • Jewish Cemetery - 2.1 km / 1.3 mi
  • Royal Palace - 2.2 km / 1.4 mi
  • Fez Stadium - 6.7 km / 4.2 mi
  • Tazekka National Park - 71.3 km / 44.3 mi

Location Highlights

  • In historical district
  • In city center
  • University nearby

The preferred airport for Riad El Ghalia is Fes (FEZ-Saiss) - 14.8 km / 9.2 mi.

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Riad El Ghalia

13 Ross Rhe Medina De Fes Fes, 30000 Morocco